Personal Care & Home Care Services That Go Above and Beyond
We know it’s much easier to tackle your responsibilities when helped by a caring friend, confidante and personal assistant. Your caregiver is ready to support you with any personal hygiene and task that needs attending to, always with a smile and respect for your way of doing things.
Our home care services are specifically designed to preserve and maintain your dignity as you continue to perform your daily activities in your own home. Your caregiver will be at the ready when necessary to give you the extra support and care you require with all your routine activities. From shaving and brushing your teeth, to receiving daily medication reminders, the home health services program considers your special needs in order to provide you with the most personalized care possible.
We recognize having someone in your home to assist with private and personal matters can be a sensitive situation and we want to be sure you feel as comfortable and relaxed as possible. That’s why we go the extra mile to match you with a caregiver who has compassion for your living situation as well as a connection to you and your personal interests. Our comprehensive health care team strives to match you with the perfect caregiver so that your personal care experience is not only helpful but enjoyable too.
Meal Preparation
It can be very difficult to prepare nutritious and healthy meals when struggling with chronic disease or recuperating from a hospital stay. Planning and cooking meals can be not only physically challenging, but seniors may also have a lack of desire to cook. It has been proven that as we age our sense of taste declines. Just like eyesight, our sense of smell diminishes as we age. Flavor and enjoyment of our food is directly tied to taste and aroma. Many people who are in Hospice care need assistance and encouragement to eat. Our caregivers can assist with all aspects of meal preparation.
Benefits of Meal Prep Assistance
The benefits of a healthy diet can include increased mental acuteness, resistance to illness, faster recuperation from injury and more energy. Many seniors may need to follow a new specific diet that they are not familiar with including heart healthy, low salt, diabetic or a low-fat diet. Our caregivers can help with not only healthy meal planning but also shopping, cooking and clean up. Smelling delicious food cooking can help perk up a waning appetite. Sharing a meal with another person is a comforting thing to do and can create a good mood especially for those who are feeling lonely.
Examples of Meal Preparation Assistance
- Assistance with meal planning
- Assistance with diet specific recipes
- Grocery shopping with or without client
- Keep running grocery list
- Meal preparation and cooking
- Cleanup
- Cook extra meals for the freezer
Our goal is to empower adults to maintain an independent and dignified lifestyle. We specialize in training the caregiver of your choice, be it a family member or friend to provide non-skilled care and support services tailored to promote a healthy and fulfilling life. Non-skilled services can include assistance with personal care and hygiene, lifting and transferring, meal preparation, laundry, light housekeeping, medication reminders, errands, transportation and companionship.
Laundry
Starting the day from a clean bed and in clean, fresh clothes provides your loved one with a natural boost in confidence for the day. A caregiver can assist with laundry and changing linens, and can include:
• Change the bed linens.
• Change clothes or lay out outfits.
• Assist in gathering and sorting laundry to be washed.
• Loading and unloading washer and dryer.
• Folding and putting away laundry.
Mobility Assistance
If you are elderly or disabled, walking from one place to another or getting in and out of bed might be difficult. Our caregivers are willing to support and guide you. They are trained to take extra safety precautionary measures to prevent fall-related accidents.
- Assistance getting in and out of bed
- Assistance with toileting and bathing
- Simple transfers including bed to chair or wheelchair
- Assistance with use of walker, cane or crutches
Personal Care
- Assistance with bathing and feeding
- Teeth, mouth, denture and hair care
- Assistance with dressing and undressing
- Skin care, excluding wound care
Light Cleaning
While our focus is our patient, we want to help maintain cleanliness in the different parts of our client’s home. Living in a clean and well-organized environment promotes good health and a sense of well-being, something that everyone desires regardless of age and physical abilities. In addition to providing hands on care, an in-home caregiver can help provide:
- Keeping surfaces clean and free from bacteria and dust
- Sweeping and vacuuming floors
- Doing laundry and changing linens
- Preparing healthy and nutritious meals
- Disposing of garbage
- Cleaning kitchen, bathroom, and other living areas of the client
- Picking up mail and running errands
- Watering plants
- Organizing closets and cupboards
- Putting away laundry, dishes, and groceries
- Assistance with eating
From wiping down counters and doing dishes, to making sure appliances are kept clean, an in-home caregiver can ensure the people you love maintain a high quality of life, no matter what their physical limitations are.
Catch Your Breath with Experienced Caregiver Respite
We understand that taking care of an aging or ill family member can be incredibly rewarding and, at the same time, emotionally draining and exhausting. As a caregiver, you are continually preparing meals, cleaning up, changing sheets, and offering much comfort and good cheer to everyone around you including the family member you are caring for. You manage the challenge of dealing with your own personal life too so it’s no wonder that 38% of family caregivers rate their routine as emotionally stressful.
Our services include respite care to provide you with a much-needed break when you most need it. Our professionals will care for your loved one — at home or in any setting — for a couple of hours, an entire day, overnight, or even longer term. By stepping out of your caregiver routine and taking the time to allow yourself to relax, re-energize, and refresh, you’ll enhance your own well-being as well as strengthen your relationship with the person you’re caring for.
Custom Designed Caregiver Relief Services
Juggling the overwhelming balance of duties might seem doable to you some days but going too long without a break to refresh and re-set can lead to burn-out, depression and other health issues. Our caregiver respite services are tailor-made to each individual and family situation to ensure you get the necessary relief and support you need at exactly the right time.
Before deciding what type of respite care you and your family might need, our care manager will sit down and speak with you about what might work best for you. Do you need a few hours off twice a week? 24 hours away from the house? Or perhaps a regular weekly night out with your partner or friends?
Once you’ve determined how much time away would be beneficial, we can then work with you to design a respite care program that is best for your loved one too. What do they need most at this moment? Companionship and meal preparation? Or maybe some light housekeeping and personal care? We’ll discuss every detail with you and create a plan that meets everyone’s needs.