Home health aides · Montclair, NJ
Home health aides in Montclair
If getting washed, dressed and up the stairs has become hard, a certified home health aide can help at home in Montclair, on the days and hours your family chooses.
Do you provide home health aides in Montclair, NJ?
Yes. Endurance Home Care's caregivers in New Jersey are certified home health aides, because New Jersey mandates that all home care workers in the state be certified home health aides. In a Montclair home they help with bathing, dressing, toileting and moving safely, and with meals, the house, rides and company. We arrange care from our Short Hills office, and a registered nurse visits first to write the care plan with you.
Lifelong Montclair at Edgemont Park House
Montclair Senior Services and Lifelong Montclair are at Edgemont Park House, 290 Valley Road. Lifelong Montclair is the Township's aging-in-place initiative, housed in the Department of Health & Human Services, and Senior Services lists a social worker on its staff.
It's a good first call when you're working out what the township offers. When the help you need is inside the house, at the hours that are hardest, a certified home health aide can take it on, working to a care plan a registered nurse from our team writes with you.
Sources: Township of Montclair: Senior Services; Township of Montclair: Senior Vegetable Garden Program (about Lifelong Montclair)
EZRide, and an aide for the rest of the trip
EZRide, also called Ride for Life, is run by Lifelong Montclair with Essex County and offers 20 free rides a month anywhere in Montclair after a one-time registration with Montclair Senior Services. Riders who need ADA-compliant transportation can be connected through EZRide to Essex County Community Transportation Services, with 48 hours' notice.
A ride gets your father to the appointment. An aide can help with everything around it: getting ready, getting out the door, and the walk from the car. Our caregivers can also drive and go into the appointment with him.
Source: Township of Montclair: Seniors and People with Disabilities Transportation
Public Health Nursing at the Municipal Building
The Montclair Health Department offers Public Health Nursing services to the community at no cost or for a nominal fee. The office is on the third floor of the Municipal Building, 205 Claremont Avenue.
Ask them what's on offer. A home health aide does a different job: the person in the house helping with the shower, meals, the laundry and the stairs, day after day.
How an aide's work is supervised and checked
In New Jersey, a certified home health aide works under the supervision of a registered nurse, who writes the care plan the aide follows. An aide can give a medication only when a registered nurse delegates that specific medication and records it in the plan of care. Every certified aide is listed in an online directory that lets providers verify their certification.
Our caregivers give medication reminders and follow the plan our nurse writes with your family. If something changes, your Care Manager updates the plan with you.
Sources: NJ Department of Human Services: About Certified Home Health Aides; N.J.A.C. 13:37-14.3, medication administration
Help for family caregivers in Essex County
Essex County's Respite Care Program lets family caregivers take a break, with services that include companion and home health aide care. The county's Aging and Disability Resource Connection is its central source of information and referral on long-term care for older adults and caregivers.
Each county program has its own rules, so the Resource Connection is the place to ask. A break you arrange with us can be a regular afternoon or a week away.
Sources: Essex County: Senior Services; Essex County: Aging and Disability Resource Connection
Questions about home health aides in Montclair
Do you provide home health aides in Montclair?
Yes. New Jersey mandates that all home care workers in the state be certified home health aides, and our caregivers in Montclair help with bathing, dressing, toileting and moving safely, as well as meals, the house, rides and company. Care runs by the hour, overnight, living in or around the clock.
How can I check that an aide is certified in New Jersey?
Certified home health aides in New Jersey are listed in an online directory that lets providers verify their certification status. Certification is renewed every two years.
How much training does a New Jersey home health aide have?
At least 76 hours, under the New Jersey Board of Nursing's rules: 60 hours of classroom instruction and 16 hours of clinical instruction.
Can an aide go with my mother to appointments?
Yes. Our caregivers drive, go into appointments with your mother and bring her home. For a ride on its own, Montclair's EZRide offers 20 free rides a month after a one-time registration with Montclair Senior Services.
Does Medicare pay for a home health aide every day?
Medicare doesn't pay for ongoing daily help at home. We don't take Medicare, Medicaid or VA benefits as payment. Families pay privately, or claim the cost back from a long-term care insurance policy. We help with the policy paperwork.
Is there help for family caregivers in Essex County?
Yes. Essex County's Respite Care Program lets caregivers take a break, using services that include companion and home health aide care, and the county's Aging and Disability Resource Connection can tell you what else is available.
Talk with our care team
Let's talk about the help you need
Tell us a little about what's happening, and we'll call to talk it through. The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.