Caring at Home’s Meal Planning and Preparation Services
Preparing healthy and nutritional meals is an important service we provide here at Caring at Home. There are times when elderly or disabled individuals are not able to properly prepare meals themselves, or they may simply lack the strength or desire to eat. With our in-home caregivers, you no longer have to worry whether or not your loved one is getting the proper nutrition they so desperately need.
Exceptional Meal Preparation Services
At Caring At Home, our motto, “To us, it’s personal®” is more than just words. It’s a guiding principle that permeates everything we do – including our meal preparation services. Our team’s mission is to provide a care plan personalized to your family’s needs, bringing you comfort, companionship, and peace of mind.
Our comprehensive senior care services help aging adults stay engaged in everyday life with individualized support that keeps them safe and well at home. Carefully screened for your protection, the professional caregivers from Caring At Home immerse themselves into wherever home is to assist with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and build long-term relationships with you and your family.
Customized In-Home Elder Care Services in Pennsylvania
While in-home care services can help people at any point in the aging process, their care needs rarely fit into a pigeonhole. That’s why Caring At Home custom tailors our services to meet your unique situation and then adjusts as your needs evolve.
As a private, family-owned, and operated home care provider, we deliver dependable, compassionate care at all levels, including specialty care for those with Parkinson’s Disease, arthritis, and Alzheimer’s or other dementias. From brief check-in visits to round-the-clock care, our reliable caregivers have you covered.
We offer these top-quality Home Care Services:
Dementia Care
If they aren’t a safety risk to themselves or others, helping a senior family member with dementia stay in their home can be highly beneficial. The committed, highly qualified caregivers at Caring At Home can assist clients with Alzheimer’s or dementia in the comfort of their private residences. In addition to helping the patient feel safe and secure – reducing the likelihood of anxiety or confusion episodes – our Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care services relieve the family’s responsibilities so they can stay refreshed.
Delivered with patience, empathy, and nurturing, our compassionate in-home dementia caregivers are trained to support clients and families in these ways:
- Continuity of Care
- Familiar Frame of Reference
- Meal Preparation & Assistance
- Low-Stress Environment
Companionship Care
Having a friendly and trusted companion around makes every day at home brighter. At Caring At Home, our companion caregivers enjoy spending time with seniors. While there, they can also perform services ranging from assistance with light housekeeping and routine exercise to facilitating socialization with peers.
These are some of the many ways our Companion Care services can help:
- Doctor’s appointments and prescription pick-up
- Mobility assistance
- Light exercise
- Grocery shopping
- Recreational activities
- Sorting, opening, and responding to mail
Light HouseKeeping
If your senior loved one needs help maintaining their household, our convenient Light Housekeeping services can keep their home environment clean, comfortable, safe, and healthy. While we are not a dedicated cleaning service, our caregivers can provide housekeeping services that include
- Laundry
- Bedmaking and linen changes,
- Dusting, vacuuming, floor care (sweeping, mopping, etc.)
- Cleaning the bathroom and kitchen
- Taking out the trash, watering houseplants, and helping with organizational projects.
Live-In or 24-Hour Senior Care
Finding the right caregivers to provide your senior with continuous in-home assistance can be challenging. Having them in your aging loved one’s home 24/7 to expertly handle emergencies will also be reassuring for you and other family members. At Caring At Home, we’ve done all the preparation for you. We will efficiently match your loved one with caregivers ideally qualified for their personality and care level needs.
Licensed, insured, and thoroughly screened, our 24/7 caregivers can provide these affordable and dependable Live-In or 24-Hour Senior Care services:
- One-On-One Attention
- Status Reports & Updates
- Accident & Fall Prevention
- Companion & Personal Care
Medication Supervision
Our highly trained caregivers and home health aides understand the importance of helping independent seniors remember to take their daily medications as prescribed. For your protection, Caring At Home is licensed and insured, and all of our highly-trained hourly caregivers are thoroughly screened beforehand. Some of the medication supervision services we offer include:
- Ensuring medication is taken by the prescribed dosage and at the proper time
- Setting up an organizational pillbox to help with medication management
- Logging/reporting medication intake
Meal Preparation
Our knowledgeable meal planners will ensure that your aging loved one eats better each and every day. From the initial grocery shopping to the in-home meal preparation itself, our caregivers will make sure that your senior’s nutritional needs are being met in the comfort of their own home. To put your mind at ease, Caring At Home is a licensed and insured home care provider, and all of the meal planners that we employ are carefully screened beforehand. Our affordable and dependable senior meal assistance services include:
- Recipe research and meal planning (Including your loved one’s favorite dishes
- Grocery shopping
- Caloric monitoring and proper nutrition
- Meal preparation
- Establishing an appealing eating environment
Personal Care
Most of us wake up and start our days using the bathroom, bathing, dressing, and grabbing a bite to eat. For many seniors, this morning routine is not so easy as they struggle to perform basic activities of daily living (ADLs). To assist your efforts, the certified home health aides from Caring At Home offer reliable and discreet personal caregiving assistance for seniors.
