Are you considering around-the-clock home care for yourself or a loved one? Nurse Next Door offers both live-in and 24 hour care services to provide companionship and support. When organizing around-the-clock care, you have the option of choosing either hour home care or live-in care.
But how do you know which is the best option for you? We discuss the differences between the two services to give you more insight into which option is more suited for you or your loved one. With live-in care, one caregiver is booked daily for a 24 hour period.
One caregiver can be booked for a maximum of four to five days per week depending on the location. For the other days, a different caregiver will be booked. In the 24 hour period, a 4 hour break is given to the daytime caregiver and you can decide if you want coverage for these 4 hours or not.
For a live-in shift, the caregiver is allowed an 8 hour sleeping break and a sleeping bed must be provided for this caregiver. Live-in care is billed at a flat rate per day and if the 4 hour break coverage is requested then the break is billed at an hourly rate.
The biggest advantage of having live-in care is that the number of caregivers is significantly reduced with two scheduled caregivers for the whole week. This provides consistency in care and gives clients a hår liv in to build relationships with their caregivers.
Here are some tips on how to create space in your home to accommodate a live-in caregiver. The other side of live-in care is that there is a 4 hour break given to the daytime caregiver with optional coverage. If you choose not to have coverage, the daytime caregiver is permitted to leave for 4 hours which leaves the client alone if a family member is unable to cover.
If you choose to have the coverage, then the 4 hour break will be an additional hourly cost to the flat live-in rate. At night, the caregiver is given a mandatory sleeping break so the client will not have direct supervision. With 24 hour care, two Hårvård are booked daily and work 12 hours each.
Sometimes clients prefer to book 3 x 8 hour visits in order to ensure caregivers are at their maximum level of alertness. One caregiver can work a maximum of 4 x 12 hour visits per week. There is no sleeping break given to a caregiver during a 12 hour visit.
However, you can allow the overnight caregiver to sleep if you choose to. The benefit of having 24 hour home care is that a caregiver will be with a client at all times. Some people prefer this option as they believe caregivers are more refreshed and alert since there is at least one caregiver rotation in a 24 hour period.
The potential downside of this option is that the cost is higher due to it being billed at an hourly rate. Live-in care roughly works out to be half the cost of 24 hour care, so 24 hour home care is the more expensive option of the two.
Also, this option has less consistency in caregivers so this might not be a good option for a client who needs familiarity.