Services
Our Continuum of Caregiver Services for Complete Senior Home Care or Elderly Care
We bring professional senior home care into the home, whether “home” is a house, a retirement community, an assisted living or skilled nursing home.
As a Colorado state licensed Class “B” home care provider, Dignity Care offers a wide continuum of services for Elder Care, from a few hours of minor assistance to round-the-clock care to geriatric care management. You use however much or little care you need at any given time.
We offer a free initial consultation, provide 2 to 24-hour care, and can offer same-day start-up, and 24/7 phone support.
Dignity Care is a local business, operating in Boulder County since 1997 where we have built a solid reputation within the healthcare communities.
Our Unique Approach
To Care
We provide support and help our clients to continue living as independently as possible. We offer an entire range of services, from light housekeeping and meal preparation to complex care for some, or at the end of life. Our caregivers bring their skilled caregiving to the home so our clients can remain in their own familiar setting. We learn our clients’ preferences and do things their way, on their schedule.
Over the years of being in this business, Judith Ashworh, owner of Dignity Care, recognized how much more there is to in-home senior care in Colorado than simply providing the physical care and services.
As a result, we have developed our own unique model that takes Home Care to a higher level. Each client is matched with a Client Care Counselor and carefully selected caregivers who then become your team of support for as long as you need us.
Our Caregivers
100% of Dignity Care caregivers are qualified to provide care such as personal care, light housekeeping, meal preparation, medication reminders, and transportation. They obtain the required education throughout the year to update and enhance their skills.
It Works
The Dignity Care model includes a team of caregivers with a Client Care Counselor who will work with the client and family to determine the health, safety, and emotional needs and then identify the right amount of home care services. Together, you will customize a care plan that matches your family’s situation.
This Counselor becomes your contact person and advocate. The Counselor orients the caregivers on your team in the specifics of your situation and monitors the team and the client.
In addition to the hours of care in the home, your Care Counselor is there for you with advice and recommendations. The Counselor will communicate regularly with the client’s family if requested, visit with the client, and be available to answer questions about local resources, care options, or health conditions.
The Counselor can make referrals for other services, coordinate with facility staff for clients living in assisted living or nursing homes, even attend a client’s care conference when appropriate.
Benefits For The Client And Family
- One contact person is always available by phone
- A team of caregivers creates consistency in routines, familiarity with client preferences, and often a strong personal bond between client and caregiver
- Carefully matching caregivers with clients has resulted in some amazing connections
- The Care Counselor monitors the care and ensures questions or issues get resolved
- The family can spend quality time together
End of Life Care
We use teams of caregivers who are drawn to this work. These individuals are trained for the required tasks such as turning, transferring, and bed care.
We work closely with hospice agency teams.
Help With Daily Care
We provide the support and help a client wants in order to continue living as independently as possible. We offer an entire range of services, from light housekeeping and meal preparation to complex care for someone who is bedbound, or at the end of life. Our Caregivers bring their skilled caregiving to the home so our clients can remain in their own familiar setting. We learn our clients’ preferences and do things their way, on their schedule.
Dignity Care’s compassionate and professional approach provides just the right services for our clients. We’re here for families as you sort out the challenge of supporting an older parent, and we will work with you to determine exactly what is needed when. Our options are endless (almost).
Many long-term care insurance policies cover the cost of Dignity Care services because we are licensed as a Class B provider.
We use Caregivers who bring their experience, skill, and knowledge to your home. All care services are provided by a team of caregivers working with a Client Care Counselor. Read about our unique approach to caregiving.
There are many advantages to using Dignity Care. Our staff are committed to caregiving as a career, a commitment demonstrated in the extra care and attention they give their clients.
Help With Daily Routines
Our caregivers understand how to give just the right amount of support. We can be there for the daily routines. We pay attention to their preferences and match their tempo.
Overnight Peace of Mind
If you are the primary caregiver for your parent or spouse, you know how important it is to take care of your own health. A good night’s sleep helps you sustain your energy and good attitude for daytime caregiving.
We can be there overnight while you sleep. We’ll take care of the nights so you can at be your best during the days.
- Personal Care – getting out of bed, into the shower, shaving, shampooing, dressing
- Meals – fix the food our clients like, their way
- Medication Reminders – keep on schedule with daily pills
- Accompany – Accompany to appointments, on errands, shopping; your car or ours
- Organize and Tidy – light housekeeping like laundry, changing bed linens, vacuum and dust
- Companionship – get to know and enjoy them, with conversation, empathy, and an open heart
Geriatric Care Management
These services are particularly helpful when there is no local family support system for your parent, or when your parents’ needs are more than you can manage right now. A professional care manager coordinates services, collaborates with other providers, communicates with the family, and represents the client’s interests. Using a geriatric care manager can ensure that a parent is well cared for without over-stressing the family network.
Dignity Care, Geriatric Care, Senior Home Care
A Geriatric Care Manager is a specialist who acts as a guide and advocates for older adults and their families. They are trained in a field related to aging including nursing, gerontology, social work, psychology, or other health professions.
The goal is to help older adults maximize the potential for independence and function while addressing issues of safety and security. They have extensive knowledge about the resources in their communities.
Our Geriatric Care Managers have been working in the Boulder County area for many years. Their experience in homecare and knowledge of local resources can be an invaluable asset for you.
When You Might Need a Geriatric Care Manager
You do not have family members living close by and they would like to hire someone to do the things they wish they could do for you.
You prefer not to involve family or friends in your care needs.
You feel overwhelmed with the daily tasks, or paying bills, managing medications or keeping up with paperwork.
You have had a change in health status, even if it is a temporary one.
You’d like having someone you can call if a crisis were to happen.
You are considering moving to an assisted living community or a nursing home and need help exploring the options.
Avoid the Hospital
Studies have shown that hospital readmission rates decrease when a client uses a Geriatric Care Manager.
Ways Geriatric Care Managers Help
- Advocate for the client
- Provide short or long-term assistance when the family is not available
- Review financial, legal or medical issues and offer referrals to professional services
- Support individuals seeking alternative therapies and medicine
- Schedule appointments and be the liaison with physicians and professionals
- Coordinate the variety of services a client may be using
- Recommend home modifications or adaptive equipment to make life easier
- Facilitate family meetings and decision-making
- Coordinate services for complicated cases
- Assist with moving and transition times
- Provide consumer education
- Conduct a one-time assessment of a parent when family isn’t local, checking on health status, daily needs and home issues, and sending recommendations to the family
Help When You Need It
You have access to a local professional, who already knows the client and family, to manage emergencies 24 hrs /day.
Our Care Managers can help with a short-term situation or can be there as an on-going support person and advocate. They can be there when family and friends are not available, or they can be there to manage these details so the family can enjoy being a family. Using a Geriatric Care Manager can ensure that the individual is well cared for without over-stressing the family network.
An assessment by a Care Manager can help clients and families recognize special needs or concerns and identify options to consider. This process includes an interview with the client, a home evaluation, contact with care providers, a review of current services, and a determination of goals, values, and priorities.