At all times of the day and night, seniors may need help — whether it’s for a bathroom trip, preventing a fall, or calming confusion from dementia or wandering. At Options Home Care, our caregivers are available anytime, offering gentle support, safety, and companionship throughout the day or night so your loved one is never alone when they need care the most.
Soft conversation, reading and quiet companionship for seniors who experience anxiety or sleeplessness.
These two types of care solve very different problems. Think of home health care as being medical and short-term — it’s ordered by a physician and typically involves registered nurses, physical therapists, or occupational therapists helping someone recover from surgery, a hospital stay, or a serious illness. This type of care ends once the medical goal is met.
Personal care, on the other hand, is ongoing and non medical home care. It covers everyday in-home support like bathing, dressing, grooming, and mobility, often provided by home health aides or trained caregivers.
At Options Home Care Wake County, our focus is on helping seniors stay comfortable, safe, and independent at home and in their community for the long term.
In most cases, our care can begin within a day or two of your first call, depending on your loved one’s needs and our caregiver availability. Before anyone starts, every member of our caregiving staff completes thorough background checks, so families can feel confident about who’s coming into their home. If your loved one is coming home from the hospital or needs help right away, our team moves very quickly to put together a care plan.
Yes. We support families throughout Wake County, including Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Morrisville, Garner, Wake Forest, Fuquay-Varina, and Holly Springs.
Many older adults want to stay in the home they know rather than relocate to a nursing home facility. And with the right in-home support in place, that’s often possible. Instead of spending their days at senior centers, seniors can get the same kind of social engagement, activity, and supervision right in their home.
We understand that caring for an aging parent or elderly spouse can quietly take over a family’s life. We step in with personal care services (including respite care services when needed) that cover the daily essentials (such as bathing, dressing, meals, mobility, and transportation to appointments). The reliable daily support our caregivers provide means you can stay involved in your loved one’s life without being the only one holding it together.
Our caregivers help with the basics of daily life, including bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility, meal preparation, memory care, and light housekeeping, all with patience and respect. Our in-home care caregivers can also assist with running errands if needed.
Live-in personal care means one caregiver is in the home throughout the day and evening, providing consistency and building a real relationship with your loved one over time. 24-hour care uses rotating shifts of caregivers so someone is awake and actively assisting around the clock.
Families with more advanced needs sometimes ask about all-inclusive care models or palliative care support, especially when a loved one is approaching end-of-life care, and comfort becomes the priority. At Options Home Care Wake County, we can help coordinate these transitions so your loved one’s care evolves alongside their needs, rather than requiring a sudden change in setting.
ADLs are the basic self-care tasks someone needs to manage in order to live independently: bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring (like moving from bed to chair), eating, and continence.
ADLs are important because many insurance and benefits programs use ADLs to decide eligibility. In fact, most long-term care insurance requires help with at least two ADLs before benefits kick in, and some veterans’ programs require three. If you’re noticing your loved one struggling with these tasks, we can help assess where they stand and what coverage or next steps might apply.
At Options Home Care Wake County, we accept both private pay and long-term care insurance.
Long-term care insurance helps cover extended support with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and mobility. These policies are usually purchased in advance, often earlier in life, and are intended for ongoing care rather than short-term medical treatment.
Our team works directly with all long-term care insurance companies to verify your coverage, initiate your claim, document services, and guide you through the reimbursement process.
