Our Services

Supervision

• Dick and Penny are active, hands-on owners/operators who work in their homes on a daily basis. They, and the house manager, manage the day-to-day home operations by monitoring the on-going care needs of the residents in addition to providing supportive staff oversight.
• Dick and Penny closely monitor resident care needs and communicate openly and directly with resident families and resident doctors. Through daily wellness checks subtle medical problems have been identified. Such timely observation and communication have literally saved the lives of a number of our residents.
• Dick and Penny assess all potential residents. Comprehensive assessment is important as it helps us set appropriate expectations. Most assessments of individuals with Alzheimer's disease focus on their problems. At Catharine's our assessment differs in that we also focus on what strengths and abilities remain. In this way, we can better help your loved-one function at their highest level of independence.
• Ongoing assessments are important. It simply will not work to assess the person with dementia once or twice a year. We must "check the traffic" daily and adjust our expectations of the person accordingly.
• Ongoing assessments are important.  It simply will not work to assess the person with dementia once or twice a year.  We perform regular assessments to identify subtle cognitive and physical changes.  We as caregivers then accept these changes and adapt our care-giving techniques to better meet our residents’ needs and maximize their quality of life.

Dementia Care Specialists

• With 2-3 staff for 6-7 residents in each home, Catharine's has the highest staff to resident ratio of any home in the state of Colorado. Thus we are able to ensure that each resident receives one-on-one personal attention and individualized care.
• 24 hours per day personal care, assistance, protective oversight and supervision by compassionate and highly-trained caregivers.
• Caregivers are specially-trained in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias including:
  
  1.) Alzheimer's disease and related dementias;
  2.) effective communication techniques;
  3.) how to address challenging behaviors;
  4.) validation therapy techniques;
  5.) how to lead dementia-specific activities and
  6.) music therapy for persons with dementia.
  

Personal Care

• Assistance with personal care (dressing, combing hair, brushing teeth, bathing
• Daily wellness checks
• Incontinence management
• Medication administration with frequent physician consultation
• Home-cooked nutritional meals and daily snacks
• Personal water/juice bottles to maximize daily fluid intake
• Assistance with self-feeding
• End of life hospice care (with nursing support)
• Laundry services
• Housekeeping services

Home Environment

• Beautiful ranch-style homes located in mature neighborhoods
• Small-family environment
• Large open airy floor plans with spacious great room for socialization and activity
• Large backyard windows provide close-up views of birds, squirrels, foxes and raccoons
• Secured front doors to prevent elopement
• Open back doors providing access to large back yard, patios, decks, and garden.
• Feeding ducks and geese in our lake and horses in the adjacent pastures
• Fenced backyards for resident privacy and safety
• Water sprinkler system throughout home
• Fire alarm system monitored offsite
• Wide hallways for walker use
• Staff sleep in the open great room in order to respond quickly to resident needs or emergencies
• Residents provide their own comfortable chair for the family room as well as their own bedroom furniture, photos etc. Being surrounded by familiar and meaningful objects eases the transition into a new environment.

Home Environment

• Beautiful ranch-style homes located in mature neighborhoods
• Small-family environment
• Large open airy floor plans with spacious great room for socialization.
  and activity
• Large backyard windows provide close-up views of birds, squirrels, foxes and raccoons
• Secured front doors to prevent elopement
• Open back doors providing access to large back yard, patios, decks, and garden.
• Feeding ducks and geese in our lake and horses in the adjacent pastures
• Fenced backyards for resident privacy and safety
• Water sprinkler system throughout home
• Fire alarm system monitored offsite
• Wide hallways for walker use
• Staff sleep in the open great room in order to respond quickly to resident needs or emergencies
• Residents provide their own comfortable chair for the family room as well as their own bedroom furniture, photos etc. Being surrounded by familiar and meaningful objects eases the transition into a new environment.

Additional Services

• Ordering and delivering weekly medications from the pharmacy
• Professional hair care
• Pedicure care
• Physical, occupational and speech therapy by Home Health Agencies
• Arranging assistance with transportation

for printable version of the text on this page (Click Here)