Many seniors have no family or friends to turn to for help, and can't afford in home assistance. For more than a decade, House Calls has been helping the elderly in our community.
Director Shelly Egbert and her family noticed many older folks have difficulty remembering which medications to take and when to take them. Even simple tasks, such as locking doors and turning off stoves, may be forgotten. That's why she started House Calls, to provide daily reminders, assurance and care.
Shelly Egbert uses computerized and personal telephone messages, to serve the needs of many elderly clients, House Calls makes reminder calls, sends uplifting notes and prepares emergency kits funded through grants and donations, offering services free of charge to those who need it.
House Calls is designed for seniors struggling with memory loss who need assistance with daily tasks through friendly phone calls. The program also helps seniors combat loneliness and depression by sending cards on special occasions.
Seniors who depend on House Calls say, it's like having a guardian angel. The program serves about two hundred seniors in Northern Nevada. The cost is about $1,000 per person.
Right now, House Calls is meeting the need, but is down about 25% in funding. Director Shelly Egbert hopes the new year brings new funding to the organization. If you'd like to help, visit www.houscallsltd.org
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5 comments:
Great idea! If elderly folk with families were allowed to stay home (with community services), they'd live longer and enjoy their final years more than being restrained and drugged in nursing "homes" because staff can't be bothered taking care of them!
Are the guardians listening?
Most often the 1st action by a guardian is to remove the ward from his / her residence into a nursing facility or worse a lock-up institution.
Why do the guardians want to CONVERT property into CASH?
Selling real estate, motor vehicles and possessions to their pals ensures quick CASH so the probate mob can bill, bill, spend, spend, spend down as fast as possible ensuring they get the proceeds while the ward ends up on: MEDICAID
That is MEDICAID FRAUD folks and you can bet MEDICARE is involved in this and that is MEDICARE FRAUD.
Add this up nationwide. The cost of the fraud under color of law to us the taxpayers is astronomical and growing every hour of every day.
I agree, this is a wonderful idea and I hope it's very successful!
I'm kinda disappointed in myself for not thinking of it first!
Applause to "House Calls."
This is an idea that should spread like wildfire!
Thank you for the information and I hope House Calls is very successful -- and like wisernow says, if House Calls is successful, bad guardians will be less successful!
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