Senior Care in Spearfish, South Dakota

Comfort Keepers^® of Spearfish, South Dakota, offers seniors and their families a rich selection of in-home care services. These services can be customized in a care plan designed specifically to help each senior we serve live at home—where they most want to be—safely, happily, confidently and maintaining as much control as possible.

We give families the freedom to be as involved in their loved one’s senior care as they are able—and then we take care of the rest so they can rest assured their loved one is in good hands when they are at work or attending to other responsibilities. Depending on a senior’s needs, our compassionate caregivers—our Comfort Keepers—can provide from a few hours of care a week to full-time, 24/7 elder care.

To help you decide whether Comfort Keepers is the in-home care solution you need, we provide free in-home assessments. Call us to schedule your assessment. Our phone lines are always staffed. The assessment provides us the foundation to develop with you an appropriate in-home care plan. After we begin serving you, we will review this home care plan on a regular basis and modify it as needed to address changing needs.

We offer our clients and their families a complete senior care solution by partnering with a network of local senior and health care providers. Through this network, we offer our clients seamless transitions and an optimal level of safety and independence for each stage of life. Among our partners: social service professionals, home health care agencies, hospice and the Ft. Meade VA.

The Comfort Keepers Difference

Invite us for a free in-home assessment and you will soon see that Comfort Keepers of Spearfish, S.D., is not just another in-home care provider. We distinguish ourselves in a variety of ways:

• We are reliable, second to none, standing with our clients and their families, adapting as circumstances change, to continue promoting independent, in-home living.
• Our Comfort Keepers are professional caregivers who consider what they do for seniors and their families, not as a job, but as a calling. And they value each client as a unique individual, approaching caregiving on a personal, rather than task-oriented, level.
• We offer our Comfort Keepers extensive training to prepare them for our unique brand of caregiving—what we call Interactive Caregiving™—which enhances the quality of life of our clients physically, mentally, emotionally and socially.
• We have established an excellent working relationship with other care providers to provide seniors and their families seamless access to services we do not specialize in but may be needed to support their desire to continue living as independently as possible.

How We Choose Caregivers

When recruiting caregivers, we select only people who have an innate gift and desire to serve seniors. Only individuals like this have a chance of passing our intensive screening process.

We begin the process with an interview and assessment of skills and qualifications. The interview allows us to assess candidates’ professionalism and whether they have the heart of a caregiver.  Candidates must also pass background checks. We hire no one who has a felony or misdemeanor record.

Once hired our Comfort Keepers complete orientation training that prepares them to deliver Comfort Keepers’ unique brand of care. Next, Comfort Keepers complete intensive training during their first 90 days of employment. And each year of their career with Comfort Keepers, they complete 15 hours of continuing education.

How We Match Clients and Comfort Keepers

Another reason for our success in meeting the independent-living needs of seniors is our attention to matching seniors and Comfort Keepers. Our Client Care team takes great care in matching clients and Comfort Keepers based on:

• The client’s care needs
• Skills and special training of the caregiver
• Common hobbies and interests
• Personality

Because we know our Comfort Keepers well, we are very successful in making matches that lead to satisfying results for the clients and families we serve.

Comfort Keepers Services

Comfort Keepers of Spearfish offers a wide spectrum of in-home care services that can be tailored into a care plan to meet each client’s and family’s specific needs:

• Private Duty Nursing Services. Provided by registered nurses, these services include:  medication set-up, administration of medications, bowel program, ostomy care, urinary catheter care and maintenance, dressing changes, tube feeding, suctioning, range of motion exercises, pre-filling of insulin syringes, wound care, monitoring of skin conditions and nail care, including care for diabetics. Instruction to family and client on disease management General health assessments Coordination of medical services.   
• Personal Care. Examples include hair and skin care, shaving, hands-on assistance with bathing or showering, toileting and incontinence care, feeding, and help with mobility and getting out of bed.
• Companionship Care. These services may include conversation, meal preparation and light housekeeping, help with dressing and grooming, medication reminders, transportation and errands.
• SafetyChoice^® Technology. These devices supplement care provided by family caregivers and Comfort Keepers. They are monitored 24 hours a day at Comfort Keepers’ monitoring center to assure safety of seniors when caregivers are not with them. With the SafetyChoice^® emergency response system, seniors can alert assistance with the push of a button. Our medication management system reminds seniors to take their medicine and dispenses the medications at the accurate times.
• Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care. This care is provided by Comfort Keepers who complete special training in care for persons diagnosed with dementia.
• Hospice Care. Comfort Keepers provide companionship and personal care services in support of care provided by a hospice care agency.
• Post-Hospital Care and Support. Our caregivers assist seniors and other adults with in-home recovery after a hospital stay for surgery or treatment of an injury or illness.
• Specialized Care Services. These Comfort Keepers services, approved by local hospitals, are designed for seniors and other adult clients diagnosed with diabetes, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Here for You 24/7

Our phones are staffed 24/7. We’re always ready to serve you. Please call us to:

• Get answers to your questions about Comfort Keepers
• Schedule a free in-home assessment so you can discover how Comfort Keepers can be the solution you need
• Share concerns about your loved one’s care or condition

It is our honor to serve seniors and their families in Rapid City, Spearfish, Sturgis, Lead/Deadwood, Belle Fourche and surrounding areas. We look forward to helping you in any way we can.

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Email: blackhills@comfortkeepers.com