Decision 1
Choose how to hire care
Compare a private caregiver with a licensed home-care agency, including screening, supervision, payroll and backup coverage.
Compare hiring optionsCare decisions
Dementia Home Care Decisions Guide
When a family is under pressure, the first goal is not to solve everything. It is to identify the most urgent concern, clarify the realistic options and decide who needs to be involved next.
The short answer: Start with safety and supervision, then work through schedule, hiring responsibility, cost and caregiver capacity. Those five issues usually reveal which questions must be answered first.
Get My Next-Steps Plan Decision 2
Understand care costs
See how hours, scheduling, minimum shifts and the hiring model change weekly and monthly cost.
Review cost factorsDecision 3
Review safety and supervision
Look at wandering, falls, nighttime needs, unsafe cooking, medication problems and caregiver exhaustion.
Review warning signsDecision 4
Organize your exact situation
Create a free educational plan from the concerns, schedule and timing your family selects.
Build my planA practical order for the family conversation
- 1
Immediate safety
- 2
Help with daily activities
- 3
Hours and supervision
- 4
Who will hire and manage
- 5
Cost and payment
A sudden or serious change in health or behavior is different from a long-term planning question. Contact a qualified healthcare professional promptly, and call 911 if someone is in immediate danger.