As the founder of a successful senior home care agency in Massachusetts, I get to see the most wonderful situations and the saddest situations that occur with our seniors. It is heart warming to see the families that sacrifice their lives for their elder who suffers from advanced dementia and it is heart breaking to see the elder that lives alone and has no one that cares for them except their home health aide.
This week I met a family that has been caregiving their 90 year old mother with Alzheimer's Disease for five years. From 9 AM to 5 PM, one sister does all the care. Her mother is advanced and losing her language skills, so she needs to be supervised every minute. This daughter is relieved by her brother and his wife for the overnight shift and the weekend. The care and example that this mother must have given her children must have been extraordinary. Their dedication is unwavering. The son and his wife have not slept at their own house for five years.
When I look at my kids, I wonder if they would do that for me? Would I want them to?
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About Me
- Rosaleen Doherty
- Salem and Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States
- I am the owner of Right at Home, In Home Care and Assistance in Salem and Haverhill, Massachusetts. We help seniors continue to be independent in their homes with companion and home health care services. We can help provide respite to a caregiver, companionship, dressing assistance, grooming assistance, incontinence care, meal preparation, medication reminders and transportation to appointments. We serve all of Essex County, Massachusetts. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for those we serve. I am an active member of the North Shore and Merrimack Valley community. I am on the Board of North Shore Women in Business and I am on the Board of Trustees of The Phoenix School in Salem , Massachusetts (the most creative elementary school on the North Shore). I am an active participant in the North Shore and Merrimack Valley Alzheimer's Partnerships, which do the grassroots work of the Alzheimer's Association. I belong to the Society of Certified Senior Advisors, which is an organized of professionals certified and committed to working with elder clients through a code of ethics and a discipline of understanding.
Rosaleen Doherty
Certified Senior Advisor and Owner of Right at Home - Salem and Haverhill, MA
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