Each care plan is customized based on the senior’s cognitive needs, personal preferences, and daily routines.
Yes. Every caregiver on our team goes through a screening process, with many bringing hands-on experience supporting individuals with memory loss. Families trust Options Home Care Wake County for consistent, compassionate in-home support.
Yes. We want your family to feel confident from the start, which is why you can meet and interview the caregiver before memory care begins.
In many cases, memory care with Options Home Care Wake County can begin within just a few days. Once we understand your loved one’s routine, preferences, and level of support needed, we move quickly to match you with the right caregiver.
Yes, of course. We understand that sometimes needs change over time, and our team can adjust schedules, increase hours, and create stronger support systems if your loved one ends up needing more help in their home. Alternatively, we can scale back care services if they end up needing less support.
Yes. We can provide memory care on weekends and holidays based on your family’s needs and your loved one’s care schedule. Our in-home services are available 7 days a week, year-round.
Memory care can be considered long-term care, and therefore, some long-term care insurance plans will cover memory care services. At Options Home Care Wake County, we accept private pay and long-term care insurance.
Long-term care insurance is a private policy purchased years before care is actually needed, often in your 40s or 50s. It helps cover extended support with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, and mobility due to aging, illness, or disability.
It’s different from health insurance because its purpose is to pay for ongoing custodial care at home, in assisted living, or in a skilled nursing setting.
If you have long-term care insurance, the benefits will begin once you meet eligibility requirements. This typically includes needing help with two or more activities of daily living or having a cognitive impairment.
At Options Home Care Wake County, 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 so you can focus on care rather than paperwork.
Activities of Daily Living, which are also known as ADLs, are basic self-care tasks that a person must be able to perform to live independently. These typically include:
ADLs matter because many benefits programs use them to determine eligibility. Most long-term care insurance policies require that a person needs assistance with at least two ADLs before benefits begin. Certain veterans’ programs require assistance with three ADLs to qualify for home care services.
If your loved one is struggling with these daily tasks, we can help assess their needs and guide you through the next steps for coverage and care planning.
Many of our veteran clients receive care through the VA’s Homemaker and Home Health Aide Care program. This program is part of VA health benefits and provides non-medical assistance in the home to help eligible veterans remain safe, independent, and maintain their overall well-being. Services typically include help with bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, light housekeeping, and other daily activities.
As an accredited VA community care provider, Options Home Care Wake County can be paid directly by the VA to provide approved home care services.
To qualify for these veterans’ benefits, veterans must:
Once approved, we work closely with the VA and the assigned social worker to deliver consistent, personalized care at home. We can also help you through the application process.
Many family members notice small changes first; things like missed medications, mismatched clothing, or a house that’s less organized and clean than usual. These moments don’t always mean a move to senior living is necessary right away. Sometimes it just means it’s time to bring in extra help so your loved one can stay safe and comfortable in their own home.
Our caregivers regularly support clients living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, and our plans are built to support both the patient and the people caring for them, since this journey affects the entire family.
Staying home means familiar surroundings and one-on-one attention, rather than the shared environment of memory care facilities. We’ve noticed that in-home care for many of our clients tends to feel more comforting than assisted living facilities, since your loved one isn’t adjusting to a new place on top of everything else.
Our caregivers use gentle redirection and very steady, consistent routines. Also, providing your loved one with the same caregivers they are familiar with can help ease confusion. We can also handle medication management so nothing gets missed. Our hope is to preserve as much independent living for your loved one as possible while still keeping them safe.
Should that day come, there’s a range of NC memory care facilities and senior living community options nearby (including in the greater Wake Forest, NC community), from small home-like settings to larger memory care communities and assisted living communities. Our team is happy to help you think through that transition when the time is right.
