Many people do not know that in-home care can also include household management services.  Although personal healthcare is a primary concern, Home Care by Benchmark offers specialized household management for patients in Ontario who: Are being discharged from the hospital or facility Have a chronic illness Are in need of respite care Require end of life care These services can include basic housekeeping duties, such as cleaning and doing laundry, as well as more personalized care such as accompanying patients to appoints and providing transportation for errands.  Household management is designed to provide day-to-day assistance with things that may seem basic, but which are crucial to living a comfortable life.  Oftentimes, these tasks are difficult to complete by themselves, especially if they are experiencing difficulty with mobility or any sort of physical pain.   As stated before, in-home care doesn’t have to be a strict, regimented sort of assistance.  Instead, a quality personal care assistant should strive to do whatever they can to make the lives of their patients easier.  However, with that said, it should be noted that our employees may not spend more than 20% of their on-duty time on household chores unrelated to the care of the [...]