Adult Home Care in Minnesota

• Home Care is completely tailored to the needs and wants of each client.
• With home care, it is possible to retain maximum independence. One can live life just as one wishes, but with assistance as needed -- transportation, meals and housekeeping, medications, ADL's (bathing and personal care), companionship, mobility and mechanical lifts, catheter care, tube feedings, ROM and exercises, RN Case Management, etc.
• People who receive home care get one-on-one care based on their needs and in their home. There is one caregiver focusing all of his or her attention on one person -- not one person taking care of ten people, as often is the case in a group home, hospital, nursing home in Minnesota, or other type of care facility. 
• Being the primary caregiver for a family member or spouse can be demanding and stressful at times.  Home care allows family caregivers time away to attend to personal needs, take a vacation, or simply remain in their role as spouse, friend, or adult child -- while home health needs are cared for by a certified home health aide.
• Home care can be just a few services for those living independently or it can be around-the-clock care that makes it possible for many people to continue living at home.   
• Home care makes it possible for many people to continue living in their own home. This is important, because for many people living independently means being at home.
• In addition to the care provided by our qualified Homewatch caregivers, each client has a Registered Nurse Care Manager who individually monitors and manages each client's situation.  The RN manages the care planning and provides consultation.  One of the goals of the RN is to improve the client's enjoyment of life at home which results from regular communication and visits to the client as well as coordinating with family, doctors, or others as needed. The RN makes regular visits to the client's home to supervise the care that is being provided by the home health aide and updates the care plan.  The RN can also set up medications, arrange for and coordinate other services such as PT, OT, etc.  Generally, we do not charge for the case management provided by the RN.  It is included with our home care services.
• Homewatch Home Care clients use home care for many different reasons, both short-term and long-term.  Some examples include assistance because of a recent athletic injury, assistance during recovery from a surgery, for on-going in-home care because of a disability, solely for RN case management, or for assistance because of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease or ALS), Parkinson's Disease (PD), or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).