Care Packages
The in-home Care Package is designed to provide comprehensive care and support for seniors who need help staying at home and maintaining their independence.
The aim of the care package is to provide seniors with a person centered care and support services to improve their functioning, independence and quality of life.
What is a Care Package?
A Care Bridge Home Care Package refers to a comprehensive and personalized set of services and support designed for seniors, people with disabilities, and individuals with various medical conditions.
This package provides health care assistance both at home and in residential care settings, ensuring continuity of care and seamless transitions between different levels of care.
Components of a Care Bridge Home Care Package include medical and clinical support services, allied health support services, rehabilitation services, hospital related services, personal care, household assistance, social support, respite care, nutritional support, and transportation.
These care packages are customized to meet the unique needs of each individual, ensuring they receive the appropriate level of care and support whether at home or transitioning to or from a residential care facility. The goal is to enhance quality of life, maintain independence, and provide continuous, comprehensive care.
What is an in-home care package?
The in-home Care package is a coordinated mix of services designed on the basis of a comprehensive assessment that helps the elderly person stay independently at home for a longer period of time. The in-home care packages are designed to assist seniors who want to live safely and independently in their own homes for as long as possible.
Care packages are also offered to anyone with a disability or dementia who needs coordinated care and support to stay at home.
Levels of in-home care packages
Care Bridge Home offers four package levels that reflect the range of care needs. Every level of the package is designed to deliver different levels of support.
A level one package is for those who have the lowest care needs, and a level four package is for those who have the highest or most complex needs. The outcome of the assessment will allow the evaluators to understand the person’s needs and to recommend the type of services that best suit for the person.
The assessment will also include caregivers or family members who are directly in contact with the elderly.
Comprehensive Assessment
Care Packages are tailored to each individual’s needs based on a comprehensive assessment. The purpose of the assessment is to determine the individual’s specific needs and condition, and to design and provide an appropriate level of care. The assessment will focus on the following areas:
- Medical/clinical health support services
- Nursing services
- Physical health
- Mental health
- Allied health and other support services
- Mobility/occupational health
- Nutrition
- Social and community functions
- Home environment/family
- Provision of equipment and aids
- Transport and assistance
Comprehensive geriatric assessment
The in-home care package will be developed based on a comprehensive assessment. The purpose of the assessment is to determine the individual’s specific needs and condition and to design and provide an appropriate level of care.
The assessment will focus on the areas of physical health, mental health, occupational health, nutrition, social and community functions, home management, family/family needs, family links, etc.
The geriatric assessment facilitates the diagnosis of medical conditions, development of treatment and follow-up plans, coordination of care management, and evaluation of long-term care needs and optimal placement. Specific elements of physical health that are assessed include nutrition, vision, hearing, fecal and urine continence, and balance.
Care Bridge Home is dedicated to providing regular quality health care to elderly people living in their homes. We aim not only to provide an effective geriatric service but also to improve the skills of the staff who look after seniors. Care Bridge Home has a dedicated team that works hand in hand with other doctors and paramedical staff to provide quality care to our seniors and their caregivers.
The professional team at Care Bridge Home is very well-trained to develop a care plan based on a thorough evaluation. A care plan is a set of information describing the support and services to be provided, how they will be delivered to the individual. This care plan is a collaborative document that involves the elderly person and caregivers receiving care in the same way.
Care Plan
Our care plan includes ongoing reviews/assessments, diagnostics, interventions, and assessments of patient outcomes. This allows us and family members to keep a clear record of interventions, outcomes, and progress or deterioration, particularly if the individual is unable to communicate on their own.
An integrated care plan is a key element of our services that facilitates addressing the direct needs, perspectives, preferences, and choices of the patient. It also helps us determine what resources are needed to address needs, emergencies, and risk mitigation measures to support seniors and their families.
Care Plan
A care plan for seniors is a document that describes an elderly person’s assessed care needs, preferences and goals and how they can be supported. The care plan takes into account the medical history, functional impairment or mobility, and all the tasks to which the elderly person needs assistance on a daily basis. The care plan focuses on the personalized needs of the older person and aims to identify services and supports that can be put in place to address them on a priority basis.
To respond to the changing needs of the elderly, the care plan will be reviewed regularly to update and reflect upon the situation, whether it’s their overall health, their cognition, their mobility, or any of the other things that affect their ability to live well at home.
Our care plan included ongoing assessments, diagnostics, interventions, and assessments of client outcomes. This will allow us and family members to keep a clear record of interventions, outcomes, and progress or deterioration, particularly if the individual is unable to communicate on their own.
An integrated care plan is a key element of our services that facilitates the direct needs, perspectives, preferences, and choices of the elderly person. It also helps us determine what resources are needed to address needs, emergencies, and risk mitigation measures to support seniors and their families.
Benefits of the Home Care Packages and Care plan
- Maintaining Independence: The sense of freedom and independence that mobility offers is what makes life enjoyable. When we're young, it's easy to take for granted, and losing the ability to move around with ease can be a great frustration with aging. One of the biggest benefits of our in-home care package is the need-based assistance to the elderly to become active in their homes and in community life.
- Improve quality of life: By receiving support at home, seniors are able to maintain their autonomy and continue to participate in their community life.
- Flexible: Care Bridge Home will review the care plan on a regular basis to ensure that seniors continue to meet their changing needs.
- Increased security: For many seniors, living alone can lead to anxiety and fear, and our care plan helps increase safety by providing in-home support.
- Community Connection: Maintaining social connections and community life is vital to health and well-being. Our trained staff is committed to helping our seniors experience community and social life with a sense of purpose.
- Companionship to combat loneliness: To overcome the inevitable ups and downs in life, we sometimes need a sympathetic ear and a shoulder to lean on. As people age, their desire for companionship increases, particularly if family and friends are far away. Care Bridge Home is committed and empathetic to the need of the elders and care packages can extend such support and services.
- Family Support: Our in-home care packages can also help families and caregivers through ongoing support and education. Our health care team can be a source of information and guidance to families. So they can offer quality care to their loved ones and this can also help reduce stress and anxiety for everyone involved.