FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

• I already have a home care agency - how is NursePower different?

  If you have a home care agency, they can provide you with the following services; bathing, toileting, dressing and grooming, transportation, meal preparation, companionship, medication reminders, house cleaning, and other chores. The services they provide are non-medical and therefore cannot meet your medical needs.

  For medical services provided in your home, you need the expertise of a licensed or registered nurse and that is where NursePower helps.

  What makes Assured Quality Homecare (ASQ) unique is that through NursePower we can also offer our clients private duty nurses. While other home care agencies can only provide limited services through their caregiver, we can provide our clients with full services through NursePower.

• How often will I need a nurse to visit?

  This depends on your reasons for needing a private in-home nurse.

  First, we will coordinate with the rest of your healthcare providers to assess your needs. Then we will sit with you and your loved ones to develop a schedule that will meet all of those needs.

  Most clients require regular help, which ranges from a few hours a week to 24-hour care.

  We built flexibility into NursePower so that you can have options.

  Some hire a nurse to oversee a specific need, such as being discharged from a healthcare facility or setting up a medication management schedule.

  Some hire a nurse on an hourly basis, such as attending medical appointments or providing advanced care training for family members.

  And some clients hire a nurse because a loved one requires constant, ongoing care, such as with hospice. “Many times,” according to Samanta Roseme, RN BSN, “especially at the end of life, families are ill-equipped or uncomfortable in making assessments that require administering narcotic medication to their dying loved one.”

  Once you decide that you want a private in-home nurse, we will work with you to create the appropriate schedule to meet the health needs of you or your loved one.

• How do I pay for a private in-home nurse?

  Not all services are covered by your current insurance, no matter how essential they are to your loved one’s health. With a private in-home nurse, you don’t have any limitations to your available services because you pay for the services privately and, in some cases, your long-term care insurance will help to cover the cost.

  Please call us at 860-373-0251 so we can set up an appointment to review your homecare needs.