Providing exceptional home health care in Pittsburgh and Surrounding Areas
Providing exceptional home health care in Pittsburgh and Surrounding Areas
Extended Family Care provides home care in Shadyside, PA for older adults who want to stay in the home they know, and for the families who look out for them. Our help ranges from companion care and personal care to skilled nursing, dementia care, hospice supportive services, hospital to home care and 24-hour care. Every plan is built around your loved one's health and daily routines, so they can keep living life their way, with dependable support right there at home.
Families looking for in-home care in Shadyside can choose from the same full set of services we offer across Pittsburgh. Every one of them is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with hourly or live-in options, so care can start with a few hours a week and grow as your loved one needs more.
Having all of this in one place helps when needs change. A parent who starts with a companion a few afternoons a week can add personal care, nursing visits or overnight help later on, with the same agency they already know.
Care at home brings real benefits for the whole family, too. Your loved one gets more independence and safety, and home health care is linked with fewer emergency room visits and fewer trips back to the hospital. The family members who have been carrying so much get some of that weight lifted.
Many Shadyside families have the hospital just down the street: UPMC Shadyside sits on Centre Avenue, right in the neighborhood, and has cared for people in this region since 1866.
Coming home after a hospital or rehab stay is a relief, and it can also feel a little shaky at first. The stairs seem steeper than they used to, meals still need making, and there are new medicines and follow-up visits to keep track of.
We help with those first days back, with support that covers discharge planning, care at home, medication management and emotional support while your loved one settles in. The goal is a smooth, steady move from the hospital bed to their own bed, with someone there to help along the way.
Therapy can come to the house as well. Our team offers physical, occupational and speech therapy at home for recovery after surgery, a stroke, an illness or an injury, including knee and hip replacements. Your loved one gets to work on strength and getting around in the same rooms, and on the same stairs, they use every day.
Shadyside homes have a lot of character, and a lot of history. About 43% of the homes here were built in 1939 or earlier, so many families live in older houses where the bedrooms sit up a flight of stairs from the kitchen and the front door.
Plenty of older neighbors live in apartments and condos, too, and about six in ten homes in Shadyside are in buildings with five or more units. A lot of them live on their own. Of the 986 households here that include someone 65 or older, 512 are one person living alone, which is just over half.
Senior home care in Shadyside fits into either kind of home. A caregiver can help with the morning routine, meals and getting around the house. For someone who lives alone, a companion brings conversation and a friendly face a few times a week, or every day.
Around-the-clock care keeps someone in the home day and night once stairs or a change in health make being alone unsafe. A live-in caregiver needs their own room, so caregivers working in shifts are often a good fit for a smaller apartment.
Our dementia home care gives a person living with memory loss personalized care in their own home, where familiar rooms and routines bring a sense of security and let them keep as much independence as possible. Caregivers help with daily activities and medication reminders, and they keep the mind busy with music, old photo albums, puzzles and other memory activities. Family caregivers get a break through respite care, so you can rest, run errands or simply enjoy a quiet afternoon.
Some families want someone in the home around the clock for safety and peace of mind, especially when a loved one wakes often at night or can no longer be safely left alone.
Memory specialists are close by, too, with the UPMC Center for Geriatric Medicine and Cognitive Health at UPMC Shadyside, so your loved one can see specialists right in the neighborhood while care at home handles the day to day.
Choosing a home care agency for Shadyside comes down to trust, and we take that seriously. Extended Family Care has been providing home health services since 1938, and we are an accredited home health care agency by The Joint Commission.
Every client has an individualized plan of care developed by an RN Supervisor and the client, so the plan reflects what your loved one wants and needs. The RN Supervisor makes periodic visits to check on how your loved one is doing and to supervise the caregiver, which keeps the plan up to date as things change.
Our screening goes beyond what is required. Background checks include federal and state criminal clearances and work history checks, and our caregivers' education and training go past the state's minimum guidelines.
Our caregivers are also our own employees, covered by our workers' compensation and general liability policies, which means less risk to you and your family and more peace of mind for everyone.
Paying for care is one of the first things families ask about, and there are several ways to cover it. We work with public programs, including Medicaid, the Veterans Administration and Tricare. On the private side, we work with indemnity plans, HMOs, PPOs, Medicare managed care plans, Blue Cross Blue Shield, workers' compensation and long-term care insurance. You can also pay on your own, by the hour or by the visit, and all major credit cards are accepted.
Our friendly coordinators take care of the insurance paperwork for you. If you like, a staff member can come to the house, look at your needs and help put together a payment plan that works for your family. Our free care consultation form is the way to get information and pricing from a caring member of our office staff.
Shadyside families have good support nearby to go along with care at home. The neighborhood hospital is UPMC Shadyside at 5230 Centre Avenue, which includes the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute and the UPMC Center for Geriatric Medicine and Cognitive Health.
Older adults, caregivers and families can also turn to the Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging and its network of providers to find resources and services that help people keep aging in their own community.
The City of Pittsburgh runs Healthy Active Living senior centers that are open Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM. The closest ones to Shadyside are in Morningside on Jancey Street, Lawrenceville on Butler Street and Greenfield on Greenfield Avenue. Lunch is served on weekdays for a suggested donation of 50 cents, and you sign up by noon two days ahead. That's a warm meal and a room full of neighbors for a parent who lives alone, and our companion caregivers can help with social outings like these.
Starting care is easy, and the consultation is free. It begins with a no-obligation conversation and an in-depth assessment of your loved one's lifestyle, medical conditions and the kind of help they need. From there, we match those needs with our services in a personalized care plan, built to help them stay independent at home for as long as possible.
Our office is at 3424 William Penn Hwy #220, Pittsburgh, PA 15235, and we serve Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas, including home care in nearby Squirrel Hill.
Take your time with the questions that are particular to your family, and when you're ready, the first step is to get your free care consultation.
Yes. We serve Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas, Shadyside included, from our office at 3424 William Penn Hwy #220. Our services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with hourly or live-in options, so care can be set up on the schedule your family needs.
Yes. Our Hospital to Home care helps make the move from the hospital back home as smooth as possible, with support for discharge planning, medication management and daily routines. In-home rehabilitation can follow, with physical, occupational and speech therapy right in the house.
Yes. Care is available around the clock, through a live-in caregiver, an overnight awake caregiver or caregivers working in shifts. A live-in caregiver has their own room and sleeps at night, while an overnight awake caregiver stays up through the night, and caregivers working in shifts make sure someone is always available, day or night.
Yes. Our skilled program is for clients who need medical services and would rather receive them at home. Licensed Practical Nurses and Registered Nurses provide the care, which can include IV infusions, wound care, diabetes care and teaching about how to manage a chronic condition.
We work with Medicaid, the Veterans Administration and Tricare, along with private plans such as HMOs, PPOs, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicare managed care plans, workers' compensation and long-term care insurance. Private pay by the hour or by the visit works too, and our coordinators help you with the paperwork.
A free, no-obligation consultation is a good place to start. We look at your loved one's lifestyle, health and the help they need, then build a personalized care plan around what we learn. You can request your free care consultation whenever you're ready, and there's nothing you have to decide right away.
