IN THE SPOTLIGHT ~ Family Home Care

We are pleased to announce our newest Corporate Sponsor in the Tucson 

SPOTLIGHT Senior Services & Living Options Guide.  

Welcome Family Home Care!

How We Got Started

When we couldn’t find quality care for our family member when he needed care at home, we started a home care company that could do the job. It is the 27+ years of experience that enables us to assist other families by providing care in their homes. Hence the name, Family Home Care.

Family Home Care’s Creed

Our most valued goal is to deliver the highest quality of life, comfort and compassionate care to each of our clients. We pledge to provide optimal home care and caregiving services that will enable our clients to enjoy a sense of safety and well-being while we are on duty. We are dedicated to meeting and exceeding our clients expectations in every aspect of the delivery of our care services.

Family Home Care’s Employee Promise

At Family Home Care our caregivers are the most important resource in our service commitment to our clients. Based on the application of trust, honesty, respect, integrity and commitment, we are a service driven organization with team members who are qualified to address the needs and preferences of our clients. It is FHC’s desire to foster a work environment that promotes opportunity for each and every employee to achieve her or his highest potential. We are committed to provide the training, education and guidance required for every employee to achieve excellence in home care.

Family Home Care’s Motto

“We make home care work for you!”

Our motto exemplifies an ongoing dedication to the thoughtful care services provided by all staff members. It reminds us to think on our feet, to eliminate the saying “No” from our professional vocabulary, and to exceed our client’s expectations.

Visit us online @ www.familyinhomecare.com 

The Villas at Houghton Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce

Villas at Houghton celebrated the Grand Opening of their 9th Villa with a Ribbon Cutting with the Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. 

 

Klaus Axen and Bobby Larson, Owners of Villas at Houghton and Villas at La Canada thanked their employees for creating a loving family environment.  That along with a wonderful, warm neighborhood feel makes this an appealing place to live!!! This is the last of 9 villas housing 10 residents each.

Jim Humphrey & Bobby Larson, Owner of Villas at Houghton was interviewed live by onsite live broadcast by Russell Burns, host of Care Connection Show and Sam Burns with Agape Hospice.  

Michael Burton, Activities Director and Jim Humphrey & John Jacobson provided live entertainment as well as the Dancing Tucson Prunes.

It was a pleasure for SPOTLIGHT Senior Services to attend this great event! 

Thank you for all that you do and "hats off" to your wonderful new Villa!

IN THE SPOTLIGHT ~ Jacoby O'Brien Bereavement Business Services, LLC

We are pleased to announce our newest advertiser in the 

SPOTLIGHT Senior Services & Living Options Guide.  

Welcome Jacoby O'Brien!

 Amber Jacoby

Having experienced the deep and personal loss of my husband Dave in 2009 I realized the importance of assistance, guidance and support from others through such a difficult time. Support I did not always have. Although surrounded by family and friends I still had to learn to maneuver the obstacles, red-tape and unforeseen responsibilities of life while also grieving. My goal in developing Jacoby O’Brien Bereavement Business Services is to share in what I have learned and to be a guide for others by offering confidential, competent and caring consultation to help families manage the business of life after loss.

Drawing from my varied background of service to others I am able to help families after the loss of a loved one or in preparation of a loss. My background includes more than fifteen years as a grief support facilitator, twenty years as a health care administrator and I have donated hundreds of hours to both seriously ill children and adults in hospice care. I serve as an advocate for women by facilitating “Authoring Your Own Life”; a leadership workshop offered by the Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona. I am also active in Rotary International, a member of the National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC) and have served as an executive board member and support group facilitator for TuNidito Children and Family Services.

I live my life with a compassionate heart, the ability to see the bigger picture, being a warrior when taking action for myself and others, and pride myself on being a trusted confidante and friend.

Jan O'Brien

After the loss of my husband, Mike in 1997 and the loss of my son Jack, Airman 1st Class 

in 2002, I made a promise “For positive change I choose to be the best that I can be.” I deliberately and immediately decided to start on a journey of healing and growth.

Over the last 17 years I have come to understand the intricacies involved in the loss of a loved one, details of which most may be unaware. Here, when an individual is at their most emotional and vulnerable, I was forced to review and sign unfamiliar documents, maintain the day to day business of life and family, and make choices regarding confusing and life changing matters all while grieving. The overwhelming responsibility of life after loss can often be paralyzing. This has motivated me to serve others as they begin their journey of healing and growth. 

Commitment and dedication to the Tucson community is paramount for me.  With tenacity and grace, I made my mark in the male-dominated business of automobiles and fuel, one of very few women running a major service station in Southern Arizona.

 I volunteer in many capacities including a half decade run as steering committee member and co-chairwoman of the massive “Tucson Festival of Books” Author’s Table dinner at the University of Arizona.  

From wife and mother to business owner, world traveler to artist, I believe life is for the living and that there is significance in both life and death.  I honor my late husband and son by living my life to the fullest, encouraging those around me, guiding and sharing my expertise, and lifting one’s burdens. 

