Community Blog

You realized your loved ones could use some help. But how to talk about it?

It’s been in your head for a while, but now you assessed that your loved one really needs help to continue to live independently, safe and healthy. Some necessary conversations never seem to get started because we fear we already know how they will end. That is usually the case when it comes to discussing...

We just won "The Best of Home Care: 2016 Provider of Choice Award"!

I cannot stress enough how important this prize is for us. It is more than a recognition that we are seen in our community as the best home care agency in North Central CT and Western MA. This award is based on evaluations that our clients made about our home care services and it means that they...

Home Care Winter Tips 5: How to Fight the Winter Blues

Even though millions of people experience winter-related sadness, lack of energy and detachment from daily activities, many of us believe that the cold days’ blues is just a myth. However, there is sound scientific evidence to support the fact that the change of seasons may be affecting our moods. Scientists believe that the problem is...

Let's Walk to End Alzheimer's

This weekend Home Helpers Home Care will be participating in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Enfield This is the major event in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease here and in other 600 cities across America. You may help just by going to the Enfield Senior Center next Sunday, September 25th, and walking with us to...

How to keep your loved one from wandering away and getting hurt

“Wandering behavior” is something that caregivers for Alzheimer’s Disease patients are often used to. It happens a lot with Home Helpers Dementia Care clients in Tolland, Suffield and all over North Central CT and Western MA This happens because, as the patient’s brain is affected by the disease, he or she tends to preserve original,...

Home Helpers is the Best!

We are very happy to share the news that Home Helpers Home Care Enfield office covering North Central CT and Western MA has just been awarded the Best of Home Care in Enfield Award 2016, by the Enfield Award Program Here’s what they say, in a public statement: “Each year, the Enfield Award Program identifies...

Meet Stacey Main, March's Caregiver of The Month

After evaluating some awesome candidates for the Caregiver of the Month Award for the month of March, we finally came to a decision. We have so many great caregivers providing home care services in Enfield, Suffield, Tolland, Somers and all over North Central CT. They all work beyond our expectations and it is becoming really...

Caregiver of the month: Shani Bennett

In our business, recruiting good caregivers is key. How do we make sure that the person we are assigning to take care of our clients will be worthy of their confidence in us? The rule of thumb is simple: we want caregivers who we could put in our home, with our loved ones. We look...

We are walking to end Alzheimer’s

At Home Helpers Home Care in Enfield, we care for many patients who, unfortunately, suffer from Alzheimer’s. We follow closely their development in their struggle to stay active and aware while being slowly debilitated by the disease. That’s why we are helping reclaim the future for millions by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End...