"Nursing Home Vs. Personal Home Care" What is best for your loved one?

[Robert Hill]

Are you struggling with the decision on whether mom or dad should go into a nursing home or stay at home? Is it more expensive in a nursing home? Will your loved get the same level of care at home? This article is to help make the decision easier for individuals just like you, with the most up to date information.

The first issue we are going to discuss is the cost. Many people believe that in home care is too costly. It is just the opposite, as nursing care prices continue to rise. According to a financial website Genworth the annual cost of a private room for 2012 is $84,552. The cost for a home health aide was only $41,184. That is only half of the nursing home care cost.

The cost is cheaper, but what about the level of care? Well let (TM)s take a look at the statistics and facts. In a nursing care facility, there are usually a large numbers of clients with a limited number of staff. The reason for this is the workers at nursing homes are usually overworked for low pay. When there are not enough staff the proficiently do the job, accidents and injuries happen.

Some common injuries and signs of an understaffed nursing home are bedsores, falls, insufficient hygiene and much more. Many licensed practical nurses leave the nursing home due to such ratios as one nurse to forty four clients. How can a client get proper one on one care with such high ratios? That is on top of an individual already being put in an unfamiliar environment with people they are unfamiliar with.

Now letâEUR(TM)s take a look at personnel in home care. The first obvious thing is the individual gets to stay home in their home. At home care allows one on one care, or even two caregivers to one client if needed. So the level of care is greater. Nurses can still come out two to three times a week for checkups. Being at home, gives the individual a feeling of security and continuity of living. An individual can continue with their life with help from a caregiver, going on outings and social events.

As one can see, putting a loved one in a nursing home is not always the right decision. Many factors can lead to insufficient care. Always remember safety comes before all. A individual also has to think about what is best for the loved one on terms of if they would want to sit in unfamiliar surrounds with people they do not know probing and prodding them. Mom or dad would still want to get out and continue with their golden years with as much joy, compassion, and fun as possible.

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