SENIOR HOME CARE

The vast majority of seniors prefer living at home to living in an assisted living facility with strangers. Seniors feel the most comfortable, safe, and independent living at home.

Venture Care offers a wide variety of in-home senior care services.

Licensed Medical Professional Care

Licensed medical professionals can include physicians, physician's assistants (PA), nurses, physical and occupational therapists, and some specialty home health aides who work under the direction of a physician.

Non-Medical Paraprofessionals Care

Non-medical paraprofessionals are comprised of home health aides and personal care attendants.

Activities of Daily Living (ADL)

●      Bathing

●      Dressing

●      Oral Care

●      Medication management

●      Walking or using a wheelchair

Dementia Home Care

Dementia encompasses several types of progressive disorders with a wide range of symptoms. By far, Alzheimer's is the most prevalent form of dementia with nearly 5.5 million sufferers in the United States alone. Other types and forms of dementia include:

●      Vascular Dementia

●      Alzheimer's Disease

●      Dementia with Lewy Bodies

●      Huntington's Disease

●      Parkinson's Disease

●      Frontotemporal Dementia

●      Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

●      Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

●      Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

●      Mixed Dementia

Because of the complexity of dementia and the fact that multiple symptoms are typically present, 24-hour monitoring is often required, particularly in the later stages of these conditions. Recognizing the symptoms and staging early intervention such as professional dementia care, therapies and medication can help delay the progression of dementia and even reduce current symptoms. Dementia patients usually suffer two or more of the following.

●      Slow and unbalanced movements

●      Trouble with sound reasoning and judgment

●      Issues focusing and concentrating

●      Complications with speech and communication

●      Visual perception issues such as color blindness or failure to detect motion

●      Hallucinations

●      Memory loss

In the early and mid stages of dementia, some patients will have days where their need for care fluctuates. On ‘good' days they may successfully attend to their activities of daily living by themselves and can perhaps tend to light housekeeping. However, on more challenging days, your loved one may need a full or part-time home caregiver for assistance for these tasks and other chores as needed. The goal of dementia home care providers is to help your loved one live safely and comfortably in their home where they tend to feel safer and experience less bouts of confusion and irritation.

Knowing when to seek outside help and where to find quality care can be challenging, as it's essential to find a caregiver who's experienced and qualified to handle the various and ever-changing challenges of dementia sufferers.

Things to look for in a qualified dementia caregiver include:

●      The ability to lawfully administer medications, which may be pertinent in the final stages.

●      The willingness to initiate stimulation and activities for memory support based upon the patient's current abilities and interests.

●      Experience in behavior management and the ability to calm patients without medications when possible.

●      One who aggressively recognizing new or worsening symptoms and is able to assist accordingly.