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
While we strive to ensure you’re cared for and comfortable in your own home, at times it may be more beneficial for you to live in a senior living community. At Caring At Home, we can help you find the best Independent Living, Assisted Living, or Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care community for your needs. Best of all, our Senior Living Placement services are FREE!
Yes. Caring At Home is here to assist you with all your concerns, including durable medical equipment (DME). We can arrange for a variety of DME products, all to help our clients feel better and live a more comfortable life.
Our entire staff is trained to provide the personal attention each client deserves and to find them the products they need. Feel free to call us anytime so we can discuss how to help you feel better!
We offer these DME products for in-home use:
- Hospital Beds & Specialty Mattresses
- Wheelchairs
- Bathroom Aids
- Mobility Aids
- Adult Diapers
- Scooters & Power Chairs
- Seat Lift Chairs
Yes. All caregivers at Caring At Home are licensed, insured, and have passed a thorough criminal background check as per Pennsylvania Statute. As a condition of employment and continued employment, each caregiver must undergo a security background investigation which includes, but is not limited to, fingerprinting for statewide criminal history checks through the Pennsylvania Department of Law Enforcement, as well as the national criminal history records through the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Caring At Home provides non-medical assistance for people who prefer to live at home but need ongoing care that cannot easily be provided by family or friends. In-home care is a safe, effective way to provide care in the comfort of one’s home while maintaining their independence.
Based on your needs, our Senior Home Care Services can be provided hourly for up to 24 hours per day with a caregiver living with you. By offering services that include Personal Care, Meal Preparation, Bathing, Medication Reminders, Light Housekeeping, Transportation, and Errands, we help clients live life to the fullest in the comfortable, familiar surroundings of their own homes.
All caregivers at Caring At Home are licensed by the State of Pennsylvania, carry liability insurance, and undergo an extensive interview process with a member of our management team. To ensure they are highly qualified, each caregiver must also pass an extensive written competency exam.
At Caring At Home, our goal is to only select the best caregivers for our organization. We also work hard to match the right caregiver with the right client. In most cases, the caregiver and client become friends while making you feel like they are part of your family.
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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