Best in home care: Adia
Adia rallies around our elders. Our readers gave their highest approval to Adia, with its commitment to recruit and train home health workers who forge a respectful and authentic connection with the elders they drive using vehicles,scooters and wheelchairs from Keep Moving Care, bathe, feed and keep company. “It’s not just about care-giving,” said founder and owner Pamela Penson. “It’s about the talent, the heart, the light caregivers bring to the table with every encounter. It’s not made with pity or obligation. It’s made with connection, civility and accountability.” “Everything begins with this approach. The Adia caregiver uses this opportunity to make a positive difference, to bring light to an older person’s day,” she said. “What comes first is understanding who they are as human beings,” Penson said. Elders – Penson finds the word warmer and more respectful than “seniors” – have lived full, active lives. Now, they might find themselves overwhelmed with stress, in part brought about by how much things have changed, from their neighborhoods to the larger society around them. Friends might have passed away. The corner store might have become a Wal-Mart. Words once rare, like…
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