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| Mr. Ray Power, recently appointed General Manager of HomeInstead Senior Care Waterford |
Home Instead Senior Care, which provides an array of senior care
services, has announced plans to increase its range of care packages in 2013.
Based in the Cleaboy
Business Park,
Home Instead Senior Care Waterford has since 2009 provided home care services
to seniors in their own homes. According
to Director of Care Danette Connolly, the new packages of services will enhance
the current offering from the home care provider.
“Home Instead Senior Care is the
world’s leading provider of non-medical, in-home services to seniors, and has almost
1,000 offices throughout the world.
Since the Waterford
office opened its doors four years ago we have strived to bring optimum home
care to our clients and their families.”
Ms. Connolly added, “In 2013
we will be introducing a further range of care packages. These packages range from the few hours a day
to 24 hour care or respite care in the home.
At present there is a waiting list for most of the nursing homes in Waterford making home care
a very viable option.”
“There is tax relief available
for homecare which can reduce the cost by up to
41 %. Home care provides individualized one-to-one
care that can be a solution to many seniors needs, whether it is because of
physical limitation or a condition such as dementia, Home Instead Senior Care
works with the individual and their family to put in place care packages to best suit their needs.”
In order to facilitate the new services Home Instead has expanded its
team and now employs eight administration and nursing staff and over seventy CAREGivers.
The most recent addition to the Home Instead Senior Care team is Mr. Ray
Power. Ray joins as General Manager of
the Waterford
office and his duties will include the implementation of the new care packages,
along with the day to day operations of the organisation. Ray’s most recent position was as Manager of
Waterford’s inaugural Winterval,
Ireland’s Christmas
Festival. Ray also has a long standing involvement in many worthy charities
including the Chernobyl Children’s Project, Waterford Albania Partnership and
the Pakistani Earthquake Appeal.
He is delighted to join the Home Instead team and said “It’s great to be
part of such a progressive yet caring company.
Senior issues are at the core of what Home Instead does and it is
imperative that senior care providers make available services that make life
easier for seniors who are being cared for at home. Our new portfolio of care packages will make
first-rate home care available and accessible to a wide range of Waterford families.”
Home Instead has also augmented its nursing team with the addition of
Orla Hoban and Leanne Murphy as care co-ordinators.
Home Instead Senior Care is
not only recognised as a growing business, but also as a reputable and trusted
member of the health care sector. Under
the direction of Danette Connolly, the company has spearheaded many positive
health initiatives including Positive Ageing Week in Waterford
and the designation of Waterford
a Positive Ageing city.
Danette has also worked to
establish a Stroke Support Group for Waterford
which meets the first Thursday of every month in the Waterford Health
Park. On a local level
Danette has been advocating for regulation of the home care sector with the
best interest of those being cared for in mind.
Currently there is no regulation in place.
For further information
about the services of Home Instead Senior Care log onto www.homeinstead.ie or call 051 333966.
