Family Choice Healthcare is a family-owned, non-medical home healthcare agency serving Washington DC, northern Virginia and Maryland (including the counties of Prince Georges, Montgomery, Baltimore, Howard, Anne Arundel, Harford and most Eastern Shore counties).
Since 1996, Family Choice Healthcare has provided the Washington, DC area with quality in-home personal care services to seniors with a range of needs and circumstances. It is our belief that the majority of seniors find greater joy in life when they are able to live safely and comfortably at home for as long as possible.
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Who Benefits Most from In Home Care?
Over the years, we have served hundreds of individuals from all types of backgrounds and with a variety of different circumstances. And while we recognize and appreciate those differences, we have also found that our senior clients who benefit most from home care services tend to fall into a few main categories:
- They find themselves needing more and more assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Life (IADLs) in order to function on a day-to-day basis. These often include critical daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, eating, using the bathroom and mobility.
- They have been recently discharged from the hospital or a rehabilitation facility for an injury or illness and need additional support making the transition.
- They have been diagnosed with a chronic condition or disability, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s or dementia.
- They would find great benefit to having companionship and/or assistance with light housework, errands or other chores.
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Why Family Choice Healthcare?
We recognize that you have many different choices within the Washington DC area when making a decision about home care providers. Our team works hard every single day to continue to set ourselves apart from the rest by providing the most personalized high quality care that we can.
The Family Choice Healthcare advantage can be summed up in a few main points:
- Customized Care. We pay close attention and listen to your needs in order to identify a Personal Care Attendant with whom we feel your loved one will be able to establish a deep sense of trust with. This Attendant, along with our RNs, works to create a customized care plan that is always flexible and changing.
- Continuous Monitoring. We continuously monitor both our senior clients and their Attendants via home visits and virtual and/or telephone check-ins.
- Cultural Appreciation. We make sure that our entire team is culturally competent and appreciates how cultural differences might influence daily life for our clients and their families.
- Specialize in Difficult Situations. We’re proud to serve strong personalities, hard cases and difficult-to-reach locations.
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Our Services
Elderly Care Silver Spring, MD
We provide a variety of home care services for senior clients and their families in the Silver Spring, MD area. Our services cover a range of needs and situations, including the following:
- Assistance with ADLs and IADLs – this includes senior care services like bathing, toilet hygiene, housework, eating and transportation.
- Respite Care – for caregivers who need to balance their own needs and take occasional time off, whether if be for a vacation, holiday, work or any other occasion.
- Recovery at Home – for seniors recently released from the hospital or a rehab facility and in need of assistance while they recover at home.
- Long Distance Caregiving – we can provide support, companion care and peace of mind for family caregivers whose loved ones do not live nearby.
Specialty Services:
- U.S. Department of Labor DEEOIC Program
- Alzheimer’s & Dementia Spectrum
- Veterans Administration Programs
Our Process
1). Initial Assessment: our team will come to you and observe the senior client in their own environment as well as hear you share your story and describe the care services that you feel may be be needed. From there we will discuss our services and begin to formulate a plan.
2). Personal Care Attendant Interview: we will work with you to select Attendants to interview that we feel will best suit your needs and family situation.
3). Personalized Care Plan: we will work with the Attendant you have selected, your loved one and yourself to establish a personalized care plan that is customized to suit your needs.
4). Consistent Communication: our team will maintain ongoing communication to ensure your satisfaction and to monitor any changes in your needs.
5). Quality Control: Family Choice Healthcare has systems in place that assure consistency in service quality and total satisfaction from our senior clients and their families.
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Our Attendants
Our Personal Care Attendants come to us primarily with previous experience in compassionate care professions (Certified Nursing Assistants, Home Health Aides and Homemaker/Companions).
Once they join the Family Choice Healthcare team, they are trained extensively, including how to manage difficult behaviors including:
- Resistance to care
- Agitation
- Wandering
- Fall prevention
- Sexually inappropriate behaviors
- Communication and memory difficulties
We Choose People With:
- Minimum 2 years experience in a hospital, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility or home health agency
- Maturity and accountability
- Documented history of a clean criminal background
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I found myself in great need of immediate assistance for my adult female child. I chose their service from among many, because I remembered the help, care and quality of person that was dispatched to me when I needed help with my mother, some time ago. Mom is now deceased, but I especially remember that they took great care in finding just the right person to assist my family with my mentally challenged daughter, Kimberley.
I was completely satisfied with the staff, their professionalism and unselfish help. They checked on me and my family on their off duty hours, and presented themselves professionally – with patience, sincerity and a down to earth quality. The personnel coming in to a person’s home from Family Choice Health Care Services conducted themselves like they were working with human beings in need — and that they too, are human beings who understand. You almost forget that they are being paid to help you, because the level of care and professionalism is presented with such sincerity. I count myself blessed to have them.
Home Care vs In-Home Care vs Home Health Care
The healthcare industry uses three main terms to describe care that is provided to individuals in their own homes.
Home care, which is also referred to as in-home care, includes non-medical personal care services that allow a person to continue to perform critical day-to-day ADLs and IADLs. Home health care refers to medical services provided by a skilled medical professional, such as a nurse, doctor or physical therapist.
For more information on specific key differences between in-home care and home health care in Bethesda, MD, you can read our blogs on each, or call us to schedule your free phone consultation.
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