Visit us online @ www.jacobyobrien.com 

GRAND RE-OPENING of The Country Club of La Cholla

IN THE SPOTLIGHT ~ PWR! Gym Joins SPOTLIGHT!

We are pleased to announce our newest advertiser in the SPOTLIGHT Senior Services & Living Options Guide.  

Welcome PWR! Gym

About PWR!

Innovating the treatment of Parkinson’s through research-based exercise

Parkinson Wellness Recovery | PWR! is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) founded public charity and contributions are tax-deductible. PWR! got started when Dr. Farley, after years of research saw compelling data that proved that exercise has serious benefits for people living with Parkinson’s. But research does no good if it stays inside the lab. PWR! advocates changing our present treatment paradigms and incorporating the translation of research-based neuroplasticity concepts into proactive programming with daily access throughout the ENTIRE continuum of care which starts at diagnosis with rehab and then doesn’t stop, but is actually a cycle of rehab to community and back. PWR! is about changing the status quo to offer the latest cutting edge research exercise programming at diagnosis for life.

Dr. Farley teamed up with Sally Michaels, PT, CCM and officially debuted the mission and activities related to the PWR! project at the World Parkinson Congress in Glasgow, Scotland in 2010. By 2012, with the goal to increase the availability of PD-specific research-based exercise that adhere to Exercise4BrainChange® principles of practice Dr. Farley and Sally Michaels, PT, CCM opened the PWR!Gym®, a NeuroFitness Center of Excellence in Tucson, AZ.

PWR!Vision

Communities where all individuals with Parkinson disease receive research-based exercise programming beginning with diagnosis and throughout their lives in order to increase longevity and quality of life so that end stage Parkinson disease is eradicated!

Since 2010, PWR! has trained over 3,000 professionals in how to implement PD-specific exercise and treated over 600 people through their exercise programs in Tucson, AZ.

Visit us online @ http://www.pwr4life.org/

Assets Key to Long-Term Care System

Question: I have been caring for my father for about a year, and I cannot provide him with the assistance he needs. We looked into applying for ALTCS, but my dad has too many assets to qualify. The ALTCS representative warned us against transferring dad’s assets. Is it possible for him to instead pay me for the services I have provided him as a means to help him meet the resource requirement?

Answer: There are two primary rules at play here. First, your father must meet a resource requirement to qualify for ALTCS long-term care coverage. Second, ALTCS penalizes applicants who attempt to satisfy the resource requirement by transferring assets without compensation. The answer to your question, then, centers on whether the services you provided to your father would justly compensate him for any payment that he might give you.

To begin, ALTCS does allow for compensation in the form of personal care services. For this approach to work, however, there are certain requirements that have to be met. Most importantly, there has to be a valid personalcare contract that outlines the terms of the agreement. To be valid, a personalcare contract must specify the type, frequency and time to be spent providing services. Further, the contract must specify the amount and frequency of payment, and such frequency should be no less than monthly while services are being provided. Finally, the personalcare contract needs to be executed before the provision of services.

If a personal-care contract was not executed before you provided your father with services, I would probably advise you to pursue other strategies for helping your father spend down.

Richard White is an elder law attorney at JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law. For more information on Elder Law at JacksonWhite, please visit www.ArizonaSeniorLaw.com.

This article is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to replace individual legal advice.

Aging and the Law is authored by the attorneys at JacksonWhite and addresses legal issues that arise for the elderly and their families. Questions can be sent to firm@jacksonwhitelaw.com.

How Will ALTCS Affect Your Home?

Question: I have lived with my elderly mother for several years, doing everything in my power to care for her. We finally reached a point at which I can no longer provide her with the care that she needs, so we are exploring the Arizona Long Term Care System. If we pursue ALTCS, however, I am concerned that ALTCS will take my mother’s house, which would deprive me of my living situation. Is there anything I can do to help my mom and protect my living arrangements? 

Answer: ALTCS will never take the home from an ALTCS applicant who is approved for the benefit. It can, however, seek recovery against home equity belonging to an ALTCS member once that member passes away. As with most legal rules, however, there are certain exceptions to ALTCS’ ability to recover against home equity, and it sounds like you might fit neatly into just such an exception. 

In a typical case, if an ALTCS applicant transfers a home to his or her child, ALTCS will impose a penalty period, during which time it won’t pay for care. However, where an ALTCS applicant transfers a home to his or her child who has been living in that home for two or more years, and who has been providing care that has kept the applicant from being institutionalized, ALTCS will forego imposing the penalty. 

As you can imagine, ALTCS will not simply take your word for this — there is an evidentiary standard that must be met, but with proper direction, you could potentially accomplish your twin goals of helping mom and protecting the home. 

Richard White is an elder law attorney at JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law. For more information on Elder Law at JacksonWhite, please visit www.ArizonaSeniorLaw.com.

This article is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to replace individual legal advice.
Aging and the Law is authored by the attorneys at JacksonWhite and addresses legal issues that arise for the elderly and their families. Questions can be sent to firm@jacksonwhitelaw.com.