Senior Care for Families Separated by Long Distance

Do you have a senior loved one who lives hundreds or thousands of miles away and needs in-home assistance? Although phone calls, text messages, and FaceTime can help you stay in touch, you need more than a smartphone to deliver hands-on support if your loved one needs quality senior care.

Visiting Angels can provide a solution—professional home care.

Whether your elderly loved one lives 90 minutes down the interstate or a five-hour plane ride away, Visiting Angels will bridge the distance gap by providing compassionate home care services to accommodate their needs.

Long-Distance Caregiving: A Proven Approach

The power of a national network, like Visiting Angels, can help you find the best home care providers in your loved one's area and make it easy for you to coordinate services. With more than 25 years of senior care experience, Visiting Angels’ has supported families who live in different cities, counties, states — or even countries—with devoted long-distance home care.

Here are some ways Visiting Angels’ long-distance support can aid your senior loved one:

• Expert Guidance
  Need help finding in-home care in another city or need expert guidance? Simply contact our Visiting Angels' home care office or call 502-677-1467 for more information about professional services.


• Long-Distance Consultations
  Visiting Angels will coordinate an initial home care consultation to ensure you and other family and friends are included. Even if you live on the other side of the world, Visiting Angels can keep you involved via phone, email, or video.


• Planning and Scheduling
  After getting to know your loved one and their needs and gathering your feedback, a coordinator will develop a detailed home care plan and schedule.


• Ongoing Communication
  Visiting Angels will notify you about any changes or concerns regarding your senior’s physical, emotional, and cognitive well-being and any health or living situation issues.


• Multi-Location Collaboration
  If your loved one splits time between two cities or makes frequent long-distance trips to visit family and friends, Visiting Angels will coordinate appropriate assistance through another home care office in its national network.

Personalized Long-Distance Services

Visiting Angels personalizes in-home care services and follows best practices to ensure your loved one receives the help they need to live at home safely and comfortably. Visiting Angels’ professional caregivers will involve you and your family in the process—no matter how far away you live.

Visiting Angels will tailor a personalized plan for your aging parent or relative based on their health needs, habits, routines, preferences, and living situation.

Long-distance assistance includes emotional support and standard services like companion care and personal care. Specialized services, including Alzheimer’s care and dementia care, are available for individuals with memory disorders. Other services, including the Safe and Steady fall prevention program, can be helpful if your loved one lives alone and is at high risk for accidents in their house.

Visiting Angels can combine programs into an effective plan to enhance your loved one’s care and give you peace of mind.

Get Started with Long-Distance Home Care

Visiting Angels makes it easy to find dedicated home care for a loved one who lives miles away from you. Call 502-677-1467 or use the online office locator to find the best in-home assistance for your loved one today!