Conveniently available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, our customized Personal Care solutions include the following:
- Dressing
- Bathing
- Grooming
- Toileting
- Incontinence Care
- Overall personal hygiene
Respite Care
Although it’s a labor of love, caring for an aging friend or relative can be physically and emotionally demanding. If you’re not careful, caregiver burnout can sneak up on you when least expected, impacting the quality of life of both you and your loved one. Our reliable respite caregivers can step in while you take a well-deserved break, allowing your senior to age gracefully in place while enjoying the familiar and comfortable surroundings of home.
Once customized to your needs, our affordable and reliable Respite Care services provide family caregivers with these benefits:
- Allowing you to physically and mentally recharge
- Flexible scheduling for your convenience
- Conveniently scheduled appointments when you need them.
- 24/7 availability
- We can step in when you are planning an out-of-town trip.
- Can be tailored to any family budget and lifestyle.
Benefits
Meal Planning and Preparation
At Caring at Home, we understand that for some, preparing their own meals may even become dangerous. This can happen with elderly individuals suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease. Difficulty with planning and preparing meals can also stem from a lack of confidence due to a previous bad experience in the kitchen where they may have forgotten to turn off the stove or may have accidentally injured themselves. Our caregivers can prepare meals for them or simply provide them, and you, with the peace of mind of safe supervision.
Frequently Asked Questions
We maintain a robust backup system to ensure continuous care. When your regular caregiver is unavailable due to illness or time off, we provide a qualified replacement who has been briefed on your specific care plan and requirements. All backup caregivers meet our same high standards of training and experience. We also maintain detailed care logs to ensure smooth transitions between caregivers and consistent quality of care.
Our care services are customized to meet individual needs, so costs vary based on the level of care required, frequency of visits, and specific services provided. We accept long-term care insurance and can provide documentation for reimbursement from various insurance providers. Our team can help you understand payment options, including private pay, insurance coverage, and potential veterans’ benefits. We’ll provide a detailed cost estimate after conducting an initial care assessment.
We understand that care needs can change, sometimes unexpectedly. Our services are flexible and can be adjusted with just 24 hours’ notice in most cases. Whether you need to modify daily schedules, increase or decrease care hours, or change the type of services provided, our care coordinators will work with you to accommodate these changes while ensuring continuous, quality care for your loved one.
We maintain rigorous screening standards for all our caregivers. Each caregiver undergoes extensive background checks, reference verification, and drug screening. They must also complete our comprehensive training program and maintain current certifications. We only hire caregivers who demonstrate both professional competence and genuine compassion for seniors. Regular performance evaluations and ongoing training ensure our high standards are consistently met.
Our comprehensive home care services include personal care assistance (bathing, dressing, grooming), medication reminders, light housekeeping, meal preparation, and companionship. We also offer specialized care for clients with conditions such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or those recovering from surgery. Our caregivers are trained to provide both basic assistance with daily activities and more complex care depending on your specific needs.
Dignified Senior Home Care, When and Where You Need It
Caring At Home provides “cream of the crop” in-home care for seniors in Scranton and Carbondale, PA. The first step in our process includes a personal consultation with a Care Coordinator at no charge to you. In our meeting, we will thoroughly discuss your care needs, create a care plan, and work with you or your loved one to determine how best to meet your requirements.
Whatever your care needs, Caring At Home is there for you, always striving to exceed your expectations.
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Call us at (888) 229-8057.
Exceptional Care from an Exceptional Agency
As a locally-owned, home care provider, with offices in Scranton and Carbondale, Pennsylvania Caring At Home is dedicated to serving the needs of our community.
Care with great respect, kindness, and compassion, being a prime source of dependable healthcare providers to the community, using cutting-edge innovation to provide non-medical care services to clients in their homes.
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