1 / 8

The Need for Private Pay Home Care

The Need for Private Pay Home Care. Earl T. Wylie. Overview. People want to stay home State income eligibility guidelines are very low People are willing to pay for services Home care services cost significantly less than nursing homes. Lifestyles Beginnings.

Télécharger la présentation

The Need for Private Pay Home Care

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. The Need for Private Pay Home Care Earl T. Wylie

  2. Overview • People want to stay home • State income eligibility guidelines are very low • People are willing to pay for services • Home care services cost significantly less than nursing homes

  3. Lifestyles Beginnings • Clients frequently asked employees about additional services • Anxious families called office staff looking for services • Clients who became ineligible for state services wanted to stay with our company

  4. Where Will New Clients Come From? • Offering new services to current clients • Working with social workers in hospitals • Advertising campaign planned for summer • Referrals from state home care agencies

  5. What Services Do Clients Want? • accompany to hair dresser • assistance with health insurance forms • bill payment • companionship • counseling recommendations • crisis intervention • emergency response system • errands • escort to medical appointments • estate planning • foot care

  6. Frequently Requested Services

  7. Overcoming Client Mistrust • Clients generally nervous about strangers coming into home • Must prove trustworthiness as a private agency • Background checks on employees • Supervisors check on employees periodically • Start building a file of written references • Establish reporting procedures for problems

  8. Summary • Need to identify potential clients • Need to identify services clients would be willing to pay for • Need to establish agency as trustworthy

More Related