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Care types and costs

While all of us will one day need some form of care, this care will not be the same for everyone. Most will just need a companion to help with tasks around the house, while others will need more intensive care delivered by a skilled nurse or clinician. In between there is a whole spectrum of care offerings, and Keep Safe Care can supply these caregivers based on your assessments. In most cases, the less intensive your care needs are, the lower the cost of the caregiver. Below is a listing of the common types of care needed, a description of the type of care given as well as pricing. 

Companion Care

Description

In most cases, Careseekers at this level of care do not require nor need specialized medical or clinical care, but may need some in-home assistance or companion services. Companion Care provides comfort and supervision to those who may be lonely or who are home alone for long periods of time, in addition to providing light care services, such as cooking and cleaning. The caregiver can also offer assistance in dressing and grooming.

Rates

Under 10 hours per week

$36 to $33 per hour

10 to 30 hours per week

$32 to $30 per hour

Over 30 hours per week

$29 per hour

Non-medical Care

Description

Non-Medical Home Care is the most common care given to the elderly, children, and those who have other physical or mental impairments. Providing non-medical home care generally means assisting elderly or disabled persons in performing their activities of daily living (ADLs), such as eating, maintaining personal hygiene, bathing, toileting, and basic mobility. Medication management, wound dressing, and administering supplements or giving injections straddle the border between medical and non-medical care and are usually part of providing Home Health Assistance

Rates

Under 10 hours per week

$42 to $36 per hour

10 to 30 hours per week

$35 to $33 per hour

Over 30 hours per week

$32 per hour

Home Health Aide

Description

This type of care is more intensive than Non-Medical Home Care and involves a licensed or certified caregiver to perform or a caregiver who is under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)/ Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN). In addition to providing assistance with ADLs, the caregiver can handle medication management, wound care, injections, and mobility assistance and can work with Alzheimer’s patients. Usually Careseekers with one or more co-morbidities or chronic illnesses need this form of care in addition to the services provided to the Non-Medical Home Care services..

Rates

Under 10 hours per week

$50 to $40 per hour

10 to 30 hours per week

$39 to $36 per hour

Over 30 hours per week

$35 per hour

Keep Safe Care believes strongly in trying to keep costs down and wherever possible to pass any type of savings onto our clients. As such, when you require more hours of care, there is a reduction in our hourly rate as outlined in our rate card below. The price list compares three (3) types of care with three (3) quantities of care (hours). Please note: The national average for non-medical home care has now jumped to $35 per hour (source: Senior Service Business). The average cost of care for Austin, Texas is $34/hr with a minimum of 20 hours or $680 per week. Also, rates for early mornings, late night, weekends, and holidays may be higher. Note: We do not have any minimum hours.

How We Treat Our Caregivers

“We see caregivers as an asset that can be cultivated as opposed to an expense that can be replaced.”

This quotation is important for a number of reasons, but the primary one is because we want to employ caregivers who not only give superior, quality care, but who are reliable, dependable, courteous, trustworthy, and kind. The only way Keep Safe Care will attract and keep highly motivated and engaged caregivers is to treat them with respect, consider them as part of the team, pay them higher wages, empower them to make choices in their jobs and careers, and to offer training to advance their caregiving career.

While most agencies say they have great caregivers and boast about their quality, compassion, reliability, and experience; the industry average for turnover has risen to 83% and truancy (no-shows) is 25%. This begs the question: If these agencies treated their caregivers so well, why is there so much turnover and absenteeism?

So, how does Keep Safe Care combat these horrific truancy and turnover rates with caregivers? It starts with our caregivers and partners. We are passionate about treating our caregivers like responsible adults and giving them the tools to deliver great care. Secondly, Keep Safe Care strives to pay our caregivers substantially more than the industry average and we take less in profits from our clients. In small words, we are less greedy, or maybe, more generous. Finally, Keep Safe Care is constantly training our caregivers to improve their skills and value in the caregiving marketplace.
The result: better, more reliable, dependable, consistent care for you; better, happier, more committed caregivers for us.

Taken in combination, Keep Safe Care has reduced both truancy and staff turnover to under 5% and has become the Gold Standard of caregiving in America.