All of our caregivers have successfully completed a thorough criminal and driving record background screen and employment reference check. We then hand select the most qualified staff member for each of our client's specific needs.
Every caregiver participates in our initial training and continues with our onsite training visits. This program covers the most practical topics and situations encountered in home care. The caregivers are supervised in the client home every 3 months and/or as needed.
If your care giver is sick, another is normally available to fill in. We are on call 24 hours 7 days per week to assist with these issues.
Yes There is a government program called the HCBS (Home Community Base Services Program), that can assist with the cost for these services thru Colorado’s Long Term Care.
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hf/index.html
Medicare does not pay for non-medical companion care. Services can be paid for by the client, long term care insurance companies, and workers' compensation insurance companies, and some private insurance companies.
We do. Shared Touch, Inc. handles all caregiver expenses, payroll, state and federal taxes, liability insurance, workers' compensation insurance and administrative responsibilities.
Please call for specific rate information.
There are several reasons why Shared Touch, Inc. should be your premier choice for home care. We offer a compatibility guarantee. All caregivers are thoroughly screened, trained, and insured. We always strive to maintain the highest level of continuity for each client.
Yes, we can provide caregivers to residents in all types of care facilities for those who need additional attention and/or personalized one-on-one assistance.
No, our focus is always the health, safety and comfort of the clients. However, we do offer light housekeeping, laundry, linen changing, dust and tiding.
Companion care and personal care services are designed to take over or assist in the activities that the elderly & disable need to be able to stay at home safely and with dignity. These may include fall prevention, medication and fluids reminders, light housekeeping, grooming or bathing assistance and running errands.
This refers to the ability of any person to grow old in their own home or that of their family. It is the opposite of institutional residential care like a nursing home. Sometimes it may mean the ability, with extra help, to stay in an assisted living facility as well.
Yes. People sometimes discover that the assistance provided in an assisted living facility is not enough to enable them to remain independent. In these cases, Shared Touch provides a caregiver to make this possible. In some states you are allowed to hire private help in an assisted living facility – or nursing home for that matter.
The average Shared Touch, Inc. service runs about 1/3 the cost of an Assisted Living Facility and less than ¼ of what the skilled facility would cost.
Yes. Any assets a person spends for their own care is that much less that will be available for the government, through Medicaid or taxes, to take away. Most families would rather see those assets spent keeping their elderly family members at home and independent rather than have them taken away to reimburse the government or be taxed as inheritance.
Generally services can be provided within a 48-hour period and often the same day.
Changes are easily accomplished with as little as a weeks notice. Our philosophy is to make the schedule work for the family not the agency. You come first. Your needs, your requests, your schedule. We will do everything possible to make sure the schedule you want is the schedule you get.
We will have our staff come to your home and conduct a free, no obligation assessment. We will then, at your direction, identify caregivers who have the skills, personality and availability to assist you. You then will be able to meet the caregiver and if you approve, they will begin working for you.