More help with daily activities so you can stay independent.
“My Elara Caring home health nurse realized I needed more help with the basics like cleaning, cooking and showering. I didn’t even know this kind of help was available! I now have home health AND a caregiver who helps me stay safe and independent at home. And even after I graduate from home health, my caregiver can stay.”
Connect with Our TeamWhat is Assist?
Assist helps identify skilled home health patients who may benefit from additional support through personal care services.
You don’t have to manage everything on your own. Personal care services can provide extra help with everyday tasks like bathing, meal preparation, light housekeeping and other daily activities so you can stay safe and comfortable at home.
In your home environment, your Skilled Home Health nurse gets to know you more personally – understanding how you’re doing each day and helping make sure the right support is in place. They often can see when you’re struggling with getting dressed, keeping up with housekeeping and just getting exhausted from daily tasks.
Personal Care Services (PCS) bring more comfort, more ease, and more personalized support into the place you call home. With a focus on your daily needs and routines, PCS helps create a safe, nurturing environment where you can feel confident, cared for, and truly supported every day.
- Assistance with everyday activities like bathing, dressing, and grooming
- Support with mobility and safe movement around the home
- Light housekeeping and help keeping your space comfortable
- Meal preparation and encouragement with nutrition and hydration
- Meaningful companionship to help you feel more connected and less alone
- Added peace of mind for you and your loved ones through consistent, attentive care
- and more!
Meet Albert
Albert has been receiving skilled home health to help manage his COPD safely at home.
Rose, his Elara Caring nurse, has been helping with medications, symptom management and energy conservation.
Albert told Rose that he used to enjoy cooking, but now even standing at the stove leaves him short of breath. Household chores are becoming more overwhelming, and he has been skipping showers since he sometimes gets dizzy and is worried about falling.
Rose identified a need for additional support with daily living activities and initiated Assist, a pathway designed to connect patients to personal care services to enhance safety and independence.
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The Assist team...
received the notification and connected Albert with the local personal care services team to discuss his situation, care needs and options available.
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Personal Care Services
A Care Coordinator reached out to Albert to listen to his specific concerns, educate on the opportunity for added care and connect him to more care to meet his changing needs. He learned they could help with meal preparation, light housekeeping, shower assistance, morning dressing and even companionship.
Albert didn’t want to admit he needed help at first but decided he did like the idea of “trying it out part-time.” He didn’t want someone “taking over his life” but also realized that maybe he didn’t have to do everything alone. He decided that getting a little extra help now might mean staying independent longer.
How it's going.
Albert decided to give personal care services a try and now says he doesn’t know how he managed without them. He was even able to get care a few days a week by a fellow veteran through the Operation Veteran Care program.
Albert has continued to improve and is packing for his upcoming Army reunion out of state. He was discharged last week from home health, but his personal care services caregivers were able to stay in place. He likes that he can now spend his energy on things that matter to him and feels more safe when he showers, just knowing he’s not alone.
