Personalized Care without the Hassle of Insurance Paperwork

Personal Hygiene/Bathing

• Help getting into walk-in shower (not into or over edge of bath tub)
• Sponge baths as directed
• Help to and at toilet
• Help changing into clean clothes
• Washing and brushing patient’s hair as requested
• Help brushing teeth, putting on antiperspirant and using other toiletries
• Application of skin creams

Light Housework

• Dishes created during time of service (if help getting lunch ready, for example, creates dishes/pans, that need cleaning)
• Laundry that can be started or finished during time of service (if patient has W/D at home)
• Clean-up of minor spills by patients onto themselves or the area immediately surrounding where they are laying or sitting
• Changing bed linens and making bed
• Bagging and removal garbage from home created during service time

Help with Specific Meal Prep

• Reheating of (nutritious) left-overs for patient and bringing to a safe place for patient to eat
• Preparation from food following prescribed dietary plans and supplied by patient of a light meal like a sandwich with fresh cut vegetables on the side or boiling pasta and sauce, perhaps putting something into an air fryer or broiling it in the oven, etc.
• Preparation of vegetable smoothies/pureed drinks if patient has appliance or utensils to do so

Services NOT Able to Be Offered

• (Either prohibited by law or by company policy)
• Include but not limited to:
  • Administration of medication
  • Wound care
  • Pet care of any kind on behalf of patient (feeding, walking or bathing/brushing of pet or removing/cleaning its waste from house or yard, etc.)
  • Piles of dishes, garbage, recycling, etc. from the last few days or longer will not be cleaned
  • Preparation of multi-course meals or large portions for days/weeks in the future for patient (and/or their entire household) will not be provided
  • Deep or major cleaning requiring scrubbing of floors, walls, doors, windows, appliances, bathroom fixtures or carpet or upolstery by hand, etc.
  • Fingernail or toenail clipping
  • Patients who need two people to assist for any service
  • No child care at any time
  • Other unanticipated services

Assisted Transportation to Appointments or Special Events

With 24-hour prior notice and if scheduling allows:

• To and from medical or dental appointments (in a hired passenger car (Uber or Lyft); or driven by a family member; or in truck or via a vehicle equipped with wheelchair lift)
• Calling for and accompanying patient to such appointments or events on a commercial wheel-chair-accessible vehicle
• Accompanying patient to a major family or community celebration (wedding, renunion, graduation, milestone birthday party, etc.)

Limited Assistance with Patient Healthcare Plan

• Helping to set-up or confirm doctors appointments for patient
• Following orders of patient’s medical team while providing services offered by Your Private Care, LLC
• Communications about consistency of care among all medical providers and plans will need to be handled by patient’s authorized person
• Changes in patient’s care plan and initiated by patient’s medical provider need to be communicated to Your Private Care, LLC administration, not the employee care-giver providing service at the time
• All NYS and Federal privacy laws will be strictly followed (HIPPA, etc.)
• Regular home visits by Your Private Care, LLC administrator will be done monthly or as needed