Daily Help That Preserves Your Independence
Candid Amour Home Care Agency offers personal care assistance for families in Forest Park
When daily activities become harder to manage on your own in Forest Park, personal care assistance gives you the help you need without taking over tasks you can still handle yourself. Candid Amour Home Care Agency sends caregivers who assist with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and mobility-related support as appropriate. Your caregiver tailors their help to your routines, preferences, and ability level so you stay as independent as possible while reducing the physical strain that comes with managing everything alone.
This is not medical care. It is hands-on support with activities of daily living designed for people who want to remain at home with consistent help. Your caregiver can also assist with light housekeeping and meal preparation as part of your day-to-day support when needed. The goal is to reduce daily strain, prevent falls or accidents, and give your family relief from the physical demands of caregiving without making you feel like you have lost control of your own routine.
If you or someone you care for in Forest Park needs ongoing help with personal tasks and wants to stay comfortable at home, contact us to talk through your situation and start a care plan.
What Your Caregiver Does Each Day
Your caregiver arrives on a schedule that fits your routine and provides the support listed in your care plan. In Forest Park, that typically includes helping you bathe safely, assisting with getting dressed, supporting mobility around the home, and providing toileting assistance as needed. Your caregiver will also handle light housekeeping tasks such as tidying common areas and preparing simple meals so you do not have to manage everything yourself.
After care begins, you will notice less worry about falling in the bathroom, fewer struggles with buttons or getting in and out of chairs, and cleaner living spaces without exhausting yourself. Your family will spend less time managing physical tasks and more time just being present. Your caregiver will adjust their support as your abilities change so you are never doing less than you are capable of or pushing beyond what is safe.
This service does not include skilled nursing tasks such as medication administration or wound care. It is personal and household support only, focused on activities of daily living. Your care plan will specify which tasks your caregiver provides and how many hours per day or week you need. If your situation changes, the plan can be updated to reflect what you actually require rather than what was estimated at the start.
Families often want to know how caregivers are assigned, what tasks are included, and how care adjusts as needs change. These are the questions we hear most before services begin.
Things you may be wondering about care
Candid Amour Home Care Agency works with seniors and families in Forest Park who want consistent, hands-on help with daily personal tasks and light household support. If you are ready to set up a care plan or have questions about what personal care assistance includes, reach out and we will walk you through the process from intake to first visit.
Our Services
Our services here at Candid Amour Home Care Agency LLC consist of a variety of options that are geared towards making each client feel as much comfort as possible. Here are some of the services and treatments we offer here at Candid Amour Home Care Agency LLC.
Skilled Nursing Care
Skilled nursing services are provided by specially trained registered nurses and licensed practical nurses that begin all cases with an assessment to obtain information to establish a plan of care. The services are prescribed by a doctor on an intermittent basis and include such things as dressing changes, teaching and administration of medications, intravenous therapy, catheter care, diabetic care, wound care, and teaching the family how to care for the patient in the home.
Home Health Aide Services
Home health aides work under the supervision of a registered nurse or therapist. Services primarily consist of assistance with personal care. A home health aide may give a bath, give oral care, foot care, shampoo, shave, skin care, and change linens. Under Medicare, a home health aide may stay in the home part-time or intermittently to provide personal care only.
Wound Care
Wound care refers to specific types of treatment for pressure sores, skin ulcers and other wounds that break the skin. Wound care education will be provided to each patient/caregiver. All education on wound care will include, but not be limited to:
- Goals for wound care
- Self-wound care
- Dressings to be utilized in wound care
- Symptoms to report to your nurse or physician
- Risk factors for pressure ulcers and types of wounds
- Proper skin care and how to prevent injury
- Nutrition and wounds
- Medications for wound healing
- Fluid intake
- Medication safety
- Pain management
Social Services
The social services staff provides social casework services to patients as needed to augment other services of the agency. Services include the evaluation of social functioning, particularly as it relates to medical problems, and initiation and follow-up of referrals to other community resources as applicable.
Infusion Therapy
Infusion Therapy services can include pain management, chemotherapy, hydration therapy, and antibiotic therapy. Infusion therapy is provided to patients for treating a wide assortment of often chronic and sometimes rare diseases for which “specialty” infusion medications are effective.
PCA
Personal Care services includes the provision of services such as assist with personal care, light housekeeping, meal preparation.
Homemaker
Homemaker services include assistance with instrumental activities of daily living and may include housekeeping tasks, grocery shopping and other errands, and meal preparation.
Companion Services
Companion services include transportation, meal preparation, shopping, light housekeeping, companionship and household management.