Long Distance Home Care Made Easy: Stress Less With Always Best Care

Long-distance home care poses a number of unique challenges and stressors for family caretakers, but you don’t have to do it alone! Our home care service is designed to support long-distance care arrangements to help clients age better and loved ones stress less.

With that in mind, today’s post highlights some of the unique challenges posed by long-distance home care, then explains how our white glove service eliminates the most common pain points for true peace of mind.

Read on to learn more, or call (915)-250-0177 to discuss your long-distance home care plan with a professional care coordinator in El Paso, TX.

Research Review: The Challenges Of Long-Distance Home Care

In a report for the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, researchers Cagle & Munn (2012) conducted a systematic review of 15 different studies highlighting the unique challenges posed by long-distance home care arrangements.

Their meta-analysis revealed that:

• Long distance home care providers struggle with slow response times and high commuter costs. On average, long-distance home care providers required about 4 hours of one-way travel time to reach the care recipient. This imposes substantial commuter costs on family caretakers, and also contributes to chronic caregiver stress and anxiety, as family members fear they cannot reach their loved ones fast enough in emergencies.
  
• Long distance home care providers struggle to balance career and elderly care commitments. Cagle & Munn (2012) found that a large majority (80%) of long-distance caretakers reported being employed either full or part-time, and these career commitments complicated their long-distance care planning, as they needed “allowances for time off, phone access, and benefit information from their employer.”
  
• Long distance home care providers report higher physical, mental, and career distress related to caregiving.Cagle & Munn (2012) found that 64% of long-distance caregivers (LDCs) report “their caregiving situation has adversely impacted their employment,” 79% of LDCs “report being adversely affected by caregiving… noting declining health, social impairment, or anxiety,” and “caregivers living further from their elderly relatives are more likely to take sick leave.”

If you can relate to these challenges, take heart: you’re not alone, and our home care team is here to help!

Long-Distance Home Care Made Easy: Stress Less With A.B.C

To reduce the stress of long-distance caregiving and optimize your loved ones safety, comfort, and quality of life, we offer:

• Superior home care service, delivered by highly trained, vetted, and experienced care providers, according to your loved one’s exact needs and preferences
• Full support with outings and appointments, including transportation, note-taking during appointments asking questions on your behalf, ensuring all paperwork and medication is brought along, and full reporting of all results back to you
• 24/7/365 home care support, so your loved one always has support during emergencies, rather than having to wait hours for you to arrive
• Full support with home care planning, helping you identify resources within your family care network and your loved one’s community, so you only pay for the service you require and no needs get left unmet
• A complete continuum of care, ranging from basic companionship and housekeeping to specialized dementia care and ADL support, so you can maintain care continuity and effortlessly scale your service up or down as care needs change over time
• Expert knowledge of local care resources, so your loved ones can take full advantage of senior center programming, adult daycare services, and other community supports
• A reliable point of contact to provide anytime-updates about your loved one, so you’re never left worrying while the phone rings without an answer
• Senior living referral services to simplify moves if your loved one’s home is no longer suitable for independent living

Get Help With Long-Distance Home Care: Book A Free Consultation

According to data from the National Alliance for Caregiving, roughly 15% of family caregivers now live more than an hour away from their care recipients. If you’re among them, know that our home care team is here to help.

Since 1996, Always Best Care has been committed to filling care gaps, improving communication channels, and eliminating the fear of the unknown for families coordinating remote senior services, and we can do the same for you.

To learn more about how we’re simplifying long-distance home care arrangements for El Paso seniors, and to get a free quote on a custom home care plan, you can:

• Call (915)-250-0177
• Email [email protected]
• Fill out our online contact form

References

Cagle, J. G., & Munn, J. C. (2012). Long-distance caregiving: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 55(8), 682-707.