Specialized care for clients with Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Our Home Health Aides are specially trained on how to best care for clients with Alzheimer’s Disease and other types Dementia. Our goal is to help clients maintain as much independence as possible, and in the most dignified manner.
Our Associate Director, Laurel Lawson, is a certified Alzheimer’s Association Care Consultant and is responsible for training our professionals on the disease and it’s related disorders. She has been awarded a “Train the Trainer” certificate from the Alzheimer’s Association.
Beyond our in house training, we have collaborated with Alzheimer’s specialist Beverly Moore, founder of StilMee (www.stilmee.com), to provide our caregivers with an extraordinary training program. Beverly and her Alzheimer’s Coaches train and support our staff.
We jointly developed our unique training and support program, a first of it’s kind for the home care industry.
Our caregivers recieve:
Phone Coaching – Our caregivers can call a StilMee Alzheimer’s Coach day or night with any questions they may have about a situation with a client. This provides real-time assistance, specific to the issue that the caregiver is facing.
In-Services – StilMee coaches provide group training sessions. Topics include: proper redirecting techniques, appropriate social activities, and effective communication.
Caregiver Connection Support Group – We host a monthly support group for our caregivers, which is run by a Still Mee Alzheimer’s Coach.
In addition to providing assistance with activities of daily living, our specially-trained caregivers can provide assistance with:
- Monitoring nutritional intake
- Social activity to prevent depression
- Customized exercise program supervision
- Gait supervision to prevent falls
- Monitoring activities for safety
If you would like more information about our services, please call us at 781-659-1366, or fill out the form here: Information Form