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Non
Medical In-Home Care.
Helping
People Live with Dignity.
Bonded & Insured
Caregive
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Caring Companions provides non-medical services to clients in their homes or care
facility throughout Boerne, Cibolo, Fair Oaks Ranch, Fredericksburg,
Hollywood Park, Live Oak, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Schertz, Shavano Park, Spring Branch
and Universal City.
Founded in 2002 in San Antonio, Texas, ADL Caring Companions has made a big impact in the communities we serve. After just three years of operating in our home location, the San Antonio office was ranked in the top ten of San Antonio’s home health agencies (ranked by the San Antonio Business Journal based upon number of patients served in 2005). More Than Just a BusinessOur president and founder, Mr. Patrick O’Hare, saw the need for top-quality assistance for the elderly through his family’s experience with his maternal grandmother who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lung cancer. Mr. O’Hare’s mother and her two sisters dropped everything to care for their mother around the clock. Though there were a lot of great stories, laughter and tears during those final days, the amount of strain it placed on the family was overwhelming. In the end, this great lady received outstanding care from her daughters until she passed away peacefully in her own home and surrounded by family and friends.
Most families just do not have the family members and time to do the same for their loved ones. Seeing a need, Mr. O’Hare decided that helping the elderly to safely live in their own homes with would be more than just a good business it would fill a need in his community. As a result, ADL Caring Companions was born.
Our
services:
Available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, or as little as two hours per visit
one of
our outstanding administrative staff personally meets with our clients
to assist them and their families in designing an effective plan of care
including:
» Companionship
» Bathing & Showering
» Respite Care
» Medication Reminders
» Meal Preparation
» Grocery Shopping
» Light Housekeeping
» Transportation & Errands
Our clients and their families tell us what services they need and when
services are needed. At Caring Companions we pride ourselves on having
the flexibility to adapt to the changing needs of our clients.
Companionship
services include friendly interactions with our clients, company during
walks, assistance with hobbies and crafts, playing cards or other
games, assistance with reading or writing (particularly for clients
with macular degeneration), and assistance with social and entertaining activities. Companionship services are designed primarily for our
clients with dementia when it is no longer safe for them to be left
alone due to safety issues or if they are a flight risk. However,
companionship services are also beneficial for clients that can no
longer drive and would like us to drive and accompany them on an outing.
Personal
Assistance Services are defined as providing hands-on care to a client.
The hands-on care that we provide our clients is generally to assist
them with one or more of the 6 basic ADLs or Activities of Daily
Living. The 6 basic ADLs are eating, bathing, dressing, toileting,
transferring (walking) and continence. The reason that most seniors end
up in a nursing home is due to needing assistance with ADLs. With help
from Caring Companions, our clients receive assistance in their homes.
Respite
care is when a family member uses our services to give themselves some
much needed time off from caring for their loved one. Caring for a
loved one can often entail more hours than a full-time job. Without
regular relief from the stress and strain, the primary caregiver is
endangering their own health and safety. Our caregivers can provide a
way to get the needed time off to prevent getting burned out.
As
part of an overall plan of care, our caregivers remind our clients when
it is time to take their medications. If needed, we provide nurses that
can regular set-up pill boxes and reorder prescriptions.
Our caregivers not only prepare meals for our clients, but they assist
with the grocery shopping and meal planning. We are also able to
prepare extra meals for our clients to heat up and eat later. A number
of our clients have dietary restrictions and we are able to make sure
that they are still eating nutritiously.
Our caregivers assist with laundry by washing, drying and folding clothes. We also will change bed linens.
Our caregivers assist many of our clients with maintaining a clean
house. In the kitchen we clean up after any meal that we have prepared
and served, but we also clean counters, sweep or vacuum the floor, mop
the floor, take the trash out, and clean the refrigerator and other
appliances. In the bathroom, we clean the tub, sinks and toilet. We
also will mop and/or vacuum the floor. In the bedrooms we change the
bed linens. In all rooms of the house we dust furniture, clean/vacuum
the floors and tidy-up the area.
Our caregivers primarily provide transportation to our clients for
doctors’ appointments, but we will provide transportation for whatever
our clients need.
To arrange for services, or for
more information, contact us today at (210)
764-8500, or complete our Request
for Information form below for more information.
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Corporate Office
1638 Lockhill Selma
San Antonio, Texas 78213
(210)
764-8500
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activities. Companionship services are designed primarily for our
clients with dementia when it is no longer safe for them to be left
alone due to safety issues or if they are a flight risk. However,
companionship services are also beneficial for clients that can no
longer drive and would like us to drive and accompany them on an outing.
Our caregivers not only prepare meals for our clients, but they assist
with the grocery shopping and meal planning. We are also able to
prepare extra meals for our clients to heat up and eat later. A number
of our clients have dietary restrictions and we are able to make sure
that they are still eating nutritiously.