April is Stress Awareness Month, a great time for seniors and their families to evaluate what may be causing them stress. Seniors often experience a lot of stress caused by feeling isolated, vulnerable, and lonely. They also can feel stress from the medical conditions that they have, living alone, and feeling a general sense of loss of purpose after they…
Assisting Hands held our latest Lunch and Learn session last weekend. Vanessa (owner and Administrator of Assisting Hands) is a CPR trainer and brought in her family of dummies for us to practice on. We reviewed CPR and emergency procedures, practiced on adult, child, and infant dummies, and had way too much pizza for lunch. The most surprising thing for…
Assisting Hands is excited to announce that Sydney B. has reached her one-year anniversary! Sydney is our youngest caregiver, but she has been with us the longest. When she isn’t taking great care of our clients, Sydney is attending Nursing school, where she is about to start doing her clinical rotations. Juggling school and work is impressive enough for anyone,…
Assisting Hands is proud to announce that Kari O. is our Caregiver Champion for March! Kari has been with Assisting Hands for just a short time, but she is already one of the clients’ favorites. She has picked up many shifts in emergencies to help us fill in, and has also taken on several clients on an ongoing basis. Kari…
Senior Home Care in Thornton CO: Frozen foods get overlooked sometimes, but they are a great way for seniors to get nutritional benefits.
One of the major goals of the Thriving at Home approach that we follow at Assisting Hands is to avoid readmission to the hospital. Return trips increase costs and present considerable health risks. Part 1 of this topic covered the reasons for readmission. Part 2 discussed techniques to help reduce the chances of a readmission. Here we will give examples…
Seniors with a lot of free time on their hands and not many people to spend that time with can find themselves feeling lost, isolated, and alone. One option is to give companion care at home a try. Caregivers are able to spend time with seniors, and help them to take part in a variety of different activities that can…
Last week, Assisting Hands partnered with Gateway Home Health to provide training at our office in Northglenn. Lisa and Regina from Gateway provided the training to members of Assisting Hands’ staff. Lisa is a Physical Therapist with a wealth of knowledge and experience in the Senior Care industry. She shared best practices for health and well-being, techniques for dealing with…
Assisting Hands is proud to announce that Connie C. is our Caregiver Champion for February! Connie has dealt with a lot of adversity lately, but she always has a smile for her clients. She has really worked hard this month, picking up extra shifts when others are sick and driving long distances because nobody else could cover. She did a…
I had the pleasure to present Assisting Hands and the Thriving at Home program at the Denver Senior Coalitions meeting this morning. Thanks very much to the Denver Inner City Parish for hosting and for the tremendous work they do in the Denver senior community. The DSC brings together representatives from senior care services all over the Denver metro area…
