As one of the premier In-Home Care services in Fort Myers, we get a lot of calls from families seeking care for a local senior. At Abby Services we work with Seniors who are paying privately for home care. We also work with some veteran benefits and long-term care insurances. Unfortunately, not all seniors have…
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Traveling With Seniors
Summer is here, and for many that means travel. Fortunately in South Florida, we dont have far to go to get to many premier destinations. Even though, in Fort Myers, we have excellent beaches just around the corner, travelling with a senior can present its own set of challenges. At Abby Services, in addition to…
Seniors benefit from personal chefs!
Personal Chefs Help Seniors It’s National Personal Chef Day as this posts (who knew). There was a time where I thought a personal chef was a luxury reserved for only the rich and famous. While that may still be the case there are a number of services and entrepreneurs who make having a personal chef…
Helping Seniors Create An Emergency Contact Plan
YES! Your loved one needs a contact plan. Ok, now that we have that established where do we start? First lets address why a contact plan is important. In South Florida its not just Seniors receiving in-home care who should develop a contact plan but all residents. Hurricane season is upon us. Should our area…
Florida’s In-Home Caregiver Shortage. Is there an end in sight?
Starting June 1st pandemic unemployment benefits will be changing in Florida. Some believe this could provide relief for the lack of in-home senior caregivers many have been reporting. How will unemployment changes affect in-home caregiver availability? Many believe that increased unemployment benefits have deterred in-home senior caregivers from seeking work opportunities. This has led to…
June First Is Heimlich Manuver Day!
Yes, June first is a day to honor a simple procedure that has saved many lives. Dr. Henry Heimlich’s technique for dislodging food or objects caught in people’s throats has saved thousands of lives around the world since invested in 1974. The surgeon who gave his name to the simple but dramatic procedure used to…
Calling All Caregivers! Work With Abby Services!
Abby Services needs CNA’s and HHA’s to assist clients with in-home care. Just Click here to get started! Abby Services is one of our areas leading choices for private caregivers to find clients seeking their services. When working with Abby Services, in-home caregivers have the support and resources to choose what clients they want, when…
With record high caregiver earnings, why is there a caregiver shortage?
In-Home Caregivers in the Fort Myers & Cape Coral area are seeing record high earnings. So why is there a caregiver shortage? The COVID pandemic changed a lot of things about our society and our area. Healthcare jobs were particularly impacted in 2020 & 2021. This is especially true for the In-Home Healthcare market in…
Why In-Home Caregivers Should Get Vaccinated.
In-Home Caregivers working as CNA’s and HHA’s are the front line of senior care, that’s why. In Fort Myers, Cape Coral, and throughout the country private caregivers assist and protect seniors in their homes. In order to help others caregivers need to help themselves. It is widely known that the COVID pandemic especially impacted our…
Coming home from the hospital or rehab can be scary. Don’t do it alone.
Even under the best of circumstances a hospital stay and/or rehab stay can be challenging, especially when returning home. What was once a normal part of the day – bathing, cleaning, cooking, doing errands, moving around the home, walking the dog – can be temporarily or permanently affected. For some, facility-based care may be the only…