Who will help when you need care day and night?

Contact S&A United Home Care, inc.
Our newspaper is approached by readers whose parents or loved ones suffer from dementia and who are concerned about how to get the coveted 24 hours (12 hours during the day and 12 hours at night, 7 days a week) of care for their loved ones when night and day care is needed . There are cases when people over 18 years of age have suffered a head injury and also need a home care assistant.
How can we help people who need to get 24 hours - 12 hours during the day and 12 hours at night?
We contacted an employee of the agency S&A UNIFIED HOME CARE, INC. and found out that help is very NEAR.
Camilla, a representative of the NHTD (Nursing Home Transition and Diversion Medicaid Waiver) and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) programs, answers readers' questions.
- Camilla, where to start?
- You need to start with a phone call to the agency. We can help if your parents or loved ones suffer from chronic illnesses and you see their condition worsening. They forget everything, stop recognizing loved ones, their mood changes very often and other signs of dementia.
- How are the documents processed?
- Registration of documents takes approximately 3-4 months. The program allows you to have 12 hours of care during the day and 12 at night, given for 1 year with further extension.
Our agency prepares documents for free. We can also help when you have already been refused 2 times. We help you collect all the necessary documents to receive 12 hours of care during the day and 12 at night. Help from relatives at the stage of preparing documents is desirable, mistakes are unacceptable, the process takes up to 4 months.
- What is the difference between the NHTD program and the regular service?
- The patient will have two coordinators. As usual, the personal assistant prepares lunch, accompanies you to the doctor and on walks, provides necessary assistance, picks up pills at the pharmacy, reminds you to take them, and provides other services that are part of the work of a personal assistant. The personal coordinator represents the interests of the patient, provides assistance on any social issues, orders transport and everything that is necessary for the patient: including oxygen equipment, mattress, bed, napkins, etc. They can also send an additional nurse 3 times a week if necessary.
It is possible to receive 12 hours of care during the day and 12 hours at night!

Recorded the interview
Marina Lagunova