About Our Pennsylvania Senior Care

In-Home Care Serving Altoona, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Ebensburg, Indiana and parts of Jefferson County

With a strong desire to enrich seniors’ and other individual’s lives by helping them continue living independently in their own homes, David Hellyer and Terri Breindel opened the State College, Pennsylvania, Comfort Keepers office on April 1, 2004. From this location they serve individuals and their families with nonmedical in-home care services throughout Centre County. In June of 2006, David and Terri opened a satellite office in nearby Tyrone, to specifically serve the residents of Blair County.  They opened the Clearfield, Pennsylvania Comfort Keepers franchise on January 1, 2007. They and their staff provide services that enable senior citizens to continue living independently at home throughout Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana and parts of Jefferson County. They also serve other adults who need help at home—for instance, a new mom returning from the hospital with her baby or those recovering from illness, injury or surgery.

The locally owned and operated Comfort Keepers office helps improve the lives of seniors and other adults who just need a little extra help to live safely and independently at home. It also provides their families the peace-of-mind knowing their loved ones are living happily at home. Our caregivers—our Comfort Keepers®—deliver compassionate, professional in-home care and senior care that enables our clients to maintain as high a level of independence and quality of life as possible in the place they are most comfortable—their own home.

The Comfort Keepers team also includes:

• Client Care Coordinators, who are responsible for scheduling and matching our Comfort Keepers with clients. They also make periodic home visits to make certain that clients’ needs are being met. Our Client Care Coordinators interview new clients to better understand their interests, needs and concerns and match the client with the most appropriate Comfort Keeper. A well-matched client and Comfort Keeper serves as the basis for a strong, loving, and enduring relationship.
• Our Client Care Manager, Melissa Reader, manages the day-to-day operations of the State College and Tyrone, Pennsylvania, Comfort Keepers offices. She networks with other area senior care service providers to help connect adults and their families to Comfort Keepers services. In addition, she develops relationships with other senior care providers in the community, such as home health care, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospice.
• Our Client Care Manager, Debbie Baughman. Debbie provides day-to-day management of our Clearfield office. But more important, she continues to build relationships and strengthen networks of senior care and health care services in our local communities. This develops a network of health care professionals that provide services Comfort Keepers does not, such as rehabilitation centers, audiologists, or nursing services, as well as home health care agencies, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities.