Aging Gracefully, Senior Care Services, LLC

Aging Gracefully offers an abundance of services and amenities designed to meet the needs of our participants.

  

Our adult day care service is tailored to meet the needs of the caregiver as we provide “A One Stop Shop for Respite Care.”   Whether you are going to work, running earrings, or taking that well deserved rest, you will be worry-free with your time away from your loved one.  At Aging Gracefully, our staff follows an individual care plan for each participant that is tailored to their needs. 

The following is a list of services that are offered within the facility:  

• Transportation Services:  Our facility van offers transportation to and from the     

    day care Monday through Friday for ambulatory clients.  [Click here to learn more

    about transportation services.]

 

• Emergency Response System:  A call bell system is available in each restroom

          stall as well as over each bed in the wellness center for those individuals that

          need staff for additional assistance.  Our staff is trained yearly through American

          Red Cross in CPR and First Aid.  In the day care setting, if a client is without

          pulse or respiration, the staff will call 911 and provide CPR until emergency

          services arrive.  If the staff is unable to reach the family in the event of an

          emergency and additional staff is available, a staff member will go with the client

          to the emergency room until a family member arrives to replace the staff.

 

• Personal Care Services:  Our staff will provide personal care services to each

          individual depending on their needs.  These services include bathing,

          incontinence of bowel and bladder, shaving, assistance with dressing and

          undressing, and washing their hands.  Each individual careplan is reviewed and

          updated routinely in order to provide more advanced services when needed.  

          [Click here to see level of care options.]

 

• Catered Nutritious Meals and Snacks (Special Diet Plans Available):  Our

            meals are catered each day through Senior Catering.   They provide the facility

            with a USDA meal at 12 noon each day.  This meal includes a portion of meat,

            two vegetables, bread, a dessert, and milk.  If a client is a diabetic, the desserts

            are substituted with a sugar free item.  Supplemental meals can also be given

            with a doctors order and if the family provides the supplements.  Snacks are

            provided at 10am and 3pm each day. 

 

• Supervision by Licensed Nurses:  The owner of Aging Gracefully is a

           Registered Nurse and is very much involved in the daily services offered.  She is

           on-call 24/7 to all clients of Aging Gracefully.  In the absence of the owner, either

           a Registered Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse administers the medications

           and is on-call for emergencies.  [Click here to learn more about the owner.]

 

• Medical Management:  The Nurse will administer medications as scheduled

          during the day.  Depending on the needs of the client, the registered nurse is

          available to provide assistance with medical needs such as foley catheter,

          colostomy, wound care dressings, oxygen, and well as nebulizer or inhaler

          treatments.  All medical treatments, including medications, must have a doctors

          order before the registered nurse can provide the service.

 

• Handicap Accessible Showers:  Our staff will also provide bathing services if   

          requested.  Showers may be given on a routine basis and as needed for

          incontinence.  This is an additional service that increases the clients level of

          care.

 

• Monitoring of Health Status:  The staff is trained to monitor for changes in our

          client’s health status.  The staff routinely monitors for changes in appetite,

          restroom habits, changes in behaviors, signs of hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia,

          increased weakness, decreased mobility and ability to transfer, nausea/vomiting,

          fever, etc.   If requested by the primary care physician, the staff will document

          and maintain records of daily blood pressures for clients on blood pressure

          medication or blood sugar results for diabetics.  This information is documented

          and communicated with family and/or physician as needed.

 

• Therapeutic Activities:  The activities department schedules and implements a

           wide range of activities throughout each day to stimulate the client’s and

           encourage participation, memory stimulation, and fun-filled laughter.  Some of

           our activities include daily exercise, crafts, bingo, card games, board games,

           puzzles, music therapy, pet therapy, community involvement (such as child day

           cares/schools, local churches, and volunteers that visit to sing, dance, play the

           piano, organ, or guitar.  We are partnered with the Retired Senior Volunteer

           Program (RSVP) and have continued involvement from volunteers in the

           community that assist the staff with engaging all of our client’s in daily activities.

 

• Alzheimer Care and Activities:  Our staff receives training and are certified as  

          “Dementia Specialist” as well as attend ongoing training to remain up-to-date on

          new ways to care for the dementia population.  We provide daily orientation,

          continued verbal reminders on daily routine and surroundings, and most

          importantly, maintain their safety with exit seeking, verbal, and physical

          behaviors. 

 

• In-house Medical Director:  Our medical director is Dr. Scott Evans,

            specializing in geriatrics and internal medicine.  Dr. Evans is on-call for our

            facility for emergency situations as well as being available to see our clients if

            requested by our families.   In the past, Dr. Evans visited our facility and provided

            memory screenings to those who requested the service free of charge.  Each

            client as the right to continue seeing their current physician.  Aging Gracefully

            has established relationships with most of the physicians in the tri-county area. 

            Upon admission, the responsible party signs a release form to communicate with

            the client’s primary physician so the registered nurse can telephone the

            physician if a problem arises.  If a physician is contacted for any reason, the

            responsible party will be notified.  [Click here to learn more about our medical

            director.]

 

• In-house Therapists (Physical, Occupational, and Speech):  Our Physical  

            and Occupational Therapy is provided by TX Team Rehab.   The registered

            nurse monitors in changes of the clients for decreased mobility, shuffling gait,

            difficult transfers, frequent falls, decreased independence with ADL’s, etc and

            makes a referral to the primary care physician when needed for rehab services. 

            All responsible parties are notified prior to receiving an order.  [Click here to learn

            more about TX Team.]  Speech therapy is provided by Palmetto Speech and

            Language Pathology.   The registered nurse monitors clients for difficulty with

            swallowing, coughing while drinking liquids, difficulty with feeding self, etc and

            makes a referral to the primary care physician when needed for speech services. 

            [Click here to learn more about Palmetto Speech.]

 

• In-house Podiatrist (visits every 9 weeks):   Dr. Robert Kish schedules a day

          to come to the facility every 9 weeks.  Medicare usually pays 100% of this

          service.  His service includes trimming the toenails, thinning, checking the

          circulation in the lower extremities, etc.  Dr. Kish also writes prescriptions to

          diabetics yearly for new diabetic shoes that are also covered by medicare.  If you

          are interested in being seen at Dr. Kish’s next visit, look for the sign-up sheet at

          the front desk.

 

• Beauty Salon/ Barber Shop:  Our beautician is Betty Hodge.  Our beauty

          salon/barber shop is open every Friday morning.   She provides services for the

          hair including shampoo, haircut, perm, color, braids, etc. You may pay Mrs. Betty in

          cash or you can make checks payable to Betty Hodge. 

 

• Fitness Program:  Aging Gracefully provides daily exercise to the client’s in

          hopes to maintain their physical wellbeing.  Each day we participate in the

          “walking club” where the walks as many times as they can around the loop of the

          building.  The client with the most laps at the end of the month wins a prize.  In

          addition the walking club, the staff also engages the clients in chair aerobics,

          parachute, kickball, stretching, basketball, bowling, air hockey, etc.

  

• Library:  A range of large print books, magazines, readers digest, and movies

          are located on the book shelf in the lounge area for the client’s enjoyment.  The 

          Dorchester County Bookmobile also visits every 3 weeks so that the client has

          the opportunity to go on the bus and check out items from the library that they

          interested in reading.