Dementia Care Aides Inc

Dementia Care Aides Inc is a home health care agency in Melville, NY, providing non-medical companion home care to older adults with dementia and other cognitive impairments. The agency offers one-to-one attention, redirection, daily orientation, reminiscing, prompting and mental cueing, and encouragement of involvement in daily routines. Hourly, weekly, overnight, and live-in services are available, and the agency is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It holds a rating of 5.00. The agency was founded by Margaret Salisu, PHD, a Licensed Master Social Worker with experience in healthcare and geriatrics. She is certified by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners as a Certified Dementia Practitioner and as an Instructor, and she provides consultative services to long-term care facilities and to family members of individuals with dementia. The agency's mission is to provide quality care to individuals with dementia with dignity and respect, reduce the potential for abusive conditions, and reduce premature nursing home admission. Its dementia care companion package is designed to manage symptoms of dementia while enhancing quality of life and dignity, addressing forgetfulness, sundowning, repetitive behaviors, hoarding, disorientation, aggression, wandering, hostility, hallucinations, threatening language, uncharacteristic cursing, paranoia, confusion, and communication problems. Companions are screened, interviewed, referenced, background checked, medically cleared, insured, and bonded, and assessment techniques are used to match a companion to the needs and interests of each client. The office is on Walt Whitman Road, a short walk from the United States Post Office and about a third of a mile from Elderwood Lane Park. Whitman Park is roughly four-tenths of a mile away, as are the Northern State Parkway and Old Country Road. Dementia Care Aides Inc holds a 5.00 rating from the customers who have reviewed it, reflecting the satisfaction of families it has served.