Level I - COMPANION CARE

  • Provide companionship
  • Help maintain daily routines
  • Encourage activities of interest
  • Monitor home safety
  • Meal preparation
    Includes special diets
  • Light housekeeping for client *
  • Change of linens
  • Laundry
  • Assistance with mobility
    Encourage use of safety devices such as walker and cane
  • Standby assistance
    When you require another person within arms reach to help you maintain daily routines
  • Transportation & escort services
    Appointments, shopping, errands, outings
  • Assist with light physical exercises
  • Read mail

Housekeeping must be less than 20% of the caregiver's working time during each shift

Level II - PERSONAL CARE:

Includes all services in Level I plus:

  • Personal hygiene assistance
    Bathing, grooming, shaving, hair, oral hygiene, skin care, dressing,
    Help with elastic stockings and other supports
  • Medication reminders
  • Toileting
  • Incontinence care
  • Minimal transferring

Level III - HIGH NEEDS CARE:

Includes all services in Level I & II plus:

  • Moderate to maximum transferring
    From bed to wheelchair, wheelchair to car, etc.
  • Assistance with other specialized equipment such as Hoyer lifts
  • Provide Hospice assistance and care to those with Parkinson’s disease and moderate to advanced levels of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.