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Assisted Living To South Jersey
By Eileen Glanton Loftus
Special To The Golden Times
Sue Lomas had a hard choice to make. Her 84-year-old father was struggling to recover from a bout with pneumonia. Her mother couldn’t take care of him on her own, and his health was too fragile for the couple to move into an assisted-living facility. Lomas herself was finding it difficult to balance her father’s needs with her own busy career.
Lomas knew who to call. She had earlier visited Spring Hills Cherry Hill (NJ) — a residential, luxury, senior assisted-living community — to see if it might be a good fit for her parents, and had really liked what she saw. With the new dimension of her father’s medical issues, she reached out to Spring Hills Home Care Services, a relatively new agency that was affiliated with Spring Hills Cherry Hill. She quickly decided to hire them to provide a skilled nurse to take care of Lomas’ father’s tracheotomy tube and a live-in aide to provide a watchful eye around the clock. The Spring Hills Home Care Services staff made an immediate good impression.
One critical night, nurse Howard Crowley went the extra mile, cementing his important role in the family’s health-care journey.
“My father’s trach tube became dislodged,” Lomas says. “Howard took a look at him and confirmed that we should take my father to the hospital. Then, he went way beyond the call of duty; he came with us to the hospital.” Crowley was able to provide the hospital staff with a detailed health history, and then he stayed with Lomas and her mother, helping them stay calm while her father was stabilized.
“My father and I were so touched when Howard came to the emergency room to make sure everything was okay,” Lomas says. “I know my father considers him part of the family.”
An Important Choice
Spring Hills Home Care Services, based in Edison, NJ and offering services throughout the state, is a division of Spring Hills Senior Communities, a provider of assisted-living options since 1999. The company launched the home-care division in response to growing interest from senior citizens who want to remain in their own homes. In recent decades, as many senior citizens remain quite healthy, living at home is often a viable option. But many need some assistance, from help preparing meals to reminders to take medication. Some will require temporary help following surgery or a major illness.
Often, grown children or other relatives help out, but when that’s not an option, or when a family’s needs escalate, home-health workers can provide a smart solution. Today, Spring Hills Home Care Services is a highly respected agency now caring for seniors all over New Jersey.
“Every family starts off with the best of intentions, believing that they can take care of their loved ones,” says Jill Lettice, director of home care for Spring Hills Home Care Services. “Ultimately, though, many come to realize how time-consuming and emotionally draining it can be. People come to us when they reach a point of exhaustion and frustration.”
The demand for home health-care services is expected to soar in coming years as life expectancy increases and as the Baby Boom generation ages. Lettice notes a new factor in the rise of home health care: The poor economy has made it difficult for some homeowners to sell their homes and downsize to more manageable houses or assisted-living facilities.
Meanwhile, adult children who often begin the process of caring for an ailing loved one may struggle to combine those duties with their own careers and families. At some point, Lettice says, “People need to get back to being a family member and employee, without solely being a caregiver.”
For Whatever You Need
Spring Hills Home Care Services provides both skilled nursing services, which can entail wound care, tracheotomy or feeding tube care, and administration of medicine; and unskilled services, which include companionship, light housekeeping, and assistance with bathing and toileting. At Spring Hills Home Care Services, all aides, whether skilled or unskilled, are certified by the state of New Jersey. That’s important, Lettice says, because an aide who is not certified is not allowed to physically touch the patient. Since many clients in a home health-care setting have trouble with balance, Lettice wants all of her staffers to be able to help as much as possible.
Spring Hills Senior Communities is a private-pay provider, which means that insurance is generally not accepted. Patients with certain diagnoses may be eligible to have some care covered by Medicare.
Whether it’s for home health care or its assisted-living residences, Spring Hills Senior Communities prides itself on its “Signature Touches” philosophy. The company tries to provide a high degree of personal choice, considering clients’ interests and personalities as well as their health needs as they match client with caregiver.
So, how does a family decide that their loved one should receive home-health services? Lettice says that when a person cannot perform the “activities of daily living”-bathing, toileting, simple meal preparation-they should receive assistance.
Christina O’Leary, director of branding and project management for Spring Hills Senior Communities, says that families considering home health care should begin their research before a crisis situation, by speaking to their physicians and their local Department of Health and Senior Services.
It’s important to mention that agencies should be licensed by the Division of Consumer Affairs Board of Nursing as a health-care service firm, adds Lettice.
“Determining the best option for a loved one is tough. Referrals from professionals, friends and families are beneficial. It brings peace of mind if someone you know has had a positive experience with a home care services company,” O’Leary says.
For more information on Spring Hills Senior Communities or Spring Hills Home Care Services, call 732-582-0400 or visit www.spring-hills.com.
