24-Hour Home Care
Providing exceptional 24-Hour Home Care for seniors and families in Bayside, Ridgewood, Richmond Hill, Astoria, College Point, Oakland Gardens, Kew Gardens, Forest Hills, Rego Park, Woodhaven, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and Nassau County.
Beacon Eldercare is the leading Home Care Agency in Queens. Our professional staff excels at helping clients understand the medical services that are available to them, and helps to obtain these services. Beacon Eldercare, through our Geriatric Care Management services, provides assistance with applying for Medicaid, which assists with the cost of live-in or hourly home aid service providers, or with nursing services.
We provide a variety of choices and options so you can decide what the best course of action is and you can make an informed and knowledgeable choice regarding healthcare. We want you to be protected so that you preserve your assets, while still obtaining quality care for a loved one. The best way to protect yourself and/or loved ones is to work with Beacon Eldercare, Inc., and let us help your cherished elders deal with the aging process.
With 24-hour home care, you can let go of the worry and enjoy a full night’s sleep knowing your loved one is being cared for by compassionate professionals. With personalized attention to individual needs around-the-clock, those living with dementia or who are homebound due to physical limitations will feel at ease in their own surroundings.
What is 24-Hour Home Care?
24-Hour Home Care means that a caregiver or several caregivers are rotating shifts to care for your loved one in their home. Someone is always awake. Caregivers work an 8-hour or 12-hour shift. These services are paid for by the hour.
Live-In Home Care vs Hourly Home Care
When it comes to choosing in-home care for an elderly person, there are many options. Live-in and 24-hour caregivers may seem like the same terminology, but they vary in how much time is spent with the senior, depending on their care needs. Understanding these differences will help determine what type of live-in or hourly home care would be best suited for each individual’s circumstance.
Hourly Home Care
- To ensure the client is always taken care of, two or more caregivers take turns on shifts to be awake and available day and night.
- A trusted and alert caregiver is always awake to care for your loved one. By rotating caregivers, they are able to stay alert and ready when new situations arise with a senior who wanders at night, needs assistance toileting at night, or may become confused and just need some company and reassurance.
Live-In Home Care
- Live-in caregivers work around the clock to take care of their clients. The 8-hour break and sleeping bed is provided for them so they can rest when not working.
- With two scheduled caregivers, your senior loved one will find a deeper sense of comfort. The heightened familiarity with the elderly’s favorite routines and moods helps to better manage dementia diagnoses as well.
- Live-In Home Care may not be the best choice for the senior who needs assistance at night with toileting, wandering, or confusion. The caregiver must be able to sleep, take breaks, and rest.
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We are ready to help you understand the medical services that are available and how to get you started receiving the health care assistance you need.
How Much Does 24-Hour Home Care Cost?
Genworth calculates average median rates based on 44 hours per week. If your loved one only requires the help of a companion for a few hours per day or week, your costs may be significantly lower than these estimates.
For a clearer picture of your potential costs, determine your loved one’s needs and contact Beacon Eldercare to inquire about companion care providers and average costs in your area.
We are ready to help you understand the medical services that are available and how to get you started receiving the health care assistance you need.
24-Hour Home Care for Seniors
Beacon Eldercare is the leading health care assistance firm in Queens.
Our professional staff excels at helping clients understand the medical services that are available to them, and helps to obtain these services.
Beacon Eldercare, through our Geriatric Care Management services, provides assistance with applying for Medicaid, which assists with the cost of live-in or hourly home aid service providers, or with nursing services.
We provide a variety of choices and options so you can decide what the best course of action is and you can make an informed and knowledgeable choice regarding healthcare. We want you to be protected so that you preserve your assets, while still obtaining quality care for a loved one. The best way to protect yourself and/or loved ones is to work with Beacon Eldercare, Inc., and let us help your cherished elders deal with the aging process.
“By helping our clients understand the difference between Medicare and Medicaid, Beacon Eldercare helps to choose the right plan for you,” says CEO, Yvonne M. Murphy MA, MSW.
Medicare is a system of health care for citizens over 65 and/or disabled.
Medicare is something that you’ve worked towards for years, but it’s only a limited health care service. Medicare doesn’t pay for chronic illness; it only pays for hospital stays. Medicare pays for short clinical events in the home providing limited home care after a hospital or rehabilitation stay. Furthermore, it doesn’t pay for long-term home care services or skilled nursing facilities, two expensive forays that can drain a bank account or force someone to have to move.
The best way to combat the shortcomings of Medicare is by correctly applying for Medicaid.
The Medicaid application is an exhaustive process and must align with the policies and regulations of the New York State Department of Social Services.
Beacon, led by Yvonne M. Murphy, MA, has more two decades of experience assisting clients in New York City and Nassau County, Long Island, NY to successfully achieve Medicaid eligibility.
By having Medicaid, you are able to have assistance with your health insurance, and home care services.
Contact Beacon Eldercare, Inc., today to ensure your Medicaid application is filed properly.
Call us to set yourself up to receive the medical services that you need without having to worry about losing everything that you worked so hard to obtain.
Although we are located in Queens, NY, it does not limit our ability to assist you.
We service residents in any of the five boroughs of New York City; Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, and the Bronx. We have been extremely successful in filing applications in Nassau County, Suffolk County, Westchester County, Dutchess County, Rockland, and Orange County as well.
