WesleyLife
At Home

The at-home services umbrella encompasses all of the support we offer to clients and families in their homes. This includes:

• Home care: Routine medical care and assistance with activities of daily living or non-medical household tasks to make living independently more comfortable
• Meals on Wheels: Scheduled meal deliveries, making mealtimes more tasty, nutritious, and convenient
• Palliative care: Medical care, mental health support, and care coordination for individuals with serious medical conditions
• Hospice care: Comprehensive care for individuals with life-limiting conditions and bereavement support for families
• WellAhead: A membership program offering services and amenities to support healthy aging at home while establishing a plan for future care needs

Home care is a great fit for individuals or couples who are living mostly independently but would benefit from a helping hand with certain tasks. Routine visits from a home health aide or a home care team member can make remaining at home more feasible and more enjoyable.

Wondering if home care is right for you or a loved one? Take this 4-minute assessment online for a more personalize recommendation. 

Yes! At-home services team members can help with light housekeeping tasks, such as laundry or vacuuming. They can even take the dog for a walk or assist with meal prep. If you're unsure if they can help with a certain task, just ask. Our team members are eager to help in a variety of ways to make clients feel more confident and comfortable in their homes.

Yes, they can. Our dedicated clinical team can coordinate with clients’ providers and deliver routine medical care, including:

• Physical, occupational, and speech therapies
• Medication assistance
• Postsurgical care
• Diabetes management
• Health education
• Wound care
• Health assessments and lab samples
• Chronic condition management

Anyone who is struggling with the mental, emotional, and physical burden of chronic illness may benefit substantially from palliative care. This specialized form of care — from coordinating specialists and prescriptions to offering counseling — is designed to work alongside conventional medical care and fill in gaps to help a person feel more fully supported.

Hospice care is designed for people with a life-limiting medical condition who no longer wish to pursue curative treatment. Specifically, when a doctor has given a prognosis of six months or fewer, the patient is eligible for hospice care. While most people associate hospice with nursing care in the final days or weeks of a person’s life, this multifaceted form of care can support clients and families for many months through symptom management, advance care planning, counseling, and more.

Palliative and hospice care are sometimes referred to as “comfort care” because of the emphasis on alleviating discomfort and anxieties related to ongoing health challenges. With the goal of enhancing comfort in the face of difficult circumstances, what better place than the client’s own home, where they feel most at ease? Coming to clients and families wherever they call home is key to the way WesleyLife seeks to support individuals receiving palliative or hospice care.

WellAhead is designed for active older adults who are living independently at home and wish to remain there as they age but want financial protection against the uncertainties of future health care costs a plan in place. Anyone exploring options such as long-term care insurance may find WellAhead to be a superior alternative that offers benefits right now in addition to offering peace of mind for the future.

Continuing care at home programs, such as WellAhead, are paid membership programs that offer practical perks to empower a person's health and independence at home while ensuring affordable access to care if it's ever needed. Depending on the plan chosen, a person or couple’s monthly membership fee will cover part or all of their care delivered by WesleyLife.

At-home services are designed for a wide range of needs, so pricing can vary considerably. Home care, for example, may be billed hourly or weekly. Medical care tends to be costlier than more general help at home, but insurance may offer some coverage for in-home clinical care.

Medicare does offer coverage for at-home medical care when a health care provider orders it. However, Medicare won’t pay for nonmedical care, such as help with activities of daily living or household tasks.

Medicare doesn’t place a time limit on coverage for home health care. As long as a person continues to need in-home medical support, it should continue to be covered.

At-home services can provide support for a wide range of needs, including routine help with activities of daily living (ADLs) and medical care. However, when the level of need requires frequent visits from at an at-home services team member, community living may prove to be a more cost-effective option. Plus, some people may find that a move to a senior living community better meets their desire for more extensive social connections. Assisted living, for example, provides access to assistance whenever it’s needed within a thriving social community.

Technically, yes, you can receive at-home services wherever you call home. A couple in an independent living community, for example, may benefit from Meals on Wheels or occasional help with household tasks. If they need more frequent assistance, however, it may be time to consider a move to assisted living.