How Caregivers Can Benefit From Medical Transportation Services
by Julia Gregory
Taking care of someone that is elderly and sick or of someone suffering from a terminal illness can be hard, even more so if you do not drive. Many of the people sick at home must visit their physicians for routine wellness checks, medical procedures like kidney dialysis, and outpatient surgical procedures. For a caregiver that cannot drive, or simply has no car, getting their sick loved one back and forth for medical care can be quite challenging. If you are a caregiver having trouble with transportation for your loved one, learn more about how you can benefit from contacting medical transportation services.
A Trained Driver And On-Board Nurse Can Give You A Worry-Free Break
Medical transportation service is not emergency medical services and it does fall under EMS management services. If you dial for emergency services, you will have an ambulance at your door. When you contact medical transportation services, most drivers arrive in a van that is equipped for people in wheel chairs or for those with limited disability. Your loved one will be taken to the van and monitored throughout the entire trip. You do not have to worry about your loved one not being buckled in a seatbelt or that he or she may try to open the door during transit, a common worry for caregivers of people suffering with Alzheimer's disease or severe dementia. Your loved one will be in the care of skilled professionals traveling to and from their destination, giving you a chance to take a break without worry.
Charges For Medical Transportation Services Are Taken Care Of On The Spot
If you take care of your loved one's medical expenses and keep up with the bills for them, you may wonder if medical transportation services will become one more bill for you to keep up with. You should know most medical transportation service vehicles are equipped with machinery for accepting your payments with a debit card and you can charge to your loved one's insurance if their company covers it. Being able to take care of your loved one's transportation charges in your driveway is a huge time-saving benefit that can also alleviate some stress for you.
As a caregiver, finding every way to make things easier on you and your loved one is important. If you have been calling family members and friends for helping you transport your sick loved one, try contacting medical transportation services in your area. Doing so will allow you a lot less pressure and aggravation trying to secure transportation for your loved one to important medical appointments.
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The decision to move one of my parents into assisted living was one of the most difficult I have ever made. I had extreme feelings of guilt that led to me being at the facility with my parent practically around the clock. It took a few months before I realized that I could not let my own life fall apart from the guilt I was feeling. I also learned that my parent was fine without me constantly hovering around. Since that time, I have had several friends express similar feelings of guilt. I started this blog to help others in the same situation understand not only their feelings about assisted living, but those of their parents.