At Hearthside Home Care, we are committed to providing quality services that focus on meeting the unique needs of each individual served, in a manner that reflects integrity and excellence.<\/strong><\/p>\n Selecting an in-home care provider is a big decision. You want someone from your local community who you can trust<\/strong><\/em><\/span> in your loved one\u2019s home. Someone who will provide the support and personal attention needed.<\/p>\n \u00a0Ask these\u00a0important\u00a0questions before you select:<\/p>\n Q. Does the agency hold a current license from the NC Division of Health Service Regulation?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q.\u00a0In addition to companions, does the organization also employ home care aides as needed, who are listed on the NC Health Care Personnel Registry?<\/strong> A.\u00a0The State Health Care Personnel Registry\u00a0tracks allegations of abuse, neglect, fraud, diversion of drugs and misappropriation of funds or property. Also, keep in mind that individuals or\u00a0organizations that operate under the independent contractor model\u00a0may require you to pay unemployment and social security taxes and file the appropriate tax forms.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Q. Who supervises the in-home staff and oversees the needs and concerns of the client? A. A licensed agency is required to have\u00a0registered nurses and other licensed professionals assess and manage\u00a0the client plan of care and supervise the\u00a0care services\u00a0of the in-home staff.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026 because Home<\/em> is where the heart is.<\/p>\n Hearthside Home Care<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Quality\u00a0Really Matters!\u00a0 At Hearthside Home Care, we are committed to providing quality services that focus on meeting the unique needs of each individual served, in a manner that reflects integrity and excellence. Selecting an in-home care provider is a big decision. You want someone from your local community who…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[644,349,645,646],"class_list":["post-3092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1blog","tag-home-care-agencies","tag-north-carolina","tag-quality","tag-top-rated"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstlighthomecare.com\/home-healthcare-guilford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}**<\/span>How has the Division of Health Service Regulation rated the agency?<\/strong> \u00a0
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<\/em><\/h3>\nA. <\/em>Licensure ensures the agency meets specific requirements regarding the administration, standards, staff qualifications and supervision of\u00a0care and needs. Be wary of\u00a0entities\u00a0and \u00a0organizations\u00a0operating without State licensure.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
**Hearthside Home Care is rated one of the top home care agencies in the state of North Carolina, as rated\u00a0by the Division of Health Service Regulation of North Carolina.<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n
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For more information on Hearthside Home Care<\/strong>, please call 866-808-1351<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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