Home Care Assistance in Lake Oswego
The exceptional care you need, at home
We know how challenging it can be to care for a loved one, or to live alone and need assistance caring for yourself, especially after an illness or surgery. Sometimes a helping hand preparing a meal or keeping up with housework, or maybe something that calls for nursing expertise, such as personal care or medication assistance, can make all the difference.
Whatever your needs, it’s good to know that Mary’s Woods has partnered with Home Instead, a national leader in providing highly professional, exceptional personal care and nursing services to your home. A helping hand. A listening ear. A trusted companion who makes it easier to live on your own. That’s the essence of the Mary’s Woods Home Instead partnership. * Home care services are provided by Home Instead caregivers as hired and contracted by clients/families via Home Instead.
Because all good relationships are based on trust, respect and genuine caring, Home Instead is careful to match the right person for each one of its clients. You can hire Home Instead just one time, or for a couple of hours a week, or even a few hours every day … whatever fits your schedule and your needs. For more information, visit Home Instead’s website.
Home Instead services
- Housekeeping
- Assistance with dressing and bathing
- Scheduling appointments
- Mobility, ambulation and transfers
- Hearing aid maintenance
- Companionship
- Medication assistance
- Planning trips and outings
- Transportation escort
- Light gardening
- Pet care
- Meal planning and preparation
- Catheter care
- Monitor vital signs
- Nursing assessments
Frequently Asked Questions
With home care, personal care and nursing services come to you at your home, as often as you need, for as long as you want. These include:
- Companion care: Home Instead offers assistance with activities such as light housekeeping, meal preparation, errands and pet care.
- Personal Care: This is support associated with mobility, bathing, oral care and other personal needs, that goes beyond basic companionship and housekeeping.
- Complex care: This type of care includes all that is companion care and personal care, while specifically focusing on health needs requiring care coordination with other teams or systems, examples include oxygen use and monitoring, direct nursing care or working with hospice.
- * Home care services are provided by Home Instead caregivers as hired and contracted by clients/families via Home Instead.
Home Instead begins with an initial assessment, where they’ll find out what you need and want the most. With your input, they can develop a detailed and personalized plan that will bring you the right mix of care, companionship and services, and when and how you prefer it. Home Instead will go through the plan together to answer your questions before it’s implemented and conduct regular monitoring visits to make sure you’re always satisfied with the services you’re receiving.
* Home care services are provided by Home Instead caregivers as hired and contracted by clients/families via Home Instead.
Home Instead’s personal care attendants provide a range of nursing support services, including:
- Medication assistance
- Monitor intake/output
- Catheter care
- Monitor vital signs
- Oxygen use
- Nursing assessment
- * Home care services are provided by Home Instead caregivers as hired and contracted by clients/families via Home Instead.