The Benefits of Home Care and Home PSW Support

If you’re feeling overwhelmed of providing care to your loved one, home care, including PSW support in your own home, can help you relieve some stress while still providing the same, or better, level of care to your senior loved one. Home care from a trusted health care agency in Mississauga will benefit your parent and can help you avoid exhaustion and alleviate the pressure you may feel.

Monitoring When You’re Busy

The first benefit of home care is obvious, that you don’t have to be home for your elderly parent to receive their care. You can be at work, at school, or in another room caring for your children while your parent receives attention from a supportive, knowledgeable care provider.

This means that you don’t have to travel to bring your parent to a care service, and your parent doesn’t have to leave their home to get the care they need, from companionship, mental, social and physical stimulation to daily tasks like laundry and cooking meals.

Attention to the Details

Few caregivers have the time to get every detail right in their care-giving schedule. You’re busy with other responsibilities and may not be able to check up on your parent as often as they may need. An in-home caregiver is focused only on your Senior loved one. They have the time to get the little details right, whether it’s helping your parent adhere to a new medication dosage or ensuring that they are receiving meals that meet their nutritional needs.

Medical Care You Can’t Give

A PSW agency in Mississauga can offer your parent medical care, in the comfort of their home, that you can’t provide. PSWs are trained to deal with the day-to-day symptoms of many different conditions that impact seniors, from Alzheimer’s to COPD.  They can supervise or deliver treatments that your parent otherwise may have to travel to a hospital to receive. Our caregivers can even offer wound care services, so your parent doesn’t have to leave their home to recover from an injury.

Home Care Support From iCare

As a health care agency in Mississauga, iCare offers quality home care services that can benefit both you and your senior loved one. We also serve as a PSW agency in Mississauga, allowing your parent to receive medical care from a professional PSW in the comfort of their own home. Our services allow you the opportunity to spend more time enjoying the company of your parent, and less time worrying about the quality of care they receive.