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The FamilyCare Difference
What you need to know about choosing
in-home assistance


There are substantial differences among in-home care providers. Be sure you are choosing the provider that best suits your situation.

With FamilyCare, we take full responsibility for our employees. FamilyCare Senior Solutions is a full-service agency and a member of the National Private Duty Association. All our staff members are employees and are managed and supervised by trained professionals. They are screened, trained, bonded, and insured, and we pay all of their taxes and benefits. We are licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia and certified by Medicare and Medicaid. We are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At FamilyCare, we stand behind every employee and service we offer.

If using a registry or a private duty individual, you assume certain employer responsibilities, legal liabilities, and insurance considerations. There can also be tremendous potential liabilities if the person working for you gets injured or becomes ill. There’s also the unfortunate possibility of abuse and exploitation, which is particularly devastating in a transitional or fragile time of life.

Here are some comparisons:

Why Hire FamilyCare vs.
an Individual Caregiver or Registry?


  The FamilyCare Difference:


As people age, declining physical ability can make stairs, bathing, yard work, and home repairs challenging.

That's why we offer whatever you need, wherever you need it – from your home or hospital to assisted living facility or nursing home.

As your needs change, so do our solutions.

 
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Caregiver back-up
support for
emergencies
FamilyCare staff is available at all times. If your home care requirements increase, FamilyCare is ready and able to fill that need. None - Home care backup is up to you.
 
 
Bonded and insured home care staff All FamilyCare' staff are bonded and insured to protect our clients. The security of your home is important to you and it is important to us.

• All home care cases are carefully monitored and supervised by a professional FamilyCare supervisor.

• Periodic quality assurance visits are performed to assure service quality.

• Family members are updated regularly on home care services and important home care issues.

• FamilyCare verifies, updates, and maintains all necessary licenses and certifications for all home care staff.
Usually none - It is up to you to check and monitor the bonded and insured status of every home care staff member.
 
 
Quality control and supervision of home care staff • All home care cases are carefully monitored and supervised by a professional FamilyCare supervisor.

• Periodic quality assurance visits are performed to assure service quality.

• Family members are updated regularly on home care services and important home care issues.

• FamilyCare verifies, updates, and maintains all necessary licenses and certifications for all home care staff.
None - Staff is completely independent and supervises itself. You must check and verify who needs what license and whether they are in force.
 
 
Payroll tax responsibility for home care staff FamilyCare is responsible for all Taxes - FICA, Federal, and State are calculated collected, reported, and remitted to the proper tax authorities with no responsibility to our clients - Ever! You are responsible for all calculations collections, reporting, and submission to the individual tax authorities.
 
 
Thorough criminal background checks on caregivers All Caregivers are carefully screened at the time of hire with several layers of background checks.

A criminal history is obtained on each applicant through the NCIC.
Home care staff are not background checked unless you pay for it and do it yourself. A full background check done one at a time can cost as much as $50-$100 for each person checked.
 
 
Worker's compensation to cover any home care staff's on-the-job injury All FamilyCare's home care staff are covered by worker's compensation insurance for any accident that can happen anywhere while doing anything for any home care client. None- Private individual can sue you if injured on the job.
 
 
Flexibility of home care services Your home care service requirements will rarely stay the same. Most people will either have an increase or decrease in their home service requirements.

• With FamilyCare, you aren't locked into providing a certain number of hours or days.

• If the level of home care skills that you require increases or decreases, we can accommodate that change without the need for you to change providers.
Skills are fixed to the particular individual, and you pay for what they can do rather than what home care skills you need. A change in skills necessarily means changing staff.
 
 
Years of experience in providing home care services FamilyCare has over 20 years of quality home care experience. More than two decades of service and experience means that you have the number one home care company backing your home care needs with proven home care experience. Variable
 
 
Extra home care service FamilyCare can provide home care services to you, 24 hours/day and 365 days/year. Your home care needs don't disappear on the weekend, during holidays, or during Caregiver vacations. Neither does the FamilyCare staff. With FamilyCare, it is our job to fill those gaps to leave you with worry-free home care staffing. 1 person = limited days and hours. You are responsible for lining up replacement home care staff for sudden sickness, off hours, emergency calls, off days, and vacations. Employment transitions mean that you start all over again.
 
   


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