Call Clermont Senior Services for One-Stop-Shopping
Whenever I hear about someone searching for help for their parents, I am reminded of my own frustrating experience, and how much I appreciate and respect Clermont Senior Services.
A number of years ago, when my father was very ill with cancer, my mother was rushed to the hospital with chest pains. The next day she had emergency bypass surgery. They lived in Louisville, and trying to help care for them from Milford was difficult. I was afraid I was going to lose them both.
I went to Louisville every weekend to clean house, do the grocery shopping and wash clothes. For a few weeks they received some personal care that was covered by insurance. However, when the insurance chart says it's time for you to be on your own - you're on your own!
After a couple of months, my mother was much better, but my father was much worse. I began searching the yellow pages of the Louisville phone book for some services that might be available to help them out. There was no central organization to call. I looked under seniors, eldercare, social services and any topic I thought might provide a clue to locating help.
I located one eldercare organization that provided homemaking services - for $17.50 an hour. Plus, they demanded a contract of a minimum of four hours per week - around three hundred dollars a month. I also found a meals-on-wheels program - with a long waiting list. Today, homemaking help for seniors can cost as much as $21.50 an hour locally. My father died a few months later. Somehow we got through it with the help of friends and family, and with my mother's health still in tact. Many families are not that fortunate.
No one can fully understand the pressure a caregiver operates under unless they have been through it. That experience has made me truly appreciate what Clermont Senior Services does.
We offer a wide variety of services to help seniors live at home for as long as possible, and help caregivers take care of themselves. Our services are available on a donation basis and there is never a waiting list for meals-on-wheels. CSS offers everything my family needed to help get through a family crisis. But my parents lived in the wrong county in the wrong state.
One of the things I appreciate most about CSS is that it basically provides "one stop shopping" for senior services. Besides meals-on-wheels, we provide transportation, homemaking, personal and respite care, adult day care, home repair, support groups, and lifelong learning centers! We practically have a ‘smorgasbord’ of services.
And if we don't provide a service that you need, we probably know who does. Our Intake staff is knowledgeable on all the services offered in Clermont County. Eligibility requirements vary from program to program, and our staff is glad to assist you in deciding what services are best for your situation.
So if you, a neighbor, or a loved one needs some help to continue living at home, give us a call at 724-1255. It doesn't get any simpler than that!