WELLNESS
Seniors
1000 South Lemay Ave. Fort Collins, (970) 482-7925 www.savaseniorcare.com
826 Blondel St. Fort Collins (970) 631-8251 www.seniorshelpingseniors.com/LarimerCountyCO
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Fort Collins Health Care is an intimate rehabilitation and long term care facility. The smaller size facility helps residents feel welcome inside the community, where they will have familiar faces providing their care each day. Fort Collins Health Care is licensed for 83 beds. They offer a variety of services including physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. They also specialize in wound care and short-term rehabilitation. Fort Collins Health Care’s dynamic rehabilitation staff works diligently to meet their resident’s needs, accommodating their preferences while meeting their physical goals. Room amenities include television and phone and a 24-hour nursing staff. They provide multiple outings to residents each month and try to introduce new activities like fishing trips and Christmas light tours. The facility also features an open dining area called Grey Rock Grill, and a full menu and wide variety of food available at each meal. Residents can also enjoy a cup of coffee in the Bear Creek Bistro or just relax and watch movies on any of the flat screens throughout the home. Each staff member at Fort Collins Health Care Center is dedicated to making every resident’s experience memorable, comfortable and successful. Fort Collins Health Care Center is focused on quality of life as well as quality of care. They have had the same administrator for three years, and the resulting stability and consistency have led to improved care and quality of life for those they serve. In 2013, this home went from one star on the Quality of Care rating to a four-star rating. From an overall satisfaction perspective (based on discharge and in-house surveys) the population has been drastically happier in the past years. In 2010, the home received a satisfaction rating of 64 percent and a quality of meals score of 39 percent. Through hard work and a focus on quality, those scores took a significant jump in 2012; residents gave the facility a 96 percent for overall satisfaction and 94 percent for quality of meals. The home is transitioning to the Neighborhood model currently, and is engaged in an internal facelift in 2013.
Seniors Helping Seniors is committed to providing their senior clients with the ability to choose an independent lifestyle in their own homes for as long as possible with the dignity and respect they deserve. They are a national franchise operation with a history of high standards and values in providing care to seniors. Their services include companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, personal care and dressing, transportation, doctor’s appointments, yard work, home maintenance and small repairs. Seniors Helping Seniors also provides 24/7 or overnight care. They tailor schedules and services to best meet the needs of each individual and family. They are also in tune with making senior care affordable. “We can look at ways to help minimize the cost for you if at all possible,” says franchise owner Linda Gabel. Seniors Helping Seniors’ mission is to find caring, loving and compassionate seniors (age 50 or older) who can provide a broad variety of services. They work to “match” caregivers with clients and hope to create friendships as well as to provide services. Because their workforce consists mainly of seniors, their organization and services are unique and responsive to the needs of families. “Our caregivers truly understand the challenges of aging and loss of independence.” Care providers are trained in personal and dementia care, with an emphasis on communication and listening skills. All have had a background investigation and personal reference checks. Many have retired from positions in the healthcare industry. Seniors Helping Seniors began in 1998 as a non-profit business in Reading, Penn. The founder, Kiran Yocum, had work many years with Mother Teresa and understands the strength and compassion it takes to help others. The organization began franchising in 2006 and today there are over 240 franchisees in the United States and England. Gabel is a Certified Senior Advisor and has a certificate in dementia care from the Alzheimer’s Institute. Tina Saldanha, client relations manager, has worked as a care provider and also has background and training in human resources. Scheduler Kate Fens training and background are in business and systems engineering. “Seniors Helping Seniors is truly committed to helping others and that adds to our own purpose in life. We believe this is what makes our program unique,” says Gabel.
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