Our in-home personal care clients range in age from young children to the elderly. Our clients might be rehabilitating from an accident, have an outgoing disability or just reaching old age. They have varying physical and/or emotional challenges that make our program essential for quality home care while benefiting from the comfort and companionship we provide. We offer In-home Personal Care services and non-skill custodial care throughout Northern Nevada, including rural areas. With flexible scheduling and affordable rates, we are an excellent source for families looking for help caring for a loved one. We also realize that the number one concern in our industry is customer care and satisfaction, and it is in this area that we outperform all others. We are fully bonded, insured, and licensed by the State of Nevada, and take pride in the work we do.
American Home Companion, Inc. provides the following services:
1. Bathing: Assist client in/out of shower or bathtub; giving
or assisting with sponge bath or bed bath. Shampoo hair; help wash upper and lower body.
2. Dressing:
Help client pick-out, put on and/or take off
clothing.
3. Personal Grooming:
Help client brush hair, brush and floss teeth and
gums, wash face, care for hands, shaving (electric
shaver only, no blade) apply cream or lotion to skin,
help clean and care for dentures or hearing aids.
4. Mobility:
Assist client to walk and to use devices such as
a walker, cane, or gait belt, supervise client while
walking to prevent falls.
5. Transfers: From supervising to
physically providing assistance to help client move from
a bed to a wheelchair, chair, commode, or to standing
position and vice versa.
6. Skin Care:
Turning a client in bed to prevent skin
breakdown, checking for bruises, infections and broken
skin, applying lotion to skin.
7. Toileting:
Assisting client to use bedpan, urinal, bedside
commode, or toilet. Empty and clean
commode, basin, bedpan, or urinal as necessary.
For incontinent clients, change diapers, clean
genital and buttocks area when soiled. Empty catheter
or colostomy bag.
8. Supervise
Medications: Reminding client to take medications as
prescribed by their doctor or helping client take
self-administered medications that he or she cannot take
unaided due to a cognitive or physical disability.
9. Exercises:
Under the supervision of a home health physical,
occupational or speech therapist, assist client with
their prescribed exercises.
10. Report all Changes
in Client's Condition: Report to the
agency, client's responsible party, doctor, hospital,
and/or calling 911 if client needs emergency medical
attention.
11. Companionship:
Provide conversation, social stimulation, and
company for the client so they are not alone.
1. Preparing Food:
Cooking and serving food, preparing meals,
following a special diet.
2. Marketing & Errands (locally): Going to the market with a list to obtain needed groceries or household supplies requested by the client. Running other local errands for the client.
3. Laundering:
Client's bedding, towels, and clothing.
4. Monitoring Home
Safety: Including removing hazards that could cause
injury or falls. Reporting any unsafe
conditions.
American Home Companion, Inc. currently holds several contracts with the state of Nevada. We are contracted with Medicaid as a Personal Care Agency and provide services under the following Medicaid Programs (Please follow the links for eligibility and other important information):
We are also a provider for the Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division under the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) programs which includes:
We have partnered with several organizations in the community to provide services for seniors with no financial means. Qualified applicants can have their services covered by these wonderful organizations. Please click on the links below for more information:
Medicaid covers 100% of the cost for recipients that are eligible for one or more of the aforementioned programs. Additionally, American Home Companion, Inc. accepts most Long Term private insurances and worker's compensation policies. We also offer the lowest hourly rates in Northern Nevada as well as multi-hour discounts for our self-pay patients. Federal Medicare does NOT pay for any personal care services. Some private insurance payers require a deductible and a co-payment, which will be collected from the patient before the start of services. Some payer sources may require pre-certification and then may make a determination based on patient's needs. Some payer sources may require pre-certification and limit the number and types of services we can provide.
Any charges not paid by your
insurer will be discussed with you prior to rendering
services when possible. You, your
guardian, parent, caregiver, or family member will be
informed in writing of all charges for services provided
and available methods of payment.