Our Services
- Hourly and Live-In Personal Care
- Free Comprehensive In-Home Assessment
- Bathing, Dressing and Basic Personal Hygiene Assistance
- Incontinence Assistance, Toileting
- Light Housekeeping, Laundry and Linen Change
- Prescribed Exercises
- Household Organization
- A Written, Detailed Personal Care Plan
- Grocery Shopping, Meal Preparation
- Companionship
- Respite for Family Cargivers
- Escort and Supervision
- Medication Reminders
- Transfer and Standby Assistance
- Coordinate Billing with Long Term Care Insurance
- Other services are available to meet your individual needs
Note: Live-in caregivers must have their own room and bed, and must be able to sleep throughout the night. Getting up once or twice to briefly assist the client is acceptable.
Service Descriptions
Personal Care: Help with dressing and undressing. Help with showering, shampooing, and shaving. Help client use the toilet, protecting dignity and privacy. Provide safe assistance getting in and out of bed, chairs, wheelchairs, and cars. Put on elastic stockings and other supports.
Light Housekeeping: Pick-up and straighten, dust, sweep and vacuum. Clean kitchen and bathroom. Wash and iron clothes for client. Change sheets. Take out the garbage.
Household Organization: Clean out refrigerator. Discard spoiled and expired food. Run errands with client: grocery store, bank, library, hairdresser, post office.
Personal Care Plan: Your needs and the needs of your family are unique. A flexible and customzied, personal care plan is designed to improve your quality of life through:
- Carefully selected and trained caregivers
- Consistent caregiver relationships
- Rapid start-up times
- Regular family updates
- Internet access to care plan and schedule via GenerationsUnite.com
Meal Preparation: Encourage good nutrition. Prepare tasty meals that meet dietary needs. Offer enticing snacks and beverages throughout the day .Plan meals according to clients needs, and make grocery list. Do grocery shopping. Wash client's dishes.
Companionship: Maintain routines, revive interests. Try new activities - anything from shopping the sales to attending a meeting for retired professionals. Help client stay in touch with friends, family and the community. Read aloud from newspapers, magazines, novels, snail mail and email. Organize family photos and mementos in albums. Listen to the stories.
Supervision: Provide unobtrusive supervision. Tactfully redirect client from unsafe activity. Provide sensitive reminders to use cane or walker correctly. Encourage safe exercise. Walk with client, do prescribed exercises together.
Medication Reminders: Remind client to take medicine. Assist clients with medications which are normally self-administered.
Testimonials
“The best thing is that I don't get an answering machine during office hours. You are kind and caring. You are efficient and your caregivers are very good.”
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