Assisted Living To South Jersey
By Eileen Glanton Loftus
Special To The Golden Times
Sue Lomas had a hard choice to make. Her 84-year-old father was struggling to recover from a bout with pneumonia. Her mother couldn’t take care of him on her own, and his health was too fragile for the couple to move into an assisted-living facility. Lomas herself was finding it difficult to balance her father’s needs with her own busy career.
Lomas knew who to call. She had earlier visited Spring Hills Cherry Hill (NJ) — a residential, luxury, senior assisted-living community — to see if it might be a good fit for her parents, and had really liked what she saw. With the new dimension of her father’s medical issues, she reached out to Spring Hills Home Care Services, a relatively new agency that was affiliated with Spring Hills Cherry Hill. She quickly decided to hire them to provide a skilled nurse to take care of Lomas’ father’s tracheotomy tube and a live-in aide to provide a watchful eye around the clock. The Spring Hills Home Care Services staff made an immediate good impression.
One critical night, nurse Howard Crowley went the extra mile, cementing his important role in the family’s health-care journey.
“My father’s trach tube became dislodged,” Lomas says. “Howard took a look at him and confirmed that we should take my father to the hospital. Then, he went way beyond the call of duty; he came with us to the hospital.” Crowley was able to provide the hospital staff with a detailed health history, and then he stayed with Lomas and her mother, helping them stay calm while her father was stabilized.
“My father and I were so touched when Howard came to the emergency room to make sure everything was okay,” Lomas says. “I know my father considers him part of the family.”
An Important Choice
Spring Hills Home Care Services, based in Edison, NJ and offering services throughout the state, is a division of Spring Hills Senior Communities, a provider of assisted-living options since 1999. The company launched the home-care division in response to growing interest from senior citizens who want to remain in their own homes. In recent decades, as many senior citizens remain quite healthy, living at home is often a viable option. But many need some assistance, from help preparing meals to reminders to take medication. Some will require temporary help following surgery or a major illness.
Often, grown children or other relatives help out, but when that’s not an option, or when a family’s needs escalate, home-health workers can provide a smart solution. Today, Spring Hills Home Care Services is a highly respected agency now caring for seniors all over New Jersey.
“Every family starts off with the best of intentions, believing that they can take care of their loved ones,” says Jill Lettice, director of home care for Spring Hills Home Care Services. “Ultimately, though, many come to realize how time-consuming and emotionally draining it can be. People come to us when they reach a point of exhaustion and frustration.”
The demand for home health-care services is expected to soar in coming years as life expectancy increases and as the Baby Boom generation ages. Lettice notes a new factor in the rise of home health care: The poor economy has made it difficult for some homeowners to sell their homes and downsize to more manageable houses or assisted-living facilities.
Meanwhile, adult children who often begin the process of caring for an ailing loved one may struggle to combine those duties with their own careers and families. At some point, Lettice says, “People need to get back to being a family member and employee, without solely being a caregiver.”
For Whatever You Need
Spring Hills Home Care Services provides both skilled nursing services, which can entail wound care, tracheotomy or feeding tube care, and administration of medicine; and unskilled services, which include companionship, light housekeeping, and assistance with bathing and toileting. At Spring Hills Home Care Services, all aides, whether skilled or unskilled, are certified by the state of New Jersey. That’s important, Lettice says, because an aide who is not certified is not allowed to physically touch the patient. Since many clients in a home health-care setting have trouble with balance, Lettice wants all of her staffers to be able to help as much as possible.
Spring Hills Senior Communities is a private-pay provider, which means that insurance is generally not accepted. Patients with certain diagnoses may be eligible to have some care covered by Medicare.
Whether it’s for home health care or its assisted-living residences, Spring Hills Senior Communities prides itself on its “Signature Touches” philosophy. The company tries to provide a high degree of personal choice, considering clients’ interests and personalities as well as their health needs as they match client with caregiver.
So, how does a family decide that their loved one should receive home-health services? Lettice says that when a person cannot perform the “activities of daily living”-bathing, toileting, simple meal preparation-they should receive assistance.
Christina O’Leary, director of branding and project management for Spring Hills Senior Communities, says that families considering home health care should begin their research before a crisis situation, by speaking to their physicians and their local Department of Health and Senior Services.
It’s important to mention that agencies should be licensed by the Division of Consumer Affairs Board of Nursing as a health-care service firm, adds Lettice.
“Determining the best option for a loved one is tough. Referrals from professionals, friends and families are beneficial. It brings peace of mind if someone you know has had a positive experience with a home care services company,” O’Leary says.
For more information on Spring Hills Senior Communities or Spring Hills Home Care Services, call 732-582-0400 or visit www.spring-hills.com.