Caregivers

Why Working with An Agency for Home Care Makes Sense vs. Hiring Directly

There are many advantages of working with an agency like FirstLight vs. hiring a caregiver “privately” or directly. With today's heightened awareness of immigration enforcement, when you hire a Caregiver directly, you are the employer and you are responsible for ensuring that they have authorization to work in the U.S. In talking to prospective clients and families, we sometimes are asked the question, "Couldn’t I find a person and pay them directly?" In these cases, we are not competing with other agencies for providing home care services, but with a seemingly loose and semi-invisible network of private caregivers. While hiring...

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FirstLight Adds New Position to Enhance Caregiver Training and Education

FirstLight Home Care of West Suburban Boston and Boston-Back Bay has created the new position of Training Coordinator, and we are pleased to announce that our Weekend On-Call Supervisor, Rebecca Trinque, has accepted the offer to take on this important new role. Becky is responsible for developing and implementing our training curriculum for caregivers which among many topics includes Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Hospice, Parkinson’s Disease, Fall Prevention, Communication with Families and other common needs that arise when providing care. Her role is to ensure that all of our caregivers are equipped with the knowledge, skills and support to provide the highest level of...

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Meet one of our Extraordinary Caregivers: Rebecca R.

This is the third in a series of interview-style profiles of the hard-working and compassionate Caregivers on the FirstLight Home Care of West Suburban Boston and Boston-Back Bay Caregiver Team. How long have you been with FirstLight Home Care? I have been with FirstLight for six years. What inspired you to pursue the career you have today? I needed a job that was flexible when I was attending college full-time. I liked FirstLight so much I've stayed on even after I graduated. Prior to working at FirstLight, I was a pharmacy technician for 10 years and wanted to transition away...

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Meet one of our Extraordinary Caregivers: Pharah D.

This is the second in a series of interview-style profiles of the hard-working and compassionate Caregivers on the FirstLight Home Care of West Suburban Boston and Boston-Back Bay Caregiver Team. How long have you been with FirstLight Home Care? I started working with FirstLight Home Care 7 years ago. Who inspired you to pursue the career you have today? Caring for my mother inspired me to have the career I have today. I come from a family where we look after our elders. I cared for her for many years and through that experience, I learned that I'm very passionate...

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FirstLight Home Care of West Suburban Boston Receives Best of Home Care® Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse

We are thrilled to announce that we have received the Best of Home Care® Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse, the top research and quality assurance firm for home care. Each year, Home Care Pulse recognizes providers for their dedication to providing outstanding home care services. This award is based on third-party client satisfaction scores, and only providers with the highest quality receive the Provider of Choice Award.  According to Home Care Pulse, “FirstLight Home Care of West Suburban Boston is now ranked among a small handful of home care providers across the country who have proven their ability to provide the highest...

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Time to take away the keys? How to address driving concerns with your aging parents and how the issue is handled at the RMV.

---Wendy Adlerstein, LSW and Steve Stern How important is driving to our lives?  We associate driving with survival (being able to buy groceries and get to the doctor), freedom (being able to pack up on a whim whenever we need to get away), and being an adult (being able to get to work and pick up our daily coffee). All of our personal associations about driving and independence are part of what makes the “It’s time to stop driving” conversation with our aging loved ones so difficult. Unlike many of the tough conversations you have with an aging parent where...

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