The mission of Husky Senior Care is to help seniors (and their families) age at home successfully…read more If your loved one wants to stay in their home, Husky Senior Care is designed to support them. They are amazing at implementing this mission.
Our father (a 94 year old retired UW professor) suffered from progressive dementia, and wanted to live out his life in 'his old home'. Our family of three sibling's along with two private caregivers had managed to keep Dad safe and fulfilled for several years. By the third year, the load was growing beyond our ability and energies. We wanted to maintain the quality of care for our father and avoid burn out for us.
Husky Senior Care engaged with us quickly and smoothly. Their Care Manager model is brilliant. It is wonderful to have a personal relationship with a supportive person who coordinates all of the services. Sarah was caring, knowledgeable, and highly collaborative. She explored our family and care team values so they could design a care plan to meet our needs. She understood that we needed to wrap their services around our existing family care team. We coordinated scheduling and communication, working out systems so that our team and their staff could share task lists, meds management, and activities. Sarah also worked with us to file our Long Term Care Insurance claim and followed through with billing LTC directly.
We started out with one agency caregiver who allowed us to fill out 7 days of daytime coverage. Adela was warm, caring, cooperative and hard working. She quickly developed trust with Dad, helping him to stay independent and supported. When she completed the usual chores (bathing, toileting, exercises, cooking, and cleaning) she took the initiative to keep up the garden and bring fresh flowers into the house. Her energy and joy made the house a brighter and better place for Dad and the family.
Dad was hospitalized during his last month, and on discharge required 24/7 care at home. Husky transitioned quickly, bringing on more staff. They were careful to bring in as few people as possible, to avoid disrupting Dad with too many new faces. Care Management also transitioned to nursing, for meds delegation and coordination with Hospice. Katrina was there with us as we made the Hospice and 24/7 arrangements, coordinating, educating, and supporting. She trained both the agency staff and our private caregivers on meds delegation, so that Hospice meds could be used as needed. During Dad's final weeks Katrina coordinated directly with the hospice nurse, and helped us to understand the rapidly changing situation so we could make good choices. She could not have been more supportive and compassionate.
Husky Senior Care is an outstanding agency. They provide superb support for both the family and senior who wants to age at home. They are reliable and trustworthy. Our family had complete confidence in their care for Dad and the support for us. When we started working with Husky Senior Care there was an immediate reduction of stress on all of us, including Dad. All of their staff; the caregivers, the Case Managers, and schedulers were professional, skilled, experienced, friendly, compassionate, supportive and reliable. They are flexible, providing exactly what you need, when you need it. They are able to coordinate with existing care teams, and with Hospice for end of life.
Over the 6 months we worked with Husky Senior Care, our family and private care givers were all impressed by the level of support, compassion and professionalism from everyone who works on their team. One always wonders if you are doing enough for your parent, should you do more, or how else can we make our parent more comfortable at this stage of life. With Husky Senior Care on your team, you feel reassured, even rescued when some of the days just feel too overwhelming. It is an impressive organization, and we recommend it to your family without reservation.
