Private-Duty Home Care

As we enjoy more and more years of retirement, for some people, activities of daily living become more difficult or burdensome. This can result in troubles with taking medication as ordered, overuse of convenience foods, increased fall risk, and other challenges to the safety and independence of seniors. In some situations, a family member is available to step in and provide ever-increasing levels of support. Regardless, no retiree or family caregiver should take on these challenges alone.

Safe Life understands. We are here to help with friendly, professional home care aides. With customized, private-duty service plans backed by our whole team of professional caregivers, retirees and their families can have comfort, convenience, health, safety, and peace of mind. It all starts with a friendly, no-obligation conversation about you.

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We work mornings, days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Whenever you want reliable home care services, we are ready to serve!

Thoroughly Vetted Caregivers

• Interviews
• Skills checks
• Board of nursing checks when applicable
• Reference checks
• Criminal background checks

Ready To Serve!

• Preventing Hospitalization / Institutionalization: As a home health agency, all of our services, even our non-medical, private-duty home care, is oriented toward protecting health, safety, and independence in ways that prevent costly, unnecessary hospitalization and urgent care and that empower our clients to enjoy the comforts of their own homes.
• Trained: To varying degrees, each caregiver has received formal training in the many issues related to caring for seniors: medication adherence, skin care, safe mobility, nutrition, emotional and mental wellbeing, and much more.
• A Good Match: Safe Life provides caregivers who have the right personality and skill set for each home.
• Supported: Additionally, when you hire Safe Life, your favorite caregiver is backed by an entire team of care planners, nurses, schedulers, and other aides. We make sure your favorite aide has support, ongoing training, professional supervision, and back-up for times when your favorite caregiver needs to be out of work.
• There When You Need Us: Whether you want home helper services a few hours per week, 24 hours per day, or even on a live-in basis, Safe Life is there on time, with a smile, and ready to help!

Homemaker / Companion

• Homemaking for seniors
• Dusting and vacuuming
• Changing bed linens and making beds
• Washing dishes
• Meal preparation
• Taking out the trash
• Decluttering and fixing tripping hazards
• Running errands
• Companionship
• Getting the mail
• Helping with communication: telehealth appointments, video chats, social media, email, writing letters, etc.
• Support and encouragement resuming or taking up hobbies
• And much more!

Personal Care

• Medication reminders
• Check-ins
• Help with therapeutic diets
• Mobility assistance
• Bathing assistance
• Hair care
• Oral hygiene
• Dressing
• Grooming
• Skin care
• Toileting
• Incontinence care
• Repositioning
• Feeding
• Hospital attendants

Surgery Care

• Preparing the home for extended absences
• Preparing the home for return after extended absences
• Preparing the home when patients may have temporarily limited mobility and/or reach
• Arranging appropriate transportation home
• Mobility assistance leaving the medical facility, returning home, and at home during recovery
• Homemaking and personal care during recovery

Dementia/Alzheimer's

• Reminders and cueing during personal care activities so clients can perform activities with maximum independence
• Conversing with clients in ways that bolster mood and quality of life
• Supervision when there is a chance of wandering or accidental self-injury