Forever Young special advertising section
Liberating Lifestyle Choices Enrich the Golden Years
Las Vegas perhaps epitomizes duality in nature. On its surface, the city may seem to offer nothing more than a manic flurry of 24/7 decadency for the young and restless; however, look a bit deeper and it soon becomes apparent that it also serves up a much gentler dose of jollification, as well as compassion, for the aging yet young at heart. Featured in this section is an active adult retirement community like no other in the state, an in-home caregiving provider that allows seniors to maintain their independence and a gift-giving idea that’s hard to beat.
Providing a Helping Hand
Visiting Angels Offers In-Home Caregiving to Seniors
Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services is a nationally respected nonmedical senior home-care provider. Its goal is to help seniors who wish to continue to live in their homes as opposed to moving into a nursing home, assisted living facility or group home. Visiting Angels promotes seniors’ independence by assisting them with any activities of daily living, including eating, bathing, dressing, toileting and transferring, as well as light house cleaning and transportation. The agency has more than 400 offices nationwide. The Las Vegas and Henderson offices, which opened in 2000 and are familyowned and operated by Michael and Jackie DiAsio, is one of the largest Visiting Angels franchises in the country. It assists about 600 seniors daily and has 225-plus caregiver employees located throughout Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City and Pahrump. Visiting Angels’ employees perform more than 200,000 caregiving hours annually. In accordance with state of Nevada rules, caregivers are properly licensed, bonded and insured, as well as background checked and trained. Visiting Angels’ employees, on average, have been with the home-care provider for about four years. Visiting Angels is extremely flexible in providing its services. Clients essentially determine the schedule of when Visiting Angels caregivers, who can provide care up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, come and go. Varying levels of client care are available, from standby assistance to helping those who are bedbound. Caregivers also specialize in
memory loss care, such as assisting clients with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, and ambulatory assistance. Long Term Care insurance and private pay is accepted at the agency; in addition, Visiting Angels is a Medicaid provider and Veteran’s Administration provider. To learn more about Visiting Angels and
its services, log on to www.visitingangels. com/vegas/home. To contact the Summerlin office, located at 9436 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 11-8, call 702-562-3322. In the Henderson area, call 702-407-1100 or visit the main office at 1701 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 9-A.