Caregiver Homes - In the News

Seniorlink Announces Medical Advisory Board to Help Set Standards of Care for Elder and Disabled Adult Clients

Boston, MA - March 24, 2008 -- Seniorlink, Inc. has announced the appointment of a distinguished group of physician and allied health professionals to serve on the first medical advisory board of the 8-year-old eldercare services company. The Board will advise on care policies, standards and treatment outcomes.
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Caregiver Homes Program Helps Finance At-Home Medical Care

Boston, MA - May 25, 2007 -- Caregiver Homes is featured in a WBZ TV (Channel 4, Boston) newscast. "The decision to put an aging parent in a nursing home can be agonizing. But many simply can't afford to stay home to provide around-the-clock care for their loved one." Dr. Mallika Marshall continues: "Officials with Caregiver Homes tell us there are many families who are already caring for family members who are eligible for this program and don't realize it."
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Elder caregivers can receive reimbursement

Sharon, MA - March 27, 2007 -- Caregiver Homes is featured in the Sharon Advocate (Sharon, MA). "Caregiver Homes, a program that provides community based housing options for elders and disabled adults in need of daily care and assistance, is now accepting referrals in Sharon. The Caregiver Homes program pays family - or non-family - caregivers to care for an elder or adult disabled family member, over the age of 16, at home."
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Program helps keep elders out of nursing homes

Gloucester, MA - March 27, 2007 -- Caregiver Homes is featured in the Gloucester Times (Gloucester, MA). "Caregiver Homes is a state and federally funded program that provides a modest allowance to people who opt to care for their elderly parents at home, or provide foster care to an elderly or disabled adult, keeping those people out of nursing homes and in a safe, comfortable environment."
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Medicaid Funded Elder Care Program To Pay Massachusetts Family Caregivers Up To $18,000 Per Year To Care For Their Elders At Home

Boston, MA - December 8, 2006 -- Caregiver Homes announces participation in a new Enhanced Adult Foster Care Program begun in Massachusetts on Dec 1, 2006. The new program - enacted by the state Executive Office of Elder Affairs and the Office of Medicaid - aims to ease the financial burden on care giving families by paying a family (or non-family) caregiver to care for an elderly or disabled adult at home. The program provides the elder client with community choice and has demonstrated a 40-50% cost savings compared to nursing home placement.
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Family Caregiving Program Gives Frail Elders Choice

Boston, MA - August 17, 2006 -- Caregiver Homes, in partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has developed an innovative approach to helping frail elders who choose to live at home do so – even if they require daily assistance more often provided in an institutional setting. The MA Caring Homes program allows family (and non-family) caregivers to provide 24/7 care to their elder – providing a community choice option not available to many older and disabled Americans.
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Home Based Technology Plays Key Role in Keeping Seniors Out of Nursing Homes

Boston, MA - August 13, 2006 -- Seniorlink (www.seniorlink.com), a Boston-based eldercare company, has launched a new technology application as the centerpiece of an innovative program to delay or prevent nursing home care. SeniorTouch™ is the case management technology behind Caregiver Homes, an enhanced version of foster care in which an elder - even one with complex care needs - can live in the home of a caregiver and still receive needed clinical supervision from a team of professionals.
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Lynn, Massachusetts Seniors Have New Option for Long-Term Care

Boston, MA - February 20, 2006 - An innovative new eldercare program offers seniors who require intensive care and supervision a much-desired, cost-effective alternative to nursing homes.
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Seniorlink Launches First Caregiver Homes with State of Massachusetts

Boston, MA – May 16, 2005 – This month, Seniorlink launched the first Caregiver Homes under a pilot program sponsored by the State of Massachusetts’ Executive Ofice of Elder Afairs. The homes—one in Lakevile and one in Webster—are the first of 15 funded by the pilot, which the State is caling “Caring Homes.” A Caring Home is the actual residence of a caregiver who is paid to take in an elder and provide 24-hour supervision and care.
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