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The Hidden In-Home Senior Care Costs of A Private Caregiver

It may seem cheaper and easier to simply hire and manage a caregiver privately, without needing a home care agency. However, many times that ends up becoming harder and more expensive. When hiring a private duty caregiver to provide home care for the elderly in their own homes, you might be incurring in costs that...

Home Helpers Vice President's Speech at the National Conference Award Ceremony

“Formerly known as the “rookie of the year” award, we changed this to Bold ONE to reflect our BOLD corporate value—Bring Our Passion Every Day; Own our Results; Love What we do; and be Driven by Excellence. It’s also a reminder of our “Commitment to ONE.” So, this award recognizes a new owner who has shown enormous...

Alzheimer's Care: Asking for Help is a Sign of Strength

If you are the family caregiver of an Alzheimer’s Disease patient, chances are you also suffer Most people don’t realize that every time Alzheimer’s Disease strikes in a family, it hits two people. The first one is the person who is the victim of the slow degenerative brain death, which changes who they are and...

How Can I Reduce the Stress We Go Through Every Time We Have to Take My Mom to Bathe?

9 tips from Home Helpers Caregivers in Enfield (North Central CT) and East Longmeadow (Western MA) to help Family Caregivers to bathe Alzheimer’s Care loved ones Article by Home Helpers Home Care owner Peter DiMaria*, originally published in the Enfield Press and Longmeadow News, on 2/16/17. It’s one of the well-documented issues with Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients....

12 hints for interacting and communicating with Alzheimer’s patients

Recently we had to introduce a new senior care caregiver to an Alzheimer’s Care patient in Suffield, Connecticut That is always a challenge. Alzheimer’s patients have difficulties in dealing with change. And that’s what happened in this case. Facing the new caregiver, our client became aggressive and uncooperative. The caregiver, however, was trained to deal...

Helping Kids and Their Families to Stay Warm this Winter

I had a great start to my day today, meeting Bob Saunders, president of the North Central Chamber of Commerce, and Ann Barowsky who, like me, is a member of the Chamber’s board. The Chamber delivered gloves, mittens, scarves, hats, coats, and other winter apparel, collected in the “Warming Hands, Warming Hearts” campaign to the Network Against...

We’re working hard to provide home care during the blizzard

Snow or shine, Home Helpers Home Care Enfield office will do everything to provide Senior Care in Suffield, Tolland, Longmeadow and all North Central CT/Western MA It’s been a hard day for everyone in North Central Connecticut and Western Massachusetts today, with the blizzard. Schools were closed, and many people stayed at home and worked...

Senior Care in Enfield, CT: We are Home Helpers' Best New Office

I’m glad to share with you that Home Helpers Home Care in Enfield, covering North Central CT and Western MA, won yet another award! This time, we were selected to be a Charter Member of Home Helpers Pinnacle Club, which bring together the offices with best performance in 2016, among over 200 in all the...

Home Helpers Home Care in Enfield Is Proud to Be A Community Partner of the Enfield Senior Center

February is Senior Center month. In 2017, the theme for this celebration is: “Senior Centers: Experts at Living Well”. In a recent survey conducted by the Enfield Senior Center, 82% of participants reported that they have more social outlets and friends since coming to the Enfield Senior Center. And 85% say they have a more positive...