Ability360 Providing Home Care Services To West Valley Community

Phoenix AZ

20 January, 2021

2:03 PM

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Press release from Ability360: Jan. 20, 2021 Ability360, one of Arizona's largest home care service providers, is offering comprehensive home care services to West Valley communities including Avondale, Buckeye, Glendale, Goodyear, Laveen, Litchfield Park, Peoria, Sun City, Surprise and Tolleson. For more than 25 years, Ability360, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, has been providing best-practice-based, nationally recognized quality in home care services to seniors and people with disabilities, empowering them to live as independently as possible. "At Ability360, we take a whole-person, holistic approach to home care," said Todd Fricke, Vice President of Home Care Services. "Key for us is to encourage and support independence for our clients in their own homes or places of residence." Ability360 also recruits, screens, trains and employs caregivers who provide personal assistance services to any individual qualified through the Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS), which includes United Health Care Community Plan, Mercy Care Plan or Banner University Family Care as well as to Native Americans who qualify and receive services through AHCCCS/ALTCS and Native American Community Health Centers. Private pay is available for Individuals not qualified through those organizations. "Being a caregiver is being someone else's angel," said Kimberly Beraud of Glendale, a former Ability360 caregiver now a full-time Ability360 team member. "I started as a caregiver for my mom. After she passed away, I knew that I really enjoyed what I had been doing for her and decided to focus on caregiving. It's incredibly rewarding helping others do things they're not able to do on their own, making them happy and showing them that their ability is way stronger than their disability. And, I love seeing their faces, meeting and becoming part of their family and helping them be happy." Home care services fall into several categories, the most common being: Respite Care, Attendant Care and Personal Care. Respite Care, which allows a family to leave their loved ones without worry, may include companionship and supervision, bathing and showering, toileting assistance, dressing transfers, meal preparation, bed positioning and light exercise. Attendant Care which assists in maintaining a clean and safe home environment, may include light housekeeping (kitchen, bathroom, bedroom), linen change, laundry (fold and put away), meal preparation and grocery shopping and errands. Personal Care, which assists in maintaining good hygiene in the most sensitive and dignified manner, may include bathing and showering, toileting assistance, dressing, transfers, bed positioning, medication reminder, light exercise, meal preparation, errands and accompanying to appointments. Individuals interested in becoming a caregiver will receive training for services to the elderly and physically and developmentally disabled; AHCCCS-approved training in CPR, first aid and Direct Care Worker (DCW); and benefits that include health coverage, paid vacation, retirement plan, employee recognition, full or part-time positions, advancement opportunities, paid sick time, paid travel time and paid caregiver training. To become a caregiver, go to https://ability360.org/become-a-caregiver/. To request a caregiver, go to https://ability360.org/request-a-caregiver/ or, in Maricopa County, call Lynn Figueroa at (602) 296-0502. For more information about Ability360, visit www.ability360.org. This press release was produced by Ability360. The views expressed here are the author's own.