Care Services

Our care services fall into several categories of in-home care for seniors, including services for those with special care situations caused by numerous medical conditions.

Not all services are available in every location. For a full list of available services in your area, check with your local Right at Home office.

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*Not all services are available in every location. For a full list of available services in your area, check with your local Right at Home office.

 

July 26, 2010

 

 

 

Joseph Sampang

Right at Home

316 State Street

Hackensack, NJ  07601

 

Dear Joe:

 

In anticipation of my mother’s needs as she aged, I have over the past decade read and clipped various articles and pieces of information about the challenges of caring for elderly family members, especially when they are not located nearby.  I thought I was better prepared than most people for what life might hand me with respect to my mother’s situation as an elder living by herself, far away from her children; but, as we all know, life is what happens while you’re making other plans.  The challenges I anticipated with respect to my mother’s needs as she aged were not the ones that surfaced. 

 

As it turned out, the seemingly “little stuff” is the most difficult and frustrating for me to handle from a distance.  For that reason, I am so very grateful that you and Right At Home are her caregivers.  Most agencies can handle the usual stuff pretty well:  bathing, toileting, medications, light exercise.  But, in addition to those aspects of care, you and your caregivers also do the things that I would do if I were able to be there with my mother:  providing transportation, observing and reporting all aspects of her health to family members and to medical providers when you accompany her to appointments, crafting creative solutions to problems as they arise, searching for ways to keep her intellectually stimulated and content and meet her unique needs, and remaining flexible through it all and recognizing that, by definition, elderly clients who require a caregiver have special needs.  One of the most important aspects of care that you provide – which a prior caregiver agency did not – is constant and immediate communication.  I know that, no matter what the day or time, if something happens, or if I need to reach you, we will be in touch immediately by phone or e-mail or text messaging.  Unfortunately, many people will not realize what a critical component of care this is until they need it but don’t have it, and instead reach an answering machine after customary business hours, or are informed four hours after the fact that their loved one is/was in the emergency room at the hospital.

 

In short, I want to thank you for the excellent care you provide for my mother, and for the peace and comfort that brings to my family as we all work together to care for her needs.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Wendy O. 

Client's Daughter