Senior Safety in Salem Massachusetts

Here is an important article with easy ways to make sure our seniors stay safe at home. If you need help with an aging loved one in the Salem Massachusetts area, visit www.rightathomemass.net.

10 Home Safety Tips for Seniors

People who are 65 and older are at increased risk of a fatal or non-fatal fall in their home.

As people age, they become more susceptible to accidents in the home. Fading eyesight, balance and disorientation problems, and memory loss can all contribute to the possibility of a fall or other home incident.

Here are a few safety tips to keep your loved on safe in their own home.

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Wings Cares Women's Expo

I am speaking on March 8th at the Salem Waterfront Hotel for the Wings Cares North Shore Women's Expo. Wings Cares stands for Women in Networking Giving Support. Proceeds from the event are being donated to Art for Life Foundation, here on the North Shore. This group funds programs to help children in hospitals through art.

This is the first time that this event is being held and I think it will be very interesting. The topic that I am speaking on is Caring for an Aging Parent. The attendees are businesswomen on the North Shore who are balancing careers, kids and possibly other responsibilities, like taking care of their parents. People are always so baffled when they are thrown into the process of adult caregiving. It is almost like we feel that "this will never happen to me!"

I hope that I can give them a little direction in the time that I have allotted. The other topics are financial, balance related and political topics. It should definitely be interesting and it is GREAT to have it in Salem!!

Right at Home in Marblehead Reporter

Right at Home's opening in Salem, MA was featured in the Marblehead Reporter. It was nice to see Jay quoted and talking about our Telephony system. Telephony is our electronic time carding system. When a Right at Home aide goes into a home, they dial into a specific 800 number. They put in their employee code and tell the system if they are punching in or out. This system even works if the phone is blocked because it uses E911 technology to read the telephone it is being dialed from. The call is only valid if it comes from the client's telephone.

The call then is automatically logged into our scheduling software. If a call does not go into our system within 15 minutes of the start of a shift, then there is an outcall to our supervisors. We can proactively call the client, aide or family to find out if everything is OK. This technology has given us the first proactive monitoring system that we could implement for all shifts, at all times. This increases our client's security immensely and it has been extremely well received by families.