Home Care

A Plus Home Care Services and Supplies Whether you are looking for companionship, transportation, homemaking and meal support, personal or specialty care A Plus Home Care Services (A+) is here for you. Our offerings can be customized to what you require and when you require it. Care is provided in your home where ever that may be-an assisted living facility, nursing home, apartment or house -A+ comes to you with our compassion and our smiles. We understand that no two people are the same and needs vary. During the initial in-home assessment we go over your individual situation and customize the offerings to best fit your needs, budget and length of care. Caregiver Information Caregiver Skills Include: Ethics, Validation Therapy, Patient Transfers, Stress Management, Grief Issues, Transition Issues, Communicating with Dementia Patients Caregivers employed, bonded and insured: Yes Caregivers available 24 hours a day: Yes Available to assisted living facility: Yes RN on Staff: Yes Home Health (Medical) Care: Yes

Home Instead Senior Care - Des Moines, IA homeinstead.Com Home Instead Senior Care is a non-medical provider of personal care, companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, medication reminders, errands, incidental transportation and even Alzheimer's and dementia care. Our CAREGivers encourage, assist, and stimulate our clients in a variety of happenings that improve their quality of life and help them maintain their independence. All of these offerings allow a senior to stay HOME INSTEAD for a longer period of time. Home Instead - Caregiver Skills Safety training on home safety, avoiding injury and falls, preventing strain and pain, safety in the kitchen, cautious cleaning, safe driving, outdoor safety hazards, and disease protection and prevention. Basic training on emergency situations including stroke, falls and fractures and sudden illness, communication tips including communicating to those with dementia or Alzheimer's, activities for seniors to engage in, mealtime preparations, housekeeping tips, signs of abuse, and tips on reducing caretaker stress. Advanced training on understanding senior illnesses and conditions, depression in seniors, caretaker stress, in-home exercise for older adults, making mealtime fun, communication tips with the senior, their family, and the caregiver's franchise office. Activity training including reminiscing happenings, modifying happenings, activities in facilities, adapting happenings for those with impairments, different types of engaging happenings for older adults such as gardening, mind builders, and crafts and hobbies, and getting a senior involved in the community in places like senior centers, worship offerings, volunteering and errands.