Community Blog

5 Ways for Caregivers to Enjoy Holidays and Beat Stress

The holiday season can be especially hard on family caregivers. In addition to regular caregiver duties and life responsibilities, there’s the extra work involved in following your family’s holiday traditions. There are gifts to purchase, decorations to put up, and holiday parties to attend. When you have difficulty finding the time to get everything done...

Company News: Our Elf!

Our Community Liaison and “Elf”, Joshua Salka, hit the streets this week to bring some Christmas cheer to our community! Here are just a few pics from his outing! If you’ve ever met Joshua, you’ve gotta love him! One of his favorite things to do is to make people smile, whether that be residents in...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 2019 from Home Helpers!

From everyone at Home Helpers, we’d like to say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Best Wishes for the New Year.  We’d also like to say thank you to our clients and our community for your continued loyalty and faith in us.  As we reflect on the 2019 year, we’ve had many successes including being named...

10 Good Habits to Start in the New Year

The start of a new year is a great time to make life changes that can improve your physical and mental health. As a family caregiver, it’s important that you focus on self-care as well as caring for your senior loved one, because if you aren’t taking care of yourself, you won’t be able to...

Meet Kamryn, Our October 2019 Exceptional Caregiver of the Month

We are excited to announce our Exceptional Caregiver of the Month for October, Kamryn! When we asked Kamryn what she liked about being a caregiver, her eyes lit up and she had so much to say. What’s most important to Kamryn is that she “makes every client’s day special.” It gives her comfort to know...

Meet Heidy, Our August 2019 Exceptional Caregiver of the Month

We here at Home Helpers are thankful for our compassionate caregiving staff. This month, we would like to recognize our staff member, Heidy, as our August 2019 Exceptional Caregiver of the Month! “I love to learn from clients’ life experiences. They have a lot of wisdom, come from different backgrounds, have lived through historic events,...

Meet Barbara, Our September 2019 Exceptional Caregiver of the Month

We are excited to announce our Exceptional Caregiver of the Month for September, Barbara. Barbara is a CNA has been a caregiver for over 10 years. She enjoys being a caregiver because she is able to “enhance the quality of life” for her clients that mean so much to her. She has been married for...

Welcoming Margie Skirvin to the Home Helpers Leadership Staff

Home Helpers Family, We are proud to announce a new addition to our leadership staff, Ms. Margie Skirvin, as Care Coordinator.  Margie will oversee recruiting, supervisory, and training efforts.  She will also be assisting with scheduling. Margie attended Southern Ohio College in Cincinnati, Ohio and her experience in healthcare dates back a number of years....

Meet Caridad, Our May 2019 Exceptional Caregiver of the Month

This week we are recognizing our staff member, Caridad, as our May 2019 Exceptional Caregiver of the Month! When asked why she likes being a caregiver, she responded “I love helping people. It comes naturally.” She became a caregiver about 15 years ago because at one time she herself needed wound care. The nurse providing...