They say "home is where the heart is" and we truly believe that. We'd like to share our experience with you while caring for your loved ones at home, instead of moving them into a care facility. Perfect Home Care has everything you need to make your life easier as you provide care for your loved one, including helpful tips on how to keep your patient safe and product suggestions to help you make the best of this situation.
Welcome to Perfect Home Care! I’m Cody and with me on this journey is my beautiful wife Sarah. You may think we started this website simply because we enjoy helping people, but there's even more to the story...
When it comes to taking care of someone, there are really only 2 options available...caring for a patient at home, or moving them to a care facility. Both options have their pros and cons, but what are they, and what is the best option for you and you loved one?
Anyone providing home care should know the basics. You don't want to go into this blind. Here are the homecare essentials to get you on the right track.
If you’re the type of person who needs to transfer patients frequently it’s important that you know the most common patient transfer techniques and that you also know how to use them. We’ll talk about the different steps that it’s going to take to get your patient from one location to another, and we’ll make sure that you have the opportunity to help your patients. Most Common Patient Transfer Techniques So, just what are the …
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When it comes to choosing the best lightweight travel wheelchair you want to make sure that you have a product that is convenient to use and won’t hold you back from what you want to do most…TRAVEL. You don’t want something that’s too thin or too flimsy or anything that’s uncomfortable, but you need to keep in mind that the more bells and whistles your wheelchair has, the heavier it gets. You may have to …
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It can be a heart wrenching situation to cope with – looking at your once independent and capable parents one day be ruined by age and become totally dependable upon you. It can drain you emotionally, physically, and financially. I’m sure the list goes on. To be completely honest, I dread the day my dad needs help with his daily care. I know it’s a selfish thing to say, but he’s as stubborn as they …
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Taking care of your elderly parents isn’t a cheap undertaking, especially if they need special equipment to help take care of them. If they aren’t working and have no benefits or pension to rely on, you would have to cover any costs. I always wondered how we would afford the extra cost if it came down to my wife and I taking care of our own parents, along with our growing family. My dad is …
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One day, I was in school training to be a caregiver and our teacher asked us to take an object out of our pencil case and put it under one of our bum cheeks. To say we were all confused was an understatement and you can imagine all the laughing going on in the room. But the laughing stopped by the end of the lesson because that was the day we learned about bed sores. …
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