WHAT I PROVIDE

What Is Direct Care?

  • Goal: the client’s well-being

  • Hands-on and in-person

  • Based on preferences & needs

  • A patient-centered approach to healthcare

  • Visit frequency varies based on the client’s needs

    • regular schedule

    • as needed

    • one time

  • We cannot provide transportation

    • We can schedule transportation for you

    • We can accompany you

The “Menu”

I offer many different services. Like a buffet, you can choose from the list below based on your current needs. Or ask me whether I offer something that isn’t listed - I am happy to accommodate you.

    • Conversation

    • Hobbies, games, activities, music

    • Life-story activities

    • Reading together

    • Accompaniment to events

    • Space to share memories & feelings

    • Support with difficult days/dates

    • Remembrance projects

    • Support navigating changes in routines

    • Watching for warning signs

    • Other supports

    • etc.

    • Meal planning & preparation

    • Light housekeeping

    • Laundry & changing bed linens

    • Other everyday tasks

    • Support with daily routines

    • Dog walking

    • Bathing/showering

    • Grooming

    • Toileting assistance

    • Eating/feeding assistance

    • Mobility, walking, transfers

    • Positioning

    • Assistance following an individualized support plan

    • Creating manageable goals

    • Building social skills

    • Building practical skills

    • Other supports

    • Daytime supervision & engagement

    • Other supports

    • Maintaining familiar daily routines

    • Calm, clear communication

    • Sign language & gestures

    • Gentle prompting & reminders

    • Emotional support

    • Supervision & safety

    • Memory support & activities

    • Other supports

    • Meal preparation

    • Meal planning

    • Cooking

    • Goal setting

    • Walks

    • Stretching

    • Gentle education

  • Projects take many skills which clients may not have mastered, or are no longer comfortably able to do.

    Inasmuch as I am able, I am happy to provide project assistance. I can be a supervisor or accountability partner. I can connect clients with resources. I can help them break the project down into manageable chunks. Etc.

  • This is how it works:

    You choose whether you want photos of the client only, or photos with a family member(s) as well.

    I can assist the client in getting picture ready, if desired.

    The client/family chooses the setting and actions to capture. Honoring their personality and season, I take candid and/or posed photos using my phone. I choose the best.

    I can have them printed or send them electronically.

To see details about each category, click on the “+” symbol on the right side.

*I will never sell your information.

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