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A BETTER LIFE HOMECARE, LLC
20 Maple St., 2nd Floor Springfield, MA 01104 (413) 209-8866 www.ablhomecare.com
Executive Director: Joseph Ngaruiya
SERVICE AREA
Hampden, Hampshire, Essex, and Worcester counties
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
A Better Life Homecare, LLC is a Medicare- accredited, CHAP-certified home-care company owned by a group of caring and professional nurses. Our mission is to provide improved home-care services throughout the state of Massachusetts. Our main objective is to improve our patients’ living standards and help them remain as independent as possible within the comfort of their home.
SERVICES OFFERED
Personal Care Attendant: A multi-disciplinary program that provides personal-care attendance and case-management services to individuals in need of companionship, homemaking, assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Services provided under the program include:
• Shopping and errands;
• Meal preparation;
• Laundry;
• Transportation coordination; • Medication reminders/cueing; • Physical assessment;
• Homemaking services;
• Bathing;
• Grooming;
• Feeding;
• Toileting;
• Multidisciplinary case-management
services; and
• Wellness nursing visits
Skilled Nursing: A program that provides at-home visiting nurses, occupational therapists, and physical therapists. Services provided under the program include:
• Psychiatric nursing;
• Medication administration; • Coumadin administration; • Physical therapy;
Who Qualifies for Services?
• Occupational therapy;
• Registered nurses;
• Licensed practical nurses; and • Home health aide assistant.
Any individual over the age of 21 with a medical condition, disability, or need of assistance with ADLs and IADLs qualifies. The aspiring patient must be enrolled with MassHealth. We are contracted with most major insurances: Health New England, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Boston Medical Center, Senior Whole Health, Fallon, Fallon Navicare, and Community Care Cooperative.
UPCOMING NEWS
New Program! We are excited to announce that we will be launching the Adult Family Living program in January 2023. This state-funded program helps frail, elderly individuals remain living in a private home rather than moving to assisted-living communities or nursing homes. The AFL program provides financial assistance and support to family members or friends who both act as primary in-home caregivers and host an elderly individual. Care recipients will receive in-home supervision, assistance with day-to-day activities, and instrumental activities of daily living. Our elderly will have the opportunity to live in a family home with care being provided by someone with whom they feel comfortable and familiar.
We Are Expanding! A Better Life Homecare is expanding to the Central Mass.
and Essex County regions. We look forward to establishing relationships with new community partners and continuing to make meaningful impact in the communities we service. The new offices are located at:
• Worcester Office: 255 Park Ave., Suite 701, Worcester, MA 01609
(508) 754-5500; Fax (508) 754-5502
• Lawrence Office: 370 Merrimack St., Building 5, Suite 220, Entry F, 2nd floor,
Lawrence, MA 01843
(978) 984-7532; Fax (978)984-7540
WHAT IS AN ACT OF BRIGHTNESS?
This is a Community Outreach Department initiative created to brighten up the lives of our most vulnerable patients. Through this program, our case managers, nurses, or community partners nominate an ABL patient who may
be experiencing life hardships and could benefit from a joyful surprise. From complete makeovers to surprise apartment remodel projects, our Act of Brightness initiative continues to change our patients’ lives.
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