Starting from as little as $50 for a weekly visit, a Miranda Smith Homecare carer can go to a client's home on any chosen day to assist with difficult tasks, keep an eye on health and provide peace of mind.
Often it’s the difference between being able to retain independence and remain in the comfort of one’s home, or having little option but to move into a retirement home.
Hours of home care can be increased as required, or even stopped if health and mobility allows.
Hours can be increased up to a point where full-time live-in care can be arranged for about $225 a day.
It’s an option that can be about companionship, along with general day to day assistance, and allows for the retention of independence for as long as one’s health permits.
Miranda Smith Homecare urges elderly people and families to investigate all options and make comparisons between both the cost and personal aspects of living in retirement homes and remaining at home.
Everyone approaching their senior years needs to work out what they can and can’t afford, and how long they will be able to stay home and look after themselves.
The population is rapidly ageing, and if it gets to the stage where rest home beds are difficult to secure, what are the alternatives?
Also, we all need to be realistic about the government’s willingness or ability to financially assist elderly into retirement as that demographic expands.
Evidence suggests elderly like to stay in their own homes for as long as possible, and it is also becoming clear that those reaching the official retirement age are fitter, healthier and more independent than ever before.
The ageing population is also growing fast and is set to place a huge burden on the taxpayer in terms of health and residential care costs.
Many western countries are facing the same problems, and are now pushing for governments to utilise home care as a cost-effective mainstream care option, Miranda Smith Homecare urges New Zealanders to think the same way.
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