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Home Care Assistance Partners with the Parkinson’s Foundation to Bring Latest Research into the Home

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New partnership will bring personalized, expert care to the homes of those living with Parkinson’s

August 11, 2017 // Franchising.com // San Francisco, CA - People living with Parkinson’s disease can now have the latest care recommendations incorporated into their personal care plans thanks to a partnership between Home Care Assistance, North America’s leading provider of in-home care for seniors, and the Parkinson’s Foundation. Home Care Assistance care teams, including the highly trained and credentialed experts who coordinate services for seniors and their families, can now incorporate the foundation’s latest research into customized care plans for clients with Parkinson’s.

“Since our founding, we have drawn on the latest scientific research to influence our approach to care,” said Lily Sarafan, CEO of Home Care Assistance. “We’re thrilled to be working closely with the Parkinson’s Foundation to evaluate which personalized care options allow Parkinson’s patients to have the best quality of life by leveraging the organization’s renowned expertise to deliver the best possible care to our clients.”

One example of how the foundation’s research will be used in the home is through the alignment of medication and meal times. Many people living with Parkinson’s have challenges with chewing and swallowing food, and while medication can alleviate this, the beneficial effect of each medication dose wears off over time. “The Parkinson’s Foundation points out that timing meals to coincide with peak medication effectiveness allows patients to have the most satisfactory experience, both in terms of getting the nutrition their bodies need and in doing as much as they can to feed themselves, so Home Care Assistance works with families and caregivers to schedule meals and medication dosages appropriately,” explained Katie Roper, VP of Health Care Strategy & Partnerships at Home Care Assistance.

“We are excited to kick off this partnership with Home Care Assistance and provide research findings that will help inform care plans,” said John L. Lehr, chief executive officer of the Parkinson’s Foundation. “Partnerships like this one are part of our mission to make life better for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.”

All Home Care Assistance clients receive professional needs assessments and personalized care planning services at no charge as part of their service agreements. To learn more about what Home Care Assistance has to offer or to schedule a free in-home assessment, please visit www.homecareassistance.com.

About the Parkinson’s Foundation

The Parkinson’s Foundation is working toward a world without Parkinson’s disease. Formed by the merger of National Parkinson Foundation and the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, the mission of the Parkinson’s Foundation is to invest in promising scientific research that will end Parkinson’s disease and improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s, and their families, through improved treatments, support and the best care. For more information, visit www.parkinsonsfoundation.org or call (800) 4PD-INFO (473-4636) or (800) 457-6676.

About Home Care Assistance

Home Care Assistance is the leading provider of in-home care for seniors serving the United States, Canada and Australia. Its uniquely integrated, science-based approach to aging directly supports individual lifestyles and quality longevity, enabling seniors to live happier, healthier lives at home. Named an Inc. 5000 company eight years in a row and one of the 50 fastest growing women-owned companies worldwide in 2017, Home Care Assistance has been recognized as a 2017 Endorsed National Provider by the home care industry’s leading research firm, Home Care Pulse. Home Care Assistance CEO Lily Sarafan was also named Health Care Executives’ 2016 Woman of the Year. For more information about Home Care Assistance, please visit www.homecareassistance.com.

Media Contact:

Grace Zavolock
Marketing and Communications Manager
(760) 505-1200
gzavolock@homecareassistance.com

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