Care Plus Nursing Services, Inc.

CarePlus Nursing Services Meets Your Home Care Needs with Companion Care, Personal Care, and Care Management Services

Whatever the need, from simple companion services or a bath visit, to 24 Hour or round-the-clock care, CarePlus has distinguished itself as a company that is dedicated to superior client care. Our services are flexible and meant to meet the needs of our clients and their families. To learn more about how CarePlus service features click on the Care Plus Difference.

Our three different levels of service were designed to help keep home care services more affordable

These levels include:

Companion Care

For individuals whose care needs are minimal, or are experiencing the initial stages of memory loss, dementia or Alzheimer’s. CarePlus’s Companion Care services are provided by a specially screened caregiver. To learn more on how caregivers are screened and selected, go to Our Caregiving Staff.

Companion Care services can include:

Assistance with bathing or dressing
Assistance with walking
Light housekeeping
Meal preparation
Escorting to appointments
Incontinence care (urinary)
Meal preparation
Medication reminders

Companion Care services are billed at an hourly rate with a 4 hour minimum.

Personal Care

Individuals who need a higher level of care, are in advanced stages of dementia or Alzheimer’s, need assistance with transferring, or are more medically complex would benefit from CarePlus’s Personal Care Services. Personal Care services are provided by caregivers with a wide range of experience in caring for more medically complex clients. Besides the services provided in Companion Care, our Personal Care package provides for:

Transferring (from bed to chair) with possible use of lift devices such as a hoyer lift.
Bowel incontinence
Hospice care
Post–operative care

Personal Care services are billed at an hourly rate with a 4 hour minimum.

Care Management Services

Finding the right services for an aging loved one can be difficult. Often, you do not know exactly what kind of help you may need, how to find and arrange for services, and how much you will have to pay for services. These service needs can go well beyond the need for home care services, particularly when family members work during the day or live at a distance away from their aging loved one. Care Plus’s

Care Management services can be a valuable option for older persons and their families.

The Care Plus Care Manager can help put together “the whole picture” of care and service needs for the client and their family, and provide valuable monitoring of services in place. Besides their ability to assess for service needs, the Care Manager can provide a wide range of resources, including different types of government funded programs for seniors.

Service provided by the CarePlus Care Manager are:

Comprehensive Assessment: This assessment differs from the a initial opening assessment of the home care nurse or a skilled nursing assessment in that the Care Manage evaluates not only for health status and mobility/functional status, but also provides an evaluation of mental status, socialization, safety issues, home maintenance issues, financial issues (including ability to maintain daily financial records such as a checkbook), transportation issues, nutritional needs, etc. The Comprehensive assessment always includes recommendations on resources and plan of care, with considerable thought going to obtaining appropriate services that fit within the client’s budget.

Comprehensive assessments are billed on a fee-for-service-basis.

Facility Assessment: Although remaining in their own home is usually the first choice for many clients, there are times when clients may choose, or feel they are best served by residing in an Assisted Living Facility or Skilled Nursing Facility. Finding the right facility to meet the clients needs can be time consuming and difficult. The CarePlus Care Manager can provide Facility Evaluations to help clients and their families’ choose an appropriate residence.

Facility Assessments are billed on a fee-for-service basis.

Care Monitoring: Many families, as well as other professionals such as trust officers or legal guardians, will rely on the CarePlus Care Manager to provide guidance with ongoing care. This can include developing and overseeing home modification plans (installing ramps, grab bars, etc.) accompanying client on appointments to physician and other professionals. Care Monitoring can also include assistance with transitioning to a skilled care or assisted living facility, and ongoing monitoring of the client’s care while they reside in the facility.

Care Monitoring services are billed on an hourly basis.
Call CarePlus at 949.716.CARE (2273) for more info on Care Management Services or rates.