Temporary home care for the elderly
We support living at home when our client’s ability to function is temporarily impaired and their need for care is short term.
Temporary home care is intended for persons whose functional capacity is reduced temporarily and on a one-off basis for a maximum of two months, for example, due to illness or after surgery.
You can receive assistance from temporary home care when you need care provided by healthcare and social welfare professionals but cannot seek outpatient healthcare services with assistance by using public transport or taxi services.
You may also need temporary home care when your informal carer is temporarily prevented from caring for you.
Temporary home care can help clients with eating, washing up, getting dressed, getting up from bed and chairs, mobility, personal hygiene, medication or daily chores related to the tidiness of the home environment. Temporary home care involves one-off or short-term home care and home nursing.
Where possible, the care service makes use of well-being technology, such as an automatic medicine dispenser. Temporary home care may also utilise a remote connection.
The service can be supplemented with support services, such as meal and safety assistance services.
Temporary home care can be produced as the wellbeing services county's own service, as an outsourced service or through contract service providers with a service voucher.
If the client's need for assistance only relates to housekeeping tasks and a need for transporting and accompanying the client to services, we will refer you to private services.
Temporary home care is subject to a fee. The amount of the fee depends on the number of home care visits. If you feel that you or your loved one needs temporary home care, contact Senior Info.