How Do You Choose the Best Private Duty Non-Medical Home Care?
Private duty home care is a rapidly growing industry with new providers popping up every day. You have so many choices, it can be overwhelming! But it doesn’t have to be. The key is to research all your options.
When choosing a private duty home care agency, consider these factors:
1. How long the private duty homecare has been in business.
2. The non-medical home care's caregiver screening process: Does it include reference checks, criminal history and drug screening?
3. Whether the private duty non-medical home care actually employs the caregiver. Some private duty home care may actually be placement services, which make you the employer and therefore liable for employment taxes and other responsibilities.
4. Reputation for quality and service: This may be hard to determine. That’s why WhereToFindCare.com developed quality and satisfaction scores to help you. To learn more about private duty home care quality information and how we calculate quality scores, please see non-medical home based care quality information.
Word of mouth recommendations can tell us whether we can get along with providers on a personal level. Ask friends, family, and other associates if they have had experiences with the private duty home care on your list. You can also find word of mouth recommendations on WhereToFindCare.com.
The National Private Duty Association Recommends
In addition, the National Private Duty Association recommends you ask these specific questions of your prospective home care providers:
1. How do you recruit your caregivers?
2. Should a scheduling conflict occur, are there trained back-up caregivers?
3. Are your caregivers bonded and insured?
4. Are the caregivers employees of the provider and who handles payroll and required taxes for the caregiver?
5. What type of background checks and screening do you do?
How Can WhereToFindCare.com Help You Find the Best Private Duty Non-Medical Home Care?
Use the find a private duty homecare tool above to locate non medical home care in your area. With the report generated, you can view quality information,
word of mouth recommendations from people in your community, exceptional healthcare workers
at private duty home care(we call them CareStars), photos, services provided, contact information, driving directions, and much more.
I've Narrowed the List Down. Now What?
Once you have narrowed down the list, the next step is to call the non-medical home care and inquire about any questions you may have.
Please visit the private duty home care's page on WhereToFindCare.com to find address and contact information, and to get driving directions. Some private duty home care providers have contact forms on their WhereToFindCare.com page, so it may be possible to email them. When contacting the non-medical home care, please be sure to mention you saw them on WhereToFindCare.com!
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