Home Care Aide

Statement of Purpose

Our staff provides personal care and homemaking services to:

• Empower Bremer County residents to remain independent and in their own homes
• Help care for an ill and physically/mentally challenged family member
• Reduce hospital or skilled nursing time
• Delay a move to assisted living or nursing home care
• Provide respite for family care takers
• Protect vulnerable children and adults from neglect or abuse if court ordered

A Grant from the Iowa Department of Public Health allows Bremer County Home Care to offer services on a sliding fee scale so that all county residents who need help have access to it without being financially burdened.

Referrals are accepted from anyone and all Bremer County residents are eligible if the need exists. There is no cost for the confidential needs assessment. Services are determined by the client with a Bremer County Home Care Representative, and are provided without discrimination by skilled and supervised staff. Call (319) 352-0527

Services available are:

• Assistance with bathing, hair care, oral care, walking and prescribed exercise
• Light Housekeeping
• Laundry
• Meal planning/preparation
• Respite for primary caregivers
• Grocery and essential shopping
• Monitoring medications
• Protective care services as ordered by the court

Administration

The local Board of Health contracts with the Bremer County Board of Supervisors to provide Home Care to this county. It is the Director's job to assure compliance with all State Department of Public Health regulations so that the sate appropriation is received annually and used for its stated purpose; subsidizing Home Care for low income Bremer County residents who need assistance to remain independent as long as that is safely possible.