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Welcome, Laura!

Hello Seniors, Families and Friends. Please allow me to introduce Laura. Laura is a new caregiver with @GoldenHeartScottsdale.com. Laura comes to us with 20 years of caregiving experience. Laura is nice, helpful, reliable and smart. To receive a caregiver like Laura, please contact us @GoldenHeartScottsdale.com. We give home care with a HEART!!!

Meet Our Office Manager, Angela!

Hello Seniors, Families and Friends. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Angela. Angela is our Office Manager. She comes to us from the Optometry world. Through some deductive reasoning, we have decided she is more than likely the person who did my cross-linking procedure many years ago. Angela is kind, smart and eager to help. We enjoy having Angela around the office and we appreciate everything she does for our clients. I think the smile in her picture tells you a lot about her personality. To have a smiling face like this one the other end of the phone, please contact us @GoldenHeartScottsdale.com. We are here to give you service with a smile.

Golden Heart Senior Care of Scottsdale Hires a Community Liasion

Hello Seniors, Family and Friends. I would like to take a second to introduce Linda. Linda is our newest Community Liaison. Linda has more than 30 years experience in the healthcare industry. She has worked everything from hospice, home health and home care. Linda is a certified Social Worker. Linda is a dedicated helper of people. Linda, we are so happy to have you @GoldenHeartScottsdale.com. We look forward to working with, growing with and helping seniors with you for a long time to come. Welcome aboard!!!

 

Golden Heart Senior Care of Scottsdale Hires a Community Liasion

 

MC, we HEART you and Golden Heart!!!

Hello Seniors, Families and Friends. Please see pictured above a young lady who has been a caregiver with @GoldenHeartScottsdale.com for more than two years. Every client that she works with loves her. They consider her as part of their family. As you well know, here at Golden Heart Senior Care, we love to catch our staff doing the right things. When you arrive on time, do a great job, get a review and makes seniors feel safe and cared for, you earn points. When you collect points, you can turn them into cash and gifts. Here, please see another wonderful caregiver receiving a gift card reward point bonu$. MC, we HEART you and Golden Heart!!!

How Does 24-hour Home Care Adapt to Seniors’ Needs?

Seniors’ needs can change rapidly, depending on what issues they’re facing. 24-hour home care offers an around-the-clock solution for families, helping them ensure that seniors have the care they need. The help that 24-hour caregivers can offer also changes according to what seniors require at any given point.

Mobility Assistance

When seniors have mobility trouble, they’re more likely to be at risk of falling. That can also keep them from being as independent as they were in the past. Elder care providers who are there all day and all night with seniors can help them to move safely around their homes, can help them when they’re outside of the home, and prioritize safety during movement. This helps seniors to continue being as active as they can safely.

Managing Chronic Conditions

24-hour home care providers aren’t medical providers, but they can help seniors remember to take their medications on time. They can also help seniors to stick to the routines that help them to feel as well as possible. If they notice health situations changing, they can also keep family caregivers and healthcare providers apprised of what’s happening.

Personal Care Assistance

Bathing, other hygiene tasks, and other personal care tasks may also be more difficult as seniors experience changes in their needs. Caregivers who are there around the clock can help with all of these types of tasks whenever they need to be handled. This ensures that seniors are keeping their skin healthy and clean, and that they’re wearing clean clothing, getting to the bathroom, and addressing other personal care needs.

Offering Flexible Schedules

Sometimes seniors need more help overnight than they need during the day. Or they have shifting needs overnight and during the day depending on specific health challenges they’re facing. 24-hour home care services ensure that seniors and family caregivers get the help that they need exactly when they need it. And if those schedules need to be even more flexible, that’s entirely possible.

Introducing New Services

Sometimes families aren’t sure what types of help their seniors need. They may have never used home care services in the past or their aging adults need a variety of different types of help, even from other types of therapists and service providers. 24-hour home care providers can help seniors to adjust to these new services and offer a friendly face while seniors meet new therapists and specialists.

Fostering Open Communication

For busy family caregivers, it’s crucial to have all the information necessary to make the complicated decisions around their family member’s care. Home care providers who are there around the clock are able to keep family caregivers informed and aware of what’s going on. They can help keep everyone on the same page easily.

24-hour home care helps seniors and family caregivers experience peace of mind when it comes to care at all hours of the day and night. Seniors have consistent care, no matter what time of day it is, which allows everyone involved to focus on what is really important.

If you or an aging loved one is considering 24-hour home care in Phoenix, AZ, please call the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Scottsdale at (480) 284-7360. We are here to help!

Caregiver Rewards Points for JB!

