Dementia & Alzheimer’s Care Specialists
Understanding Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Dementia is a broad term describing cognitive decline that interferes with daily life, with Alzheimer’s disease being its most common form. Symptoms often begin with mild memory loss and confusion but progress to difficulties with communication, mobility, and self-care.
Common signs of dementia include:
- Memory loss that disrupts daily activities
- Difficulty planning or solving problems
- Confusion with time or place
- Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships
- Withdrawal from work or social activities
As the condition advances, professional in-home dementia care becomes essential for ensuring the individual’s well-being and safety.
Benefits of Dementia Specialized Care:
Choosing a provider who has specially trained Dementia Experts offers several advantages, including:
- Specialized Care: No more instances of worrying over whether or not a caregiver has the skill to provide safe care for these unique needs.
- Familiar environment: A person can remain in their home, surrounded by their familiar environment and loved ones.
- Supported independence: Being able to get the specialized assistance required allows a person to maintain control over their routines, exercise the freedom to make decisions regarding the care they need and want day to day and most importantly – stay safe at home.
- Reduced Safety Risks: Specially trained caregivers utilize the correct techniques required with this type of support, ensuring safe care at all times.
- Peace of mind for families: Knowing a loved one is receiving professional care relieves stress, brings comfort and provides needed respite for family members. With our Family Portal, clients/family members can view schedules, caregiver assignments and completed care logs, which allows for remote oversight of care at all times. Families can also communicate directly with the scheduling team in a HIPAA secured environment.
Let’s Get Started
At Superior, our services are customized for each client’s unique needs. We consider ourselves partners with our clients; we work together to make living independently a viable long-term option. Each person has different challenges, needs and dreams. We strive to help each of our clients enjoy the highest quality of life while living in the setting of their choice.
Superior Home Care’s Approach to Dementia Support
At Superior Home Care, we understand the complexities of Alzheimer’s care and dementia-related challenges. Our Pittsburgh-based caregivers are specially trained to provide:
- Structured Daily Routines: Maintaining consistency to reduce confusion.
- Cognitive Stimulation: Engaging activities such as memory games and music therapy.
- Safety Supervision: Preventing falls and addressing wandering tendencies.
- Professional Communication: Using patience and understanding to reduce frustration and agitation.
Comprehensive Dementia Care Services
Our in-home dementia care services are designed to support both seniors and their families. We provide:
- Personal Hygiene Assistance: Help with bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Medication Reminders: Ensuring medications are taken on time and as prescribed.
- Meal Preparation: Nutritious meals tailored to dietary needs.
- Mobility Assistance: Support with walking, transfers, and fall prevention.
- Companionship and Social Interaction: Keeping seniors engaged and emotionally supported.
- Respite Care for Family Caregivers: Providing relief to primary caregivers so they can rest and recharge.
Supporting Family Caregivers
Caring for a loved one with dementia can be emotionally and physically exhausting. Superior Home Care offers guidance and support to help family caregivers cope with the challenges they face.
Tips for Family Caregivers:
- Maintain a structured routine to minimize confusion.
- Engage in meaningful activities like listening to music or reminiscing.
- Take breaks and seek support from professional respite care services.
- Educate yourself on dementia progression to better anticipate care needs.
Why Choose Superior Home Care?
At Superior, we provide home care differently for those living in the greater Pittsburgh and surrounding area. Our focus is on creating the ideal experience for each person we touch, whether that person is a client or a team member. We can do this differently because:
- We put people-first and building relationships with them our priority
- We succeed by partnering and collaborating with our staff and our clients
- We focus on doing fewer things, with better quality
- We are responsive, responsible and accountable
At Superior, we share a passion for keeping our clients at home—safe, well and satisfied. Everything we do is centered on helping each of our clients to Live! at home.
How to Get Started with Superior Home Care
1. Call Our Office
Contact our team to discuss your loved one’s needs and determine the best care options.
2. Develop a Personalized Care Plan
We assess your senior’s unique requirements and create a customized care plan.
3. Meet Your Caregiver
We match your loved one with a trained and professional caregiver suited to their personality and needs.
4. Begin Services with Ongoing Support
Our team provides continuous monitoring and support to ensure high-quality care at all times.
About Superior Home Care
As a licensed Home Care provider by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Superior Home Care can provide services under the following programs:
- Pennsylvania Department of Human Services for both ODP Waiver and Act 150/Attendant Care Waiver services
- VA to provide Aide and Attendant services
- PA Office of Long Term Living’s Community Health Choices Program (AmeriHealth Caritas, PA Health & Wellness, UPMC)
- SW-PA Area Agency on Aging to provide Options In-Home services
- Highmark Health Plan – for qualifying lines of coverage that provide hospital to home transitional care
- Other insurances (such as long-term care insurance) can be considered based on insurance policies
Services outside of the above programs can be provided on a self-pay basis.
At Superior, founded in 2002, our mission is to be way makers. We help those who come to us create a way of living, through our care and support, that enables them to truly live their best life.
Our Commitment to Clients:
- We will put you first and take the time needed to build and nurture a meaningful relationship with you.
- We will continually collaborate with you and your informal care network to ensure your care plan is always right for you.
- We will stay focused on doing those fewer, right things with exceptional attention and quality.
- We will stay responsive to your needs and accountable for delivering to you an optimal care experience.
Our Vision for the Future:
- Continuously improve our unique model of care based on the feedback and outcomes we achieve with each person we care for and support.
- Expand the impact we can make within the communities we serve and the Southwestern PA region by sharing our model of care and supporting the adoption of our best practices by other, like-focused providers of care.
