Growing Concern About Home Health Care in Pennsylvania
Home health care in Pennsylvania is an increasing concern for seniors in our region. Our parents and grandparents deserve the kind of care and attention they gave us for their whole lives. There are many options for home health care for the elderly. Some are better than others, as they offer the attention and care seniors need, while still providing an independent and rewarding experience. There is an ideal balance there between the right amount of assistance and a rewarding level of independence.
Seniors need and deserve love, assistance and attention. As old age sets in, some tasks that we take for granted become challenging and difficult. These everyday activities such as cooking, cleaning, gardening or running errands might be impossible for our loved ones with limited mobility. Just because someone becomes old, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be able to do the things they’ve grown accustomed to. Home health care can help them regain their independence, and allow them to do the things they might not otherwise be able to do.
Finding the right kind of help is extremely important. For some, this means moving into an assisted living facility, but not everyone needs this level of attention. Many seniors are fine staying at home, given they get the right kind of home health care. Also, many seniors would prefer not to have to move, and live outside their home they’ve grown so accustomed to. In home health care provides many of the advantages of outside facilities, but also provides the comfort and convenience of home.
There is a new kind of home health care that is changing the way seniors live. Now, your loved ones have the opportunity to get their in-home attention from their peers. Seniors are visiting and assisting other seniors. This new method provides unparalleled service, offering a unique kind of home health care. Seniors will visit other seniors, helping them with their everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning, while simultaneously providing companionship on a level other providers can’t match. Seniors understand each other, and can trade stories and wisdom they have compiled over their rich, full lives. This companionship is what makes seniors great in home health care providers.
Sometimes, sending our love ones to an assisted living facility is the right and necessary choice. But a lot of times, there are other options. In-home care can be the answer and alternative to a dramatic and life-changing move. Home health care has advantages that include maintaining a level of independence, which the elderly can’t get at a facility. In home health care can be provided by other seniors – a groundbreaking way to provide love, support and companionship that is really the best option for many families. This might just be the best way to provide home health care in Pennsylvania.
For more information on home health care in Pennsylvania, contact Seniors Helping Seniors at 610-590-4888 or email us at mailto:judy@seniorshomeassistance.com.
Crystal Award Given to In Home Non Medical Care Provider
In home non-medical care can be provided by any number of people, but when it is provided by one of your peers, it is truly rewarding, for both the provider and the recipient. On December 19th, Renate Scott became the second recipient of the annual Crystal Employee of the Year award, presented by Judy Fobes, the owner of Seniors Helping Seniors of Northern Chester County. Renate may be retired, but she is rarely found sitting at home. She keeps herself in great physical condition by walking regularly with the Chester County Hiking Club, and spends a lot of time with her family being the perfect grandmother. Plus, she works part-time for Seniors Helping Seniors.
Senior Helping Seniors is a dynamic organization that employs active senior citizens to provide in home non-medical care to other seniors looking for help and companionship, such as light housekeeping, meal preparation, transportation, and shopping. Renate joined Seniors Helping Seniors after reading an article in the paper. “I have worked before in both a hospital and a nursing home. I thoroughly enjoy being with elderly people,” she said. “It’s a quiet, pleasant environment and the companionship is mutually rewarding. I always learn something new!”
Every year, Judy Fobes selects one provider of in home non-medical care to receive the Crystal Employee of the Year award. “The award is given to recognize people who have made outstanding achievements. They are kind, loving, caring, compassionate human beings who go above and beyond their duties. They do so not because it’s their job, but because they want to. This year, I was proud to give the award to Renate Scott. I am so grateful to have her as a provider at Seniors Helping Seniors.” The award, along with a commemorative Swarovski crystal ornament and a check, was presented to Renate at an in-house ceremony.
Melody Nay Schaff explains what it meant to have Renate provide in home non-medical care for her elderly mother (now deceased): “Renate is a caring, compassionate, vibrant woman. She came twice a week to care for my mom. She made my mom smile and laugh while they shared stories and worked on projects, such as organizing all my mom’s recipes. I never had a doubt when I returned home from work that she had respectfully cared for my mom’s physical needs. Due to Renate’s caring nature, my mom and I thought of her more as a dear friend than a paid provider. Both my mom and I felt blessed to know Renate and so grateful to Judy and Seniors Helping Seniors for all their support.”
For more information on how to provide or receive in home non-medical care through Seniors Helping Seniors®, contact Judy Fobes at 610-590-4888.
St. Basils Basket Bingo
Home care company, Seniors Helping Seniors will be donating a basket for the St. Basils Basket Bingo event being held at Kimberton Fire Company on Sunday October 16th. The event will take place in the Covered Bridge Room. Seniors Helping Seniors is a company where seniors provide home care for other seniors. This should be a fun event for all ages.
Aging Expo
Seniors Helping Seniors, who offer in home assistance will have a table at the Health & Wellness Expo in Chester County. This expo on aging will be on Thursday, October 13th from 10am – 1pm, and is being held at the West Chester Senior Center located at 530 E. Union Street in West Chester, PA. There will be lots of information for seniors about in home assistance that you won’t want to miss.