Non-Medical Skilled Caregivers –
Our Skilled Caregivers provides assistance to clients who have experienced a loss in their ability to perform the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) that will enable them to remain in a safe, clean and healthy home environment as a result of old age, sickness, disability and/or other afflictions.
Non-Medical Homemakers –
Our Homemaker services offer direct and practical assistance with household tasks and related activities. Our homemakers assist a client who has experienced a loss in the ability to perform the Instrumental Activities in Daily Living (IADL) to remain in a safe, clean and healthy home environment.
LMR Home Health Care, Inc. – Home Care Services believes that your family’s needs come first and foremost. Our company makes it our goal to provide personalized service to answer your individual needs.
Non-Medical Skilled Caregivers
Our Skilled Caregivers provides assistance to clients who have experienced a loss in their ability to perform the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) that will enable them to remain in a safe, clean and healthy home environment as a result of old age, sickness, disability and/or other inflictions.
Activities of Daily Living (ADL) refers to activities such as bathing, dressing, transferring, using the toilet, eating, and walking, which reflect client’s capacity for self care.
Examples of Activities of Daily Living (ADL):
a. Assistance with Eating: food preparation, special diets – NO syringe, tube feeding or intravenous nutrition.
b. Assistance with Bathing and Dressing: showering, bed, tub and sponge bath, assist with ordinary clothing and application of support stocking – NO before and after bath skilled skin care or skilled dressing and application of Ace bandage that requires physician prescription.
c. Assistance in Hygiene and Grooming: assist in hair shampooing and hair appearance, mouth care such as denture care and basic oral hygiene including oral suctioning, Nail care such as soaking and filing if nails, pushing of cuticle without any utensils, shaving with an electric razor – NO shampooing using medicated shampoo, mouth care for unconscious clients and nail clipping or trimming.
d. Ambulation and Transfer: assist clients in the use of canes, walkers or wheelchairs provided client was trained in the use of such device and assist with transfers only when the client has sufficient balance and strength to reliably stand or pivot to some extent – NO assistance may be provided with transfer when the client is unable to assist with the transfer or use assistive device if the client cannot direct the transfer step by step.
e. Assistance with Toileting: assist a client in going to and from the bathroom, assistance with bed pans, urinals and commodes, pericare, change clothing or pads due to incontinence, empty catheter bags or ostomy bags – NO insertion, removal or external care of Catheters, care of ostomy bag if client needs skilled skin care or observation.
f. Medication Reminders: assist a client with medication reminding ONLY when medication has been pre set‐up by either the client, client’s family or a nurse and medication minders are clearly marked – NO Medication set‐up or medication administration.
Non-Medical Homemakers
Our Homemaker services offer direct and practical assistance with household tasks and related activities. Our homemakers assist a client who has experienced a loss in the ability to perform the Instrumental Activities in Daily Living (IADL) to remain in a safe, clean and healthy home environment.
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) refers to certain daily tasks (light housework, preparing meals, taking medications, shopping for groceries or clothes, using the telephone, and managing money), which enable clients to live independently in their community.
Examples:
a. Conducting routine housekeeping activities: making/changing beds, washing dishes, etc.
b. Doing laundry, ironing or mending clothes
c. Providing companionship, friendship and emotional support
d. Escorting or transporting clients to doctor’s appointments, errands, shopping, etc.
e. Teaching/Performing meal planning and preparation.
f. Assisting clients with communication by writing or typing correspondence
g. Reading books and essential materials to clients
h. A homemaker MAY NOT become or act as a Power of Attorney for the client.
i. MAY NOT involve in any financial transaction outside of contracted services.
Contact the in-home health care professionals at LMR Home Health Care today, for a free, no-obligation consultation, to see how we can help you and your family get the care you deserve. We promise that our Private Duty Home Care Professionals will treat you and your loved ones as if you were our own family.
Services In:
Chicago Area • Cook County
McHenry County • Kane County
Dupage County • Boone County
Winnebago & Will County
