Amity In Home Care Services, Inc.

 

nurse caregivers at amity in home care

“Helping Hands with a Loving Heart”

Amity In Home Care Services, Inc. is a non-medical private in-home care agency that provides quality services through our highly trained and dependable caregivers. Our services provides part time to 24/7 care. Licensed Bonded and Insured.

Our Caregivers have extensive experience in: Dementia / Alzheimer’s Care, MS/Parkinson’s/Diabetes Care, Fall Risk, Post Surgery, Seniors Companionship, Hospice Patients, Non-Ambulatory Care

 

PERSONAL HYGIENE:

  • Bathing: shampoo, conditioner, back rubs, soaping with wash cloth or sponge & drying.
  • Oral hygiene: brushing, mouthwash, denture care and maintenance.
  • Skin care: (if broken) cleanser, astringent, moisturizer, make-up, lotion, shaving.
  • Dressing: day/night wear, overcoat, appropriate clothes all the times.
  • Toileting: bathroom/commode trips and ensuring cleanliness.

LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING:

  • Personal laundry: including towels, linens and blankets of the patient.
  • Vacuuming the carpet, the rooms with special attention to patient’s preferred space.
  • Dusting decors, counter tops and tables, chairs and reachable furniture.
  • Tidying up the room and the living space.

MOBILITY ASSISTANCE:

  • Around the house from one place to the other and back.
  • Garden walks and neighbor visits.
  • Use of cane, walker, wheelchair or lifts.

COMPANIONSHIP:

  • Sharing interests like reading, music, letter writing, garden walks and conversations.
  • Providing moral support for elders who feel they are beginning to lose independence.

TRANSPORTING AND ESCORTING:

  • Medical and dental appointments, pharmacy, post office or other places of business.
  • Shopping, visiting, movies, dining out, or other preferred places of patient’s choice.

GENERAL ASSISTANCE IN DAILY LIVING ACTIVITIES:

  • Grocery shopping, ensuring correct items, brands are bought in the right quantities.
  • Assisting the patient with his/her self-administrated medication and vitamins.
  • Preparing special diets like low sugar, low sodium, low fat, soft diet etc.
  • Monitoring health status like the patient’s body temp. blood pressure, pulse rate and eating.

SPECIALIZING IN:

  • Ambulatory
  • Non-ambulatory
  • Catheter Care
  • Colostomy/Neostomy
  • Dermal Ulcers
  • Wound Care
  • Diabetes
  • Gastrostomy Care (G-Tube)
  • Bowel & Bladder Care
  • Oxygen Care (COPD), Asthma, Bronchitis, Emphysema)
  • Tracheostomies
  • Hospice Care
  • Stroke Patients
Services September 12, 2014