care services
All over the world there are many kinds to organize care for ill and old members of society. That is no question of "rich or poor": it is rather a question of cultural and religious backgrounds.
So, when you think about care services in your country, you must consider the concrete situation there.
Intersingles-basic.com is no "fun"-site. We also broach subjects which possibly are irksome and therefore tabooed. Emergencies can strike anyone at any time and it is good to be carefully prepared on.
Relatives and friends accompany their affected friends in case of emergency. Daily and practical aid will be given -if possible- by professionals and their specialized organisations.
( Advanced circles of friends may be able to organize some nursing services in their own responsibility.)
The general willingness to obtain treatment in certified hospitals and care facilities is part of the intersingle system. Relatives and friends should not get overextended.
This case occurs when a continuous mental confusion starts to be a threat for the victims themselves and their environment.
This case also enters if the physical constitution requires constant care.
Your circle of friends will have current and approved lists of suitable services.
Forms of professional care
- Short term care is time-limited care in case of temporary illness, after treatment in a hospital or while waiting for a place in a care-home.
- Ambulatory care The nursing personnel visits their patients at home in the necessary scale and frequency.
- Assisted living or living with service can be a precursor for living in a senior home. It is useful when it gets impossible to keep a big flat or even a house with garden. Perhaps you can find a small flat near to friends or relatives. - One rents a small age appropriate flat in an institution of assisted living firstly without care or service. When required, further services can be booked step by step. In best case the house is joined to a care-home.
- Care-networks are new flexible ways of caring. They include all forms of care and accompanying measures. Depending on the situation of inabled can be chosen the appropriate treatment with the social service of the care-network.There is a comprehensive consultation and attendance.
- Inpatient care in care homes is needed when physical and/or mental handicap does not allow any more to live alone.
- Palliative care is a very specialized out- or inpatient treatment of intense pain.
- Hospices are care homes for patients who are incurable ill.The carers have learned to act with dignity and competence in a situation nearly unbearable for relatives and friends.
You should ask for information about the care-services of your region. They can be specified in the form:
But- do not set terms in advance for your own future! Your concrete situation in case of emergency or in further life cannot be predicted.
The more important are comprehensive current informations for sudden events.