Personal Support Services
Our In-Home Care and personal support services offer many advantages. It is far more comforting for our clients to stay in their own homes. Changes in the environment are difficult for many, especially the elderly. We select caregivers with the right skills, personality, training, and experience to meet the needs of each client.
In-home care services focus on helping clients maintain independence. Our Personal Support Specialists provide the necessary care required to ensure clients can live safely in their homes. Services range from one (1) hour a month to twenty-four (24) hours per day and are available seven (7) days per week. Coverage can be arranged for family caregivers, as respite/relief for short-term care, long-term care, and other in-home needs as they arise.
Coverage can be arranged for family caregivers, as respite/relief for short-term care, long-term care, and other in-home needs as they arise.
Assistance Plus services help clients maintain a safe and independent lifestyle as:
- Bathing, dressing, toileting support
- Transferring, bed mobility, and fall prevention support
- Cooking, meal preparation, feeding, fluid and food cueing support
- Light housekeeping, grocery shopping, transportation, and appointment assistance
- Medication reminder support
- End-of-life support
- Dementia and Memory Personal Care support
- Overnight Personal Care support
Companionship Services
In-Home services are known to promote healing and prolong life. We match staff with clients based on each individual’s needs.
Our companionship program assists clients with predominantly indirect support, to include;
- Caring for a pet
- Client Companionship (eg: lunch, conversation, golfing, shopping, etc.)
- Errand services
- Family caregiver relief
- House-sitting when a client is away
- Maintaining a safe home environment
- Meal preparation, planning
- Mobility
- Phone calls and correspondence
- Reminder services (for appointments, medication, and routines)
Quality Support
All Personal Support Specialist (PSS) staff receive fifty (50) hours of training as required by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Aging and Disability Services. In addition;
- All staff are screened by state criminal background checks
- All staff undergo regular supervision requirements
- Our agency conducts a free in-home visit before the start of care to create an individualized care plan
- Our shared commitment is to follow well-defined standards of care
- Home care services are an alternative to nursing home placement
