When a loved one is faced with a serious injury or disability, or just needs somebody around to help provide for their needs, the services of a home care agency can be the best option. You can look for the best home care agency via pace-ri.org/home-health-care-services-rhode-island.

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This kind of agency can operate as either private duty home care or Medicare-certified home health, depending on your circumstances, and can be an excellent solution to personal care issues.

Before you can qualify for home care, particularly if you're hoping for a Medicare-certified agency, you'll need a doctor's referral to prove that you do need a certain level of care. 

The following are all examples of times when you may seek the services of a home care agency and some details as to what one can expect.

1. Debilitating Injury or Illness – Many of the people who begin receiving home health care have simply sustained some type of serious, but non-life-threatening, injury, or have fallen temporarily ill. A home care aid will help you to maintain your bedding, stay clean, perform routine wound care, dispense medications, and generally monitor your condition. 

2. Elderly Care – Though we often like to believe that one day our elderly relatives will be in a nursing home or assisted living center, it's often the case that they don't need that form of constant or near-constant care. In these situations, it may be possible to get a home care agency to assist with hygiene, exercise, and housekeeping, as well as medication and any other basic medical needs.