Senior Housing Transitions

Homewatch Home Care ~ now Baywood Home Care

As another option for Seniors who don't want to live in assisted living or a nursing home, we are going to feature another home care service this week.

Homewatch Home Care was founded in 2000 by Dorothy Muffet. At that time, offering home care was a very limited service.  Since then, they have learned that over 80% of caregiving is done by family members!!  We truly are the "sandwich generation" caring for both children and parents!

Homewatch is a Company committed to “doing whatever it takes” to make it possible for seniors to live where they want to live. Now operating under the name Baywood Home Care, they continue to provide much needed services for seniors who need help but want to stay in their homes.

Their caregivers are certified Home Health Aides that, at a minimum, meet Minnesota Department of Health requirements. A Home Health Aide has the same training, knowledge, and skills as a Nursing Assistant. (Personal Care Assistants and Personal Care Attendants often have less training than Nursing Assistants or Home Health Aides).  Homewatch caregivers have the same qualifications and can provide the same care that the caregivers  Assisted Living and Nursing Home's provide.

The caregivers are regularly supervised by Homewatch Registered Nurses.  Caregivers provide care that is based upon a care plan that is created by the Nurse. The Nurse creates the care plan after doing an assessment with the client (usually at no charge). Clients and caregivers always have access to a Homewatch Nurse who is on-call 24-hours per day.

Some of the services they currently offer are:

Meal preparation, housekeeping, medications, transportation, companionship, RN on-call 24 hours, Alzheimer's care, safety from falls and bathing & personal care.

It's obvious that Dorothy Muffet and her Staff really care about their Clients!!

Baywood Home Care, formerly Homewatch Home Care, can be reached at:

763-546-8899 or www.baywoodhomecare.com

Toby Mullenger/ A Place For Mom

Today's Blog will not be about a specific Senior facility.  Cindy and I met with Toby Mullenger who is an Advisor with "A Place For Mom" (www.aplaceformom.com).  You can contact their website for help, but if you want to contact Toby directly, his number is 763-425-4424.  He has been in the industry for 22 years and certainly knows what he's doing.

This is a FREE eldercare referral service assisting families in finding resources of every kind.  Toby is one of 300 Professional Eldercare Advisors equipped to help any family who is dealing with the challenge of helping an elderly loved one maintain their quality of life.

They can help find any resource, such as: Assisted Living Communities, Alzheimer's Care, Skilled Nursing Homes, Retirement Communities, Residential Care Homes, Home Care Services, Respite and Hospice Options and many other Eldercare Services.  In addition to these, they provide touring facility checklists, educational articles, home safety tips, financial resources and a listening ear.  They can also help find a senior moving specialist, a geriatric care manager, an elderlaw attorney, caregiver support groups......plus so much more.

You can see why we were impressed!  Toby is very compassionate, works very hard for his Clients and (again) this service is FREE!

If you need help, this is a great source that we would highly recommend. (We referred someone to Toby yesterday.) 

Jeri Pischke and Cindy Thomes, Tender Heart Transitions - Email - Website 

Home Instead Senior Care

We had the opportunity to speak to John Stuck, new Owner of a Home Instead franchise.  We have known John for a number of years and were delighted to be able to meet with him about his new adventure.

John's Home Instead Senior Care (www.homeinstead.com), services Minneapolis and the Western Suburbs.  Each Home Instead have their own territories and cover the complete Metro area.

Home Instead is the world's largest provider of non-medical home care and companionship services for seniors, with more than 750 independently owned and operated franchises in the United States, Canada, Japan, Portugal, Australia, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Spain and Switzerland.  Non-medical services include companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping and escort for errands and shopping.  More than 40,000 Caregivers are screened, trained, bonded, insured and have successfully passed thorough criminal background checks.

Services are available at home or in care facilities for a few hours per week, or as many as 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays.

Make sure to call John and ask him to explain their "40-70 Rule", which bridges the communication gap.

It was great to see John and we wish him all the best!!

Jeri Pischke and Cindy Thomes, Tender Heart Transitions - Email - Website