An AARP survey demonstrated that 9 out of 10 people age 50 or older want to stay in their own home for the rest of their lives.  Even though this is your goal many things can conspire to create a need for you to move.  The yard work, the nagging little things that go wrong, house cleaning, having to cook three meals a day, the home no longer accommodates your physical needs, transportation access and even the concerns of your children can all force you to move whether you want to or not.  Home for Life offers a continuum of services that are designed to fit your lifestyle and circumstances so that you can continue to live in your home for life. 

Lifestyle and Circumstances Audit: This audit will help you determine whether and how your current home can accommodate your needs in the years to come.  Is your home situated so that you can live there even if you choose not to drive or want to cut back on your driving?  Will your home accommodate changing physical capacity or can it be retrofitted to do so in a way that is affordable?  (You will find a discussion of the Lifestyle and Circumstances Audit in the essay entitled “Preparing for One of Life’s Most Difficult Decisions” in the Envision But Don’t Accelerate topic section.)

On-going Home Care Services: There comes a time for many of us when we no longer look forward to the house cleaning, yard maintenance and the odd jobs around the house that we have always done.  Home for Life can take on all or some of those responsibilities for you; some now and more later as you request.  Our people are trained to recognize and respond to your growing need or interest in increased care.  Our Home Care Coordinator will occasionally visit to insure proper oversight and responsiveness to your needs and wants.

Dining and Meal Preparation Services: The one thing you hear from friends when they move to a retirement residence is that they really appreciate being freed from the need to plan and prepare meals for themselves.  But they also get frustrated by the need to conform themselves to someone else’s schedule.  Home for Life offers the ideal solution to this desire and resulting frustration.  Our “gourmet on the run” service will prepare and deliver to your own home frozen but “home-made” meals once a week for as many nights a week as you request.  Heat, serve and enjoy in your own home.  Also we have contracted with XYZ restaurant to provide our subscribers with any where from 5 to 15 restaurant prepared and served dinners a month; dine out at a time you wish with friends or alone.

Transportation Services: For some there comes a time when you just don’t want to or can’t drive any longer.  We work closely with XYZ to provide personalized transportation services for shopping, medical appointments or whatever the need is.  If this service can’t respond to your particular need at the time needed we while arrange taxi service for you.  This service is just a telephone call or an e-mail away.

Financial Concierge Services: All of your life you have paid your own bills and kept your own books and records.  But like meal preparation this can get to be a drag for many.  Also it is increasingly important that you keep your financial and estate planning up to date as you age.  These things and sneak up on us and slip by with out us noticing if we are not diligent.  Home for Life as put together a group of independent licensed and credentialed professionals in following areas and aspects of your financial life:

Accounting and Bill Paying Services including tax return preparation.

Financial Planning Services including investment management.

Estate Planning including wills, trusts, health care directives and powers of attorney.

Our Home Care Coordinator will, from time to time, ask whether or not you want to evaluate your current situation in these areas and refer you to the appropriate professionals as requested.  We will also host Financial Update seminars to help you stay current on these areas of your life.

All of these services can be integrated and coordinated with our other services such as Home Health, Home Care and Hospice Care.  This continuum will insure that you can truly stay at Home for Life.   Call today for no-cost appointment and evaluation.