Personal Care at Home

Personal care is hands-on, one-on-one support with the body and with movement, delivered in the home. The activities of daily living include grooming, dressing, bathing, transferring, mobility, positioning, eating, and toileting.

Instrumental activities, often called IADLs, are household tasks such as meal preparation, shopping, and light housekeeping. Personal care focuses on ADLs, and it often includes help with IADLs in the same visit. Companion care centres on company and household help. Personal care adds direct physical help with bathing, dressing, toileting, and moving.

Families often notice small changes first. One change alone may not mean care is needed, but several together usually do.

• Bathing or dressing takes much longer, or is avoided.
• Clothes are unwashed, and hair, skin, or teeth are not cared for as before.
• Walking across a room feels unsteady, or there has been a fall or near fall.
• Meals are skipped, or cooking has become difficult.
• A recent illness, injury, or hospital stay has left strength lower than before.

If you recognise two or three of these signs, a free consultation can help you decide what support makes sense.

A typical visit follows the care plan, not a fixed script. The caregiver arrives at the agreed time, checks how your loved one is feeling, and works through the tasks in a calm, unhurried way.

A morning visit often covers getting up, bathing and dressing, grooming, breakfast, and a medication reminder. An evening visit often covers changing clothes, a light meal, and getting safely into bed. Visits can be a few hours at a time, on set days each week. If help is needed day and night, ask about our 24-hour home care service.

Most falls at home happen during ordinary tasks: getting out of bed, stepping into the shower, or walking to the bathroom at night. Personal care reduces that risk in practical ways.

Caregivers help with steady transfers and walking, keep pathways clear, keep the bathroom dry, and note changes such as new unsteadiness or tiredness, so the family can act early.

First, call (404) 468-1372 or email kembongd@gmail.com for a free consultation. Tell us what daily tasks have become difficult, what hours you need, and what matters most to your loved one.

Second, we build a personal care plan with you. The plan lists the tasks, the schedule, and the routines, from bathing and dressing to mobility, meals, and medication reminders.

Third, care begins at home on the agreed schedule. We stay in contact with you and review the plan as needs change.