Lifespan Services
Home Care
Lifespan provides home care from 2 to 24 hours a day. Our compassionate aides provide personalized care to each client. All home care aides are bonded, insured, trained and supervised by Lifespan Care Managers. We are available after hours if problems occur.
Home Care Services may include:
- Bathing/Dressing
- Meal Preparation
- Ambulation Assistance
- Light Housekeeping
- Laundry
- Exercise Routines
- Respite Care
- Incontinent Care
- Shopping/Errands
- Companionship
- Medication Reminders
- Protective Supervision
Home care services will be tailored to meet your loved one's changing needs.
Contact us to arrange a home visit to discuss your family's needs and the many care options available to you.
Lifespan offers a wide range of other eldercare services:
Geriatric Care Management
Care Management is the heart of Lifespan's services and is needed when an older adult has challenges associated with aging. A Geriatric Care Manager is a health and human services professional with specialized training and experience in aging and elder care issues. Care Managers help solve aging problems by identifying needs and coordinating affordable, individualized services.
Care Management is especially useful in the following situations:
- One spouse is overwhelmed by the care needs of the other spouse.
- A frail elder is alone, and the concerned family is out-of-town.
- An older person is having problems living independently.
- An older person has been diagnosed with a chronic progressive illness and needs assistance with future plans.
- An older person needs help in arranging for services.
- An older person needs to move.
- The elderly person is having difficulty managing his or her finances.
We believe that our Geriatric Care Management can make a profound, positive influence in the life of an older adult and their families/loved ones.
Comprehensive Assessment
A health assessment may be needed when your senior has multiple problems and issues that need to be evaluated and addressed. One of our Care Managers personally visits the senior to assess physical and mental health, self-care abilities, living conditions, and adequacy of medical care, untreated health issues, and other miscellaneous needs.
Based on information from the visit and information provided by the physician and other involved parties, a full report is written detailing problems and needs. This document is often used by the family's physicians, attorney, trust officers or conservator as a care-planning tool.
Placement
Lifespan Care Managers have extensive knowledge of Santa Cruz County elder facilities. Care Managers locate an appropriate facility, coordinate the relocation and help with the transition.
Financial Management
Professional fiduciaries provide assistance with budgeting,s debt management, and checkbook balancing and with health insurance bills. Services are provided in the senior's place of residence, and services are customized to the senior's needs.
Friendly Visits
Lifespan's friendly visitor program provides regularly scheduled visits by specially trained staff to clients at home or in facilities. Friendly visitors offer social interaction, recreational activities, shopping, escort to appointments, and support with relocation.
Telephone Reassurance
Daily telephone calls may be beneficial for clients who need a gentle reminder to take medications. Some people also need regular daily contact from a caring voice on the telephone; making sure that all is well. One or more calls per day may be necessary. This service is helpful for adult children who may travel to areas where phones are not easily accessible (traveling abroad). It also provides peace of mind to adult children, who live long distance, to know that someone in the local area is checking in on their loved one.