"Physician Owned - Nurse Managed"

In Mid-Michigan - Serving Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Livingston, and Shiawasee Counties

About Us

Who We Are

Owned by a physi­cian, man­aged by a reg­is­tered nurse.

Locally owned. Com­mu­nity based. We are your neigh­bors. Bonded and insured for your secu­rity and com­fort. We bring faith, trust, and integrity to a con­fus­ing and frag­mented health­care system.

His­tory of the Company:

Eight years ago, Andrea Miller, our direc­tor of nurs­ing, wished to cre­ate a home care agency that met her earnest desire to pro­vide out­stand­ing home care in the Mid-Michigan region. Ms. Miller has been involved in the home care indus­try for over 20 years and believes that a home care agency should con­sis­tently deliver first-rate care by hav­ing expe­ri­enced med­ical pro­fes­sion­als assist­ing and direct­ing care. Sim­ply stated, this is her pas­sion after being a local RN BSN for more than 20 years.

Ms. Miller approached her sis­ter, Dr. Sue Mau­rer, for finan­cial guid­ance. Doc Sue decided that the Lans­ing region cer­tainly could use a private-duty home care agency well man­aged by expe­ri­enced med­ical per­son­nel. Thus, Care Con­nec­tions was estab­lished in the spring of 2004 and sub­se­quently won the Lans­ing Cham­ber of Com­merce 2007 ATHENA Busi­ness Award! It is truly a fam­ily run busi­ness as Dolores Mau­rer, Andrea and Sue’s mom, gives a senior view­point of how to edu­cate the pub­lic about Care Connections.

The result is a family-owned busi­ness that rises above many other home care agen­cies by sup­ply­ing first rate in-home client care with nurs­ing cov­er­age 24/7. This cov­er­age struc­ture ensures that the client’s phys­i­cal and men­tal well-being is main­tained in a safe, secure environment.

What We Do

We pro­vide the fol­low­ing in-home assistance:

  • Exten­sive, hands-on, per­sonal care (groom­ing, bathing, dressing)
  • Med­ica­tion assistance
  • Companionship/Homemaking ser­vices
  • Alzheimer’s/Dementia care
  • Transportation/Special transfers/Hoyer lifts
  • Bladder/Bowel care
  • Mobil­ity wellness/Exercise programs

Free Nurse Assessment

A licensed nurse vis­its your home to make an ini­tial safety eval­u­a­tion and arranges for home care.

Per­sonal Care

Assist with groom­ing, bathing, dress­ing, eat­ing, etc.

Trans­fers

Wheel­chairs, mechan­i­cal lifts (Hoyer lifts), and slid­ing boards.

Mobil­ity Wellness

Exer­cise pro­grams and assisted walks.

Bowel & Blad­der Care

Incon­ti­nence: Toi­let pro­grams with indi­vid­u­al­ized skin care. Colostomy, ileostomy, and foley catheter care.

Med­ica­tions

Reminders and assis­tance for safety and compliance.

Trans­porta­tion

Assist with trans­porta­tion to appoint­ments (med­ical, beauty salon), house of wor­ship, din­ing out, fam­ily occasions.

Home­mak­ing

Light house­keep­ing (vac­uum clean­ing, mop­ping, dishes, dust­ing, etc.) Laun­dry and bed linen changes. Meal prepa­ra­tion includ­ing gro­cery shopping.

Com­pan­ion­ship

Read­ing, games, hob­bies, walks, let­ter writ­ing, etc.

FAQ

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 

Q: What is private-duty home care?

A: A private-duty home care­giver comes to your home and assists you or your loved one with per­sonal care needs such as eat­ing, clean­ing and bathing. They also pro­vide com­pan­ion­ship, respite care, and home­mak­ing duties so that stay­ing at home is a safe viable option. Our aides can even assist in phys­i­cal ther­apy exer­cises and trans­porta­tion needs.

Q: Who is qual­i­fied to oper­ate or man­age a private-duty home care agency?

A: In Michi­gan, there are cur­rently no stan­dard require­ments to oper­ate or man­age a home care agency. Any­one may pro­vide ser­vices, which makes it imper­a­tive to research home care agen­cies. You want to select an agency that is bonded, insured, and man­aged by med­ical per­son­nel such as us. Man­age­ment per­sons should have home care expe­ri­ence and pos­sess thor­ough knowl­edge of med­ical and safety standards.

Q: How do I select the appro­pri­ate care­giver for my loved one?

A: One of our nurses will come to your home and pro­vide a free ini­tial assess­ment of the fam­ily and clients’ needs. She will then match the caregiver’s per­son­al­ity AND expe­ri­ence to the client’s needs to sat­isfy both the emo­tional and med­ical wishes of the client. All of our care­givers are bonded, insured, and have an aver­age of 5 years home care expe­ri­ence. Crim­i­nal back­ground checks are per­formed on ALL employees.

Q: What is “con­tin­uum of care”?

A: It is our unique abil­ity to meet a client’s chang­ing needs. A client may ini­tially want com­pan­ion­ship and only lim­ited per­sonal care, but as the phys­i­cal and emo­tional needs of the client change, our expe­ri­enced nurses and care­givers reassess and pro­vide a more com­pre­hen­sive care plan. This means that the client does not have to change home care agen­cies or be forced to choose less desir­able options of mov­ing away from home.