An overview of services for seniors in their homes from Suzette Armijo, Beatitudes at Home

1. SERVICES FOR SENIORS AT HOME
BY SUZETTE ARMIJO
Client Services, Beatitudes at Home, Beatitudes Campus, Phoenix, AZ
Founder, YAAA! Young Advocates for the Alzheimer’s Association
Founder, Metro Phoenix Senior Resources

2. OUTLINE
• Facts & Statistics
• What is Home Based Care?
• Where and when Home Based Care is needed?
• Learn the importance of planning ahead of Home
Based Care needs
• How Home Based Care is senior advocacy at its
best as well as a great return on investment
• Prove that there is a major need in every area of
the U.S., whether rural or metropolitan
• Explain why we need to be proactive

3. FACTS
“Approximately 92% of older adults have at least one chronic disease, and
77% have at least two. Four chronic diseases—heart disease, cancer, stroke,
and diabetes—cause almost two-thirds of all deaths each year.
Every 15 seconds, an older adult is treated in the emergency room for a fall.
Millions of financially vulnerable seniors and adults with disabilities qualify for—
but are not yet enrolled in—programs that could help them pay for prescription
drugs, medical care, food, or heat for their homes.”
- National Council on Aging

4. FACTS
“According to the Census Bureau's "middle series" projections, the elderly
population will more than double between now and the year 2050, to 80
million. By that year, as many as 1 in 5 Americans could be elderly. Most of
this growth should occur between 2010 and 2030, when the "baby boom"
generation enters their elderly years. “
- U.S. Census Bureau

5. FACTS
“1 in 3 seniors dies with
Alzheimer's or another
dementia.
1/3rd of people 85 and
over have Alzheimer’s
disease.”
- Alzheimer’s Association

6. - U.S. Census Bureau

7. ARE YOU SEEING THE NEED FOR HOME
BASED SERVICES?

8. HOME HEALTH
Services typically include:
• Nursing
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Home Health Aid
• Social Work

9. NON-MEDICAL HOME CARE
Services typically include:
• General safety and companionship
• Cooking and meal preparation
• Errands and grocery shopping
• Transportation to medical appointments
• Escorts to activities and outings
• Laundry and light housekeeping
• Medication reminders
• Bathing and dressing assistance

10. HOSPICE CARE
Services typically include:
• Pain and symptom relief
• Nursing visits
• Bath aid
• Social worker
• Chaplain
• Volunteers
• Bereavement counselor

11. PALLIATIVE CARE
Services typically include:
• Providing relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
• Affirms life and regards dying as a normal process
• A support system to help patients live as actively as
possible until death
• A support system to help the family cope during the
patients illness and in their own bereavement
• A team approach to address the needs of patients and
their families, including bereavement counselling, if
indicated
• Enhancement of quality of life, and may also positively
influence the course of illness

12. MOBILE MEDICAL SERVICES
Services typically include:
• Physicians
• Podiatry
• Radiology
• Pharmacy
• Vision
• Dental
• Dermatology

13. TRANSPORTATION
Services typically include:
• Free rides to and from appointments
• Non-ambulatory, non-medical
• Medical other than 911
• Volunteer services offering grocery assistance or
rides to church, etc.
www.n4a.org National Area Agency on Aging

14. CCRC WITHOUT WALLS
OR LIFE CARE WITHOUT WALLS
• This concept allow retirees to purchase their
own homes which are then programmatically
tied together by the community sponsor or
developer
• The sponsor in this case can offer a wide range
of services which might include, but are not
limited to, the following:
• Healthcare
• Maintenance
• Activities
• Meal Programs
• Long Term Care Insurance

15. WHEN
In the PLANNING STAGES!

16. “
”
THE PURPOSE OF MAN IS TO LIVE, NOT
TO EXIST.
-Jack London

17. QUESTIONS?
Suzette Armijo, Phoenix, AZ
sarmijo@beatitudescampus.org 602-544-8527
Client Services, Beatitudes at Home, Beatitudes Campus
Founder, YAAA! Young Advocates for the Alzheimer’s Association
Founder, Metro Phoenix Senior Resources