Companion Care You Can Count On
Many individuals, including adults and aging-in-place seniors, combat feelings of loneliness. This can be especially true if they’ve recently experienced the loss of a spouse. If left unchecked, those feelings of loneliness can eventually have a negative impact on the happiness and health of you or a loved one. When you need some assistance, let a capable and friendly in-home caregiver from Caring at Home step in to lend a hand.
We will gladly work with you to customize an hourly, daily or weekly caregiving program that’s best for your family’s goals, while also restoring your peace-of-mind. Our affordable and dependable companion caregivers will keep you or your loved one entertained with fun indoor and outdoor activities using a flexible weekly schedule that’s tailored to your unique, personal needs.
Our companion care services include:
- Adult and elderly home companion visits
- Assistance with writing letters and/or correspondence with loved ones through e-mail and social media
- Expectant and new mother support
- Stimulating activities such as art projects and reading
- Scheduling assistance
- Respite and family relief
- Sitter services
At Caring at Home, we are proudly becoming the go-to choice for personalized in-home care for families throughout Carbondale and Scranton, Pennsylvania. To put your mind at ease, Caring at Home is a fully licensed and insured provider, and all of our caregivers are thoroughly screened beforehand.
Top-Rated Companionship Care
Caring At Home is a private, locally owned home health company specializing in a wide range of top-quality, in-home elder care services – including Companionship Care. Operated by compassionate healthcare professionals with over 26 years of combined experience, we work closely with clients and families to provide the best senior companion care services possible.
While serving as an extended family in your loved one’s home, we help seniors in Pennsylvania age in place with dignity, independence, and respect. For your peace of mind, all our home health aides carry professional liability insurance and are licensed by the State of Pennsylvania Additionally, each licensed caregiver is carefully screened and background-checked before providing any registry services – whether it’s Companionship Care, Personal Care, 24-Hour and Live-In Care, or something else.
Benefits of Companion Care
Studies have shown that human companionship benefits our physical and cognitive health, along with our overall sense of well-being. We will carefully match your loved one up with a friendly companion that’s uniquely qualified for their personality and interests and who will engage them in healthy activities such as:
- Crafts, scrap-booking and playing games for mental stimulation
- Going on outings together to encourage human interaction
- Discussing life experiences while reminiscing about past events
- Conversing about current and historic issues for memory enhancement
- Outdoor activities like gardening or other yard work
- Walking outside or other forms of exercise to promote overall body and mind health
Personalized In-Home Senior Care Services
At Caring At Home, we realize that every one of our clients is unique. That’s why we develop a personalized in-home care plan customized to each person’s specific needs. Regardless of which in-home services you need, from a few hours per week to around-the-clock care, you can be confident you or your loved one will receive the nurturing they deserve.
Understanding that needs often change, we offer a broad range of in-home health care services and flexible scheduling options, enabling us to respond quickly while putting an updated care plan into action for our clients as needed. We also recognize that good communication is the key to good customer service. Our supervisory staff is in regular contact with our clients and caregivers to ensure information is shared in an accurate and timely manner.
In addition to being well-trained and fully qualified, each Caring At Home caregiver must also pass a rigorous background check. Along with having a caregiver who genuinely cares, you will have peace of mind knowing you can contact an on-call nurse supervisor any time of day or night.
Delivered when and where you need them, our dependable Home Care Services include the following:
Alzheimer’s and Dementia 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
Care Assistance & Supervision
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:
- Bathing & Showering
- Transfer & Ambulation Assistance
- Toileting & Incontinence Care
- Oral Hygiene
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.
24-Hour Live-In 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
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
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
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:
- Rest & Recharge
- 24/7 Availability
- Short-Term Care
- Peace of Mind
Frequently Asked Questions
The agency was founded in 2001 by Michael Scott. We are fortunate that almost all of our growth has been a result of word-of-mouth referrals from our satisfied clients.
Caring at Home can provide services in your home, in residential communities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, and hospitals throughout Pennsylvania on a temporary or long-term basis.
We provide home health care services to seniors living in Pennsylvania and Northern Virginia suburbs including, but not limited to Scranton, Rockville, Silver Spring, and Carbondale, PA. We also provide senior care and home health care assistance in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. To learn more, visit our Location page.
You can call our office at (301)896-0015. We are available to assist you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We conduct an in-depth interview to get to know you. Our goal is to become familiar with your lifestyle, medical conditions and the kind of assistance you need in order to determine the scope of care.
Ordinarily, we conduct a complete assessment so that we understand the specific needs of a new client. However, on an emergency basis, we are able to start care within a few hours.
We have a 4 hour minimum per visit.
How to Get Started
Caring at Home’s team will give you peace of mind, beginning with your very first phone call! We understand that no two situations are the same, so we will take the time to get to know you and your individual needs.
When you contact Caring at Home, we will answer your questions and address any concerns you may have. We will learn about your preferences and work to match you with one of our caregivers.
Contact us today to discuss your needs or to schedule a free in-home assessment.