Very excited to welcome our latest group of STAR Caregivers; (left to right) Tonshura aka "Ray Ray", Sasha, Jessica and Ekow. They just completed our orientation training and are demonstrating some good social distancing. All of them are off to a Great Start as part of our STAR program! If you are interested in becoming a STAR Caregiver please…
Elderly individuals have increasingly decided to age within the comfort of their own homes, but they often require some form of care to ensure they can lead a safe and healthy life. For some, care is only needed on a part-time basis and include a little light household help, or it may be full-time and entail everything from personal care…
Friday Finish Videos Assisting Hands Home Care Richmond in-home caregivers provide services ranging from companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, shopping and errands, to light housekeeping, laundry, and assistance with bathing and dressing. Our Friday Finish videos provide useful information for caregivers and customers. Watch the videos and give us a call at (804) 500-9787 if you have any questions or…
Congratulations to Linda Johnson, Assisting Hands Home Care Richmond's Super STAR for the month of June . From her hire date Linda has been available to fill in whenever she is needed. She brings joy to clients with a warm smile and energetic personality. Linda lives Our Shared Values (Kindness, Compassion, Integrity, Creativity and Accountability) day after day, week after…
Thank you Jan and Seniors Guide for such a creative way for us all to learn about your awesome website. I will be paying forward my gift card to Healthcare Community Resource Network (HCRN) so they can continue to provide all the wonderful events that they support. Delivering a $100 gift card to Eric Rohr with Assisting Hands Home Care…
It was early March and I had just landed in Atlanta for a golfing trip with some of my closest friends. Like others I was aware of the COVID-19 “situation” and was concerned but had no idea of the impact that it was about to have on everyone. As my friends and I drove to our golfing destination, we were…
The following is a high-level overview of the additional precautions that Assisting Hands Home Care Richmond (“AHR” of the “Company”) is taking relative to providing Home Care services during the COVID-19 pandemic. These protocols will stay in place until no longer required by the CDC. Agency Monitoring Stay appraised of CDC guidelines (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html) Stay appraised of OSHA guidelines (https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/covid-19/) Stay…
Please go vote in the 2020 OurHealth Richmond Senior Healthy Living Awards. Please include Assisting Hands as a write in vote in the Companion Care category (category 6). Thank you for your support! https://ourhealth.typeform.com/to/jOzyEh OurHealth Magazine for Richmond's 6TH ANNUAL SENIOR HEALTHY LIVING AWARDS! Human beings have five fingers, five toes, five appendages, five senses, and five major systems of…
We have an announcement from the National Office of Assisting Hands Home Care Richmond regarding COVID-19 and how our caregivers are prepared to keep your loved ones safe: The Henrico County Health Department are now staffing a coronavirus hotline for providers, organizations, and community members to ask their COVID-19 public health questions. The hotline accepts calls from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm.…
Overview of Dementia Dementia is the umbrella term for a person’s decline in memory and other cognitive abilities that is severe enough to interfere with daily life. It is not a normal part of aging. It is estimated that approximately 50 million individuals (5 million in the US) are living with Dementia. This number will almost double every 20 years,…
