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Originally Posted by RichieRich
For everyone here, at what point do you 1) try to get the person into a home care? .. and 2) at what point do you NEED to get the person into home care?
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Edit: As CC says, first step is to get an assessment from your family doctor.
AHS will send over a geriatric specialist to do an assessment. They’ll do tests on the senior, assess the home, and ask a bunch of questions about family support.
Then they’ll come back with a recommendation. It might be that the senior is fine with the current arrangement. Or they need homecare in their current space a couple times a week. Or homecare visits daily. Or they may recommend admission to residential care.
Once you’re in the system, they follow up with annual visits and assessments to see if needs have changed.