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When Does Your Aging Parent Need Home Care?
Free decision tree: 12 questions to ask. 4 paths forward. One free phone call to confirm what’s right.
- The 12 questions A-Team’s RNs ask in every in-home assessment
- A scoring system that maps to four specific care paths
- Honest answers on cost, Medicare coverage, and parents who refuse help
- The phone number for the free RN-led home assessment
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What’s in the decision tree
Twelve yes-or-no questions, drawn from A-Team’s clinical team and from the public-health literature on falls (CDC), medication errors, social isolation, wound healing, and dementia sleep disruption. Each one takes less than 30 seconds. The score points to one of four paths.
- Activities of daily living (ADLs)
- The six basic self-care tasks: bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, eating. Personal-care services help with these.
- Sundowning
- Late-day confusion, agitation, and restlessness in dementia. Often the trigger for nighttime wandering and family caregiver burnout.
- Aging in place
- Remaining safely in one’s own home through home modifications and in-home support services rather than moving to assisted living.
- Caregiver burnout
- The exhaustion, resentment, and physical decline that family caregivers experience when they care for a parent without scheduled relief.
- Falls in older adults
- Leading cause of injury and injury death in adults 65 and older; 1 in 4 adults 65+ falls each year (CDC).
- Geriatric assessment
- A multi-domain clinical evaluation: cognitive, physical, functional, social, medication, environmental. The free A-Team RN home visit performs a geriatric safety assessment.
- CDC STEADI
- cdc.gov/steadi – clinician-facing fall prevention toolkit
- National Institute on Aging
- nia.nih.gov – aging in place, dementia sleep, social isolation guides
- AARP HomeFit
- aarp.org/HomeFit – aging-in-place home modification guide
- PA Dept of Aging
- aging.pa.gov – PA home modification programs and waivers
- PA DHS Community HealthChoices
- dhs.pa.gov/HealthChoices – the official PA Medicaid CHC program page
- VA Caregiver Support
- caregiver.va.gov – PCAFC, Aid & Attendance, Veteran-Directed Care
- Who we are
- A-Team Home Care – Philadelphia’s RN-led home care agency, voted #1 in Philly. Inc 5000 honoree.
- Coverage area
- Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester counties (PA)
- Services
- Personal care, companion care, skilled nursing, dementia care, respite care, 24-hour care, Family Caregiver Program
- Free RN assessment
- An A-Team registered nurse visits the home, walks every room, scores fall risks, reviews medications, checks wounds, and gives a written written assessment – no cost, no obligation
- Funding sources
- Medicaid Community HealthChoices (Keystone First, UPMC, PA Health & Wellness); VA Aid & Attendance, Veteran-Directed Care; Medicare Advantage OTC; private pay
- Phone
- (215) 490-9994 · ateampa.com
Common questions before downloading
My parent says they are fine and refuses to talk about home care. Now what?
Three out of four families face this. Frame the conversation around what your parent wants – staying in their home, not being a burden, keeping their independence. Home care is the way to get those things, not a threat to them. Start with the free RN home walk-through, not “home care” but “a free safety check.” Most parents agree to that. The conversation about ongoing care happens after the RN gives the assessment, not before.
How much does home care cost in Pennsylvania?
Out-of-pocket private-pay rates in the Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgomery County area run roughly $28 to $38 per hour for personal care, and $55 to $75 per hour for skilled nursing visits. Most families do not pay full private pay. Medicaid Community HealthChoices covers personal care for eligible parents. VA programs cover veterans. Medicare Advantage plans increasingly cover companion-care hours through OTC benefits. The intake coordinator confirms which funding path applies on the first call.
Is the in-home RN assessment really free?
Yes – fully free, no obligation. An A-Team registered nurse visits the parent’s home, walks through every room, scores fall risks, reviews medications, checks wounds if any, and gives the family a written assessment with the 2-3 highest-impact recommendations. If you decide A-Team’s care services are a good fit, we’ll talk about that separately. If not, you keep the assessment.
Want a real RN to confirm what you scored?
Call us. Tell us about each “yes” answer. We’ll confirm which of the four paths actually fits your parent’s situation – over the phone, about 15 minutes, no appointment needed.
(215) 490-9994