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Our Mission

    "To provide services to our clients and their families with compassion, dignity and respect, as we work together to maintain the client's quality of life every single"

Our commitment to our clients

* To provide staff, who truly care from the heart and have a passion for their work.

* To love, nurture, and care for our clients and their families.

* To build a foundation of care and support for each client and a bond of trust with them and their families.

* To take the fear out of in-home care.

* To empower our clients and help develop their positive abilities

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We Promise to work together to provide care, hope and comfort to our clients.

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Jennifer

 

 

 

 

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                         In-Home Services

                        Dedicated to providing quality In home Services

                  to Individuals to maintain personal independence.

 

In-Home Services

  ABOUT OUR CARE PROVIDERS:

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All employees are carefully screened to ensure the absence of a criminal background.

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A registered Nurse supervises and trains nurses assistants to ensure excellent care for our clients.

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All employees are covered by work related accidental insurance.

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All advanced care providers must pass a comprehensive evaluation administered by Registered nurse.

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All employees receive Alzheimer's and dementia training prior to client contact.

OUR SERVICES

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Homemaker services consist of general household activities provided by a trained homemaker when the individual regularly responsible for these activities is temporarily absent or unable to manage the home care for himself/herself.

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Optional homemaker chore services provide assistance with intermittent household tasks necessary to the maintenance of a safe and habitable home environment.

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Basic personal care are medically oriented tasks, which are prescribed by a physician to meet a client's physical needs and thereby enable the client to remain in his or her home and be treated on an outpatient basis rather than in a hospital or nursing facility.

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Advanced personal care are maintenance services provided to a recipient in the individual's home to assist with activities of daily living when this assistance requires devices and procedure related to altered body functions.

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Authorized nurse visits are skilled nursing services of a maintenance or preventive nature provided to clients with stable chronic conditions.

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Respite care are maintenance and supervisory services provided to a client in the individual's home to provide temporary relief to the caregiver that normally provides the care.

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Advanced Respite care are maintenance and supervisory services provided to a client with nonskilled needs that require specialized training.

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Nurse Respite care are maintenance and supervisory services provided to a client with special skilled needs.

DUTIES MAY INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

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Routine personal care of clients with ostomies (Tracheostomies, gastrostomies, and colostomies)

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Personal care of persons with external, in dwelling and suprapubic catheters.

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Administration of prescribed bowel program.

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Application of medicated (prescriptions) lotions, ointments, or dry, aseptic dressings to unbroken skin including stage 1 decubitus ulcers.

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Application of aseptic dressings to superficial skin breaks or abrasions.

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Manual assistance with non-injectable medications.

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Passive range of motion.

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Use of assistive device for transfers.

Personal care services

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Planning, preparation, and clean up of meals.

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Making beds and changing linens.

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Brushing, combing and shampooing hair.

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Brushing teeth and cleaning dentures.

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Cleaning and cutting fingernails and toenails of clients without contraindicating conditions.

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Assisting the client with transfers when the client is weight bearing.

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Shopping for groceries or household items specifically required for the health and maintenance of the client.

Homemaker services

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Tidying and dusting the home.

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Cleaning and kitchen counters, cupboards, and appliances

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Washing dishes

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Laundering, ironing and mending clothes.

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Sweeping and/or vacuuming, and mopping floors.

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Shopping for essential items.

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Bagging trash inside the home and putting it out for pick up.

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Performing essential errands.

Chores Services

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Spraying for insects in the home using over the counter supplies.

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Providing pest control in the home.

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Washing inside windows and/ or cleaning blinds, and washing and/or changing curtains and drapes.

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Bagging outside trash.