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LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS VS.
RESIDENTIAL CARE
 What kind of care is there?
 There are two different types of care for those who need it. There is live in home care, and
there is the residential care. Live in home care is a caregiver that lives under your roof and
from when you wake up to when you go to bed, there will be someone to assist you. Then
there is residential care. Residential care you move to live in a facility with others who need
care but all your needs are taken care of, and you have your space.
 Benefits of Live-in care
 There are many benefits to having a live-in caregiver. First and the most appealing is that
you can stay at your own house. The caregivers come to you, sometimes they are living
under the same roof, or they have around the clock caregivers who don’t live under your
roof. Another good reason is that you get one-on-one care with your caregivers. You can
keep your pets with you, and you have control over meals and what time meals are ready.
 Benefits of Residential care
 There are some good benefits for residential care also. You have your individual space, and
the rest of the place is cleaned and maintained by staff. As these are communities, you get
much more social interaction and events you can attend without having to plan them
yourself or exhausting your energy. In some facilities, you have immediate access to doctors
and medical care, as they have them on-call and on staff. If you don’t care for planning
meals, meals are planned and prepared by the staff, all you have to do is be on time!