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Personal Assistance - Types of Care involved in it and Understanding it Better

"Home is where the heart is" goes the saying and this is more so for elders. Statistics reveal that 90% of the elders prefer to age in the comfort of their own home. In doing so, seniors have started to opt for assisted living and personal assistance services. In England, nearly 65,000 disabled adults were employing 1,45,000 personal assistants in the year 2015. India too is experiencing a sudden boom in the need for senior caregiving services. What are personal assistance services? Elders want to enjoy the privacy and independence of their own home where they can be their own masters. Yet age does not permit them to do all the routine activities on their own. This is where they need elderly home care assistance. Personal assistance services for the elderly include the following type of care or help in     • Personal Care-  help in bathing, dressing, feeding, toileting     • Home care- cleaning, cooking, laundry,  grocery shopping   •  Healthcare- g