Comfort Keepers

Introduction: We offer the following services: • In-home Companionship and Care * Conversation and Companionship Comfort Keepers is available to provide clients company and engage in conversation, or to sit down to share a meal together. Social contact such as this is proven to enhance the health, happiness and quality of life of seniors. * Meal Preparation Comfort Keepers prepares hot, delicious, and nutritious meals, allowing clients to help with preparation according to their abilities. Many seniors do not have the opportunity to eat a well-balanced meal, so this service helps seniors get the nutrition they need to enjoy healthier living. * Laundry These services can be done in either the client’s home or in the laundromat, and include washing, drying, ironing and putting things away. Comfort Keepers involves clients to make sure laundry is done according to their preferences. * Light Housekeeping Comfort Keepers' light housekeeping services include vacuuming, dusting, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms (sinks, tubs, showers, and toilets), cleaning kitchens (sinks, appliances, counters, taking out trash), straightening all rooms, organizing closets and drawers, and cleaning any interior windows that can be reached without a ladder. Comfort Keepers does not provide outdoor cleaning or maintenance. * Grocery Shopping/Errands Comfort Keepers shops for groceries at stores of their clients’ preference and run errands, such as picking up prescriptions or going to the post office. Clients may choose to stay home or help with the shopping and errands as an excellent way to stay active and engaged. Comfort Keepers will use any coupons provided. * Incidental Transportation Comfort Keepers provides transportation incidental to other care services, such as taking clients to medical appointments, barbershops, beauty salons, shopping, or wherever else a client wants to go. Getting seniors out and about is good for their mind, body and spirit, and an integral part of Comfort Keepers’ Interactive Caregiving®. * Medication Reminders Although Comfort Keepers cannot administer medications, they can help ensure that clients take their own medication as prescribed. Comfort Keepers can assist with opening medication containers, reading labels and reminding the client when it is time to take a dose. * Grooming Guidance Comfort Keepers assists clients with washing and combing their hair, and other grooming tasks to enable them to feel good about their appearance. * Live-In Services Comfort Keepers tailors care to each client’s needs, from a few hours a week to a full-time care. Through our live-in services, we provide full-time caregiving by Comfort Keepers who live in the client's home to provide in-home care on a daily basis. The client and family may designate the types of non-medical in-home care services that are to be provided. This service gives family members peace of mind, preventing gaps in coverage for individuals who may be at risk when unattended, such as those with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia-related conditions. * 24-Hour Care Depending on each client’s needs, Comfort Keepers can provide from just a few hours of service a week to full-time, in-home care. Through our 24-hour care service, a team of Comfort Keepers coordinates caregiving responsibilities in shifts around the clock. This offers clients and their families a full-time peace of mind. Specific non-medical in-home care services can be tailored to meet each client’s needs. This type of continuous in-home care service is ideal for clients who are at risk when unattended, such as persons with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia-related conditions. * Respite Care or Relief for Family Caregiving can be rewarding and often strengthens bonds within a family. At the same time, caregiving can be demanding amidst life's other responsibilities. Family caregivers and those in their care can benefit from a little time off now and then. That is why Comfort Keepers offers respite caregiving. This service can be scheduled as needed to provide family caregivers time to run errands, go shopping or get some much-needed rest. • Personal Care Services * Bathing, Grooming and Hygiene Comfort Keepers helps clients look and feel their best. These services enhance clients’ mental as well as physical well-being, helping them feel positive about their appearance. Bathing not only cleanses the skin, but goes deeper to refresh the spirit, provide relaxation and stimulate circulation. * Mobility Assistance Comfort Keepers assists clients as needed with mobility to help them maintain as active a lifestyle as possible. Being able to get out and about, offers both physical and mental health benefits to seniors. Physical health benefits of activity include increased stamina and energy, a strengthened heart, lower blood pressure and improved digestion and sleep. In addition, activity improves mood, releases stress and increases mental alertness. * Transferring and Positioning Comfort Keepers is trained to move and place clients in correct posture position to promote health and safety and proper functioning of the body's many systems. Proper transferring and positioning from or into beds and chairs eliminate pressure areas on the skin, reduce weakening and stiffening of muscles, and encourage proper breathing, digestion and elimination. * Toileting and Incontinence Care Comfort Keepers compassionately and sensitively cares for seniors and other adults, helping them maintain dignity and self-esteem as they receive help with the activities of daily living. Through this caring approach, Comfort Keepers helps to lessen clients’ embarrassment associated with the loss of independence related to incontinence and need for toileting assistance. * Feeding and Special Diet For a number of reasons, adults may need help feeding themselves. This loss of independence can be difficult to accept. Comfort Keepers understands this, and makes the extra effort to turn mealtime into an enjoyable social time. In addition, Comfort Keepers helps make certain that seniors and other clients stay on prescribed diets to prevent or control a wide variety of medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and osteoporosis. And, in general Comfort Keepers enables clients to eat a well-balanced diet that provides the energy needed for active living and nutrients for disease prevention, healing and healthful living. • Specialized Care Services * Dementia Care Many of the Comfort Keepers' offices provide care for clients who are experiencing symptoms of dementia. Some clients may experience momentary confusion or lapses in memory, but others are dealing with advanced stages of dementia conditions. For those that provide this specialized care, specially trained Comfort Keepers will provide activities that can improve a person’s quality of life such as music and other activities to stimulate the senses. * End-of-Life Care Our compassionate Comfort Keepers comes to the aid of individuals who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. We help them and their families with emotional and moral support as well as helping out around the home and providing personal and companionship care, whatever is needed. Comfort Keepers can support the family directly or work in partnership with a hospice agency or medical provider to fully meet the family’s needs. Our ultimate goal is to help families make the most of their time together, helping to lighten the burden at a very difficult time. Through respite care, we give family caregivers needed rest. And, we can continue to help after a loved one’s passing. Our Comfort Keepers helps families deal with the grief and assist with tasks such as organizing personal items and moving belongings, or just being there to listen if family members need to talk. * Veterans Care Programs Veterans or surviving spouses of veterans in need of in-home care may qualify for benefits through the Veterans Administration. Comfort Keepers is proud to serve those who have served our nation. We assist veterans and their spouses in the application process, and provide in-home care services for approved participants in VA programs.