Hello Seniors, Families and Friends. As you may know, we try hard to catch our staff doing the right things right. When we do, they earn Caregiver Reward Points. Please see below. This caregiver has been with our company for about 3 years. She does a fantastic job of being selfless for her clients. All of her clients love her. When her clients give her compliments along with her doing a great job, she has earned reward points. Please see below, JB the caregiver has come in to pick up her rewards. We are so proud of her. We look forward to her earning more points and receiving more gift cards. For more information on how to get a caregiver like JB, please contact #GoldenHeartScottsdale.com.

Lunch with Friends!

Hello Seniors, Families and Friends. Having lunch with my friends. My guys keep me grounded and fed. Thank you gents for being awesome gentlemen.

Five Ways Companion Care at Home Supports Disabled Seniors

Disabled aging adults face a variety of different issues on a daily basis, making it tougher for them to do just about everything. One of the most difficult challenges is often getting the social interaction that they need in order to protect their emotional well-being. Companion care at home can offer some solutions that help disabled seniors to live healthier and happier lives.

Addressing Unique Challenges

Seniors who are disabled experience difficulty in so many areas of life. They may have trouble with mobility, they may have sensory impairments, or they may be dealing with cognitive challenges. All of these issues make it difficult for disabled seniors to meet up with friends, spend time with family members, and have the social lives they want to have. Finding companionship through caregivers is an excellent solution.

Recognizing When Seniors Need Additional Help

Family caregivers who don’t live near disabled seniors may need to ask more probing questions to determine when their aging family members need more help. In some instances, it may be time for help from home care providers. Home care assistance can handle hands-on help with daily tasks, also spending time with seniors and keeping them company. Seniors who are lonely and don’t spend a lot of time with other people benefit greatly from companion care at home.

Personalizing Activities for Seniors’ Abilities and Interests

One benefit from having experienced caregivers visiting seniors to keep them company is that they can put together personalized plans for moving forward. Companion caregivers get to know the seniors they’re helping and they understand what seniors can do, what they enjoy, and how they want to spend this time together. From there, they put together a customized experience meant to bring disabled seniors as much joy as possible.

Offering Emotional Support and Encouragement

Many seniors may not realize just how important emotional support and encouragement are until they have someone there to offer both. For disabled seniors especially, it can help immensely to have someone there to talk about how they’re feeling and to share the challenges they’re experiencing. Companion caregivers are great listeners and they can help seniors to feel heard and understood.

Respecting Seniors’ Needs and Preferences

Companion care at home is about ensuring that seniors have all of the social interaction that they need and want. That doesn’t mean that each senior has the same care plan, however. Companion caregivers are there to meet each senior where they are, respecting that person’s preferences and needs equally. That might mean that some seniors only want visits a few times a month, while others want to see companion caregivers more often. The flexibility of this type of care can accommodate those differences.

Seniors who are already facing challenges because of disability may not be able to get out and be social as much as they want. But with the help of companion care at home, friendly caregivers can come to them on their own schedule and ensure that seniors are getting their emotional needs met.

If you or an aging loved one is considering companion care at home in Tempe, AZ, please call the caring staff at Golden Heart Senior Care of Scottsdale at (480) 284-7360. We are here to help!

K2 Adventures Foundation Continues to Help People Locally and Around the Globe

K2 Adventures Foundation is a charity of which Laurie and I are founding board members. This charity has been helping people for more than 15 years. K2 raises money and does wonderful work locally and abroad. Helping people in need and special needs families is what K2 is so great at doing. I am really proud to express that over 90% of the funds raised go to the people that need it. Because of Laurie’s continued dedication to this organization, they have started the Laurie Malone Education Foundation. I am so proud of the people we help in my wife’s honor. Please see pictures of our most recent event. On an annual basis, K2 raise more than $700,000 per year. Even if you cant contribute monetarily, please visit the website and share the information with a friend. @K2 does great work and helps lots of people.

Sponsoring a Painting Class at an Independent Living Campus

Hello Seniors, Families and Friends. Painting is one of those things people do to relax. Thank you Senior Living for allowing us to facilitate a painting class with your residents. No one accept the instructor knew what the final product would be. The instructor’s name is Dustin. Dustin provided a step by step instruction on what to do and how to do it. I am horrible at painting and even my picture came our nicely. Thank you Senior Living for allowing us to paint with your residents. And, thank you Dustin for your incredible instruction. For more information on getting a home care company like Golden Heart Senior Care to care for a loved one, please inquire within. For more information on how to have us sponsor an activity at your campus, please contact @GoldenHeartScottsdale.com for more information.