The need for caregiver support varies significantly for each family. If your caregiver registry can open the door for that match, you’re in for a happy and satisfied client—and caregiver contractor.
What is live-in care?
Live-in care is an arrangement in which the caregiver moves into the client’s home for a period of time that they can define with the client. The caregiver would likely have their own room and bathroom.
This arrangement allows caregivers to integrate their relationships with clients more deeply and provide high-quality care. It’s not meant for everyone, but for interested caregivers, it can be a great long-term option for your caregiver registry to offer.
How does a caregiver registry offer live-in care?
It all boils down to how you talk about your business.
“The key is to make sure that you position your caregivers as the service providers—not your registry. Your responsibility is to find and match caregivers with clients, and those needs can vary,” shares Julio Barea, head of sales. When you find a client with those needs and a caregiver who is interested, that’s the extent of your relationship. Your caregiver would then carry out and offer live-in care services.”
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What are the benefits of offering live-in care as a caregiver registry?
There are so many reasons to offer live-in care. Here are a few:
- Find new clients and families looking for care: Families and clients may be on the search for live-in care for a variety of reasons. It could be that their loved one is relatively healthy but lives on their own and needs companionship and someone to talk to or take them out for a day.
- Help families find care more affordably: Registries help save families money in comparison to traditional home care services and senior living as well.
- Long-term revenue and referrals: When you can help families find the ideal care arrangement for them, they’ll return the favor by continuing to invest time and energy into their caregivers and also refer you to new business.
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At Ally, we’ve seen a number of caregiver registries that have matched clients with live-in caregivers and the relationships tend to last a long time. Make sure that you research the compliance landscape and regulations in your state to confirm that this is allows.
READ MORE: Home Care Registry Compliance Crash Course
The ability to create matches that make such a direct impact on someone else’s life, as intimately as a caregiver does, is invaluable.
Offering live-in care is only one way to increase your bottom line this year, and we hope you consider it. If your registry management system isn’t built for live-in care or makes operations a hassle, consider switching to Ally today.
