Integra Home Health

Integra Home Health, located in East Longmeadow, MA offers home care (non-medical). Visit Provider Website

Integra Home Health can send a caregiver for as little as three hours or around the clock. Its specialized dementia staff are Certified Dementia Practitioners, meaning they hold a professional certification in dementia care.

The agency is based at 200 North Main Street in East Longmeadow, MA, and calls itself a family owned and operated home care agency. It serves Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties in Massachusetts, plus Litchfield and Tolland Counties in Connecticut. Care can happen in your own home or in an assisted living residence, a senior housing community or a nursing home. So a loved one who already lives in a community can still get extra help.

Personal Care at Integra Home Health

Integra's personal care and companion services include:

• Bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting or incontinence care
• Preparing meals and helping with grocery shopping
• Light housekeeping, laundry and changing bed linens
• Help getting around, and moving in and out of a bed or wheelchair
• Medication reminders and picking up prescriptions
• Companionship and activities that keep the mind active

Supervised transportation covers doctor appointments, shopping, errands and salon visits, which keeps life outside the house going too.

Scheduling and Respite at Integra Home Health

Visits start at a three-hour minimum and can run up to 24 hours a day. For around-the-clock care, caregivers take turns on a flexible schedule. Overnight care can include safety checks and toileting help, and it can also give a family a night's rest. Respite care gives the family member who usually does the caring a break, and it covers a day, an evening, a weekend or a whole vacation. Pre- and post-op services help with getting ready for surgery, the ride home and pharmacy stops, so recovery doesn't fall on one family member.

Dementia Care at Integra Home Health

Integra says it's a leading participant in the train-the-trainer program that educates its caregivers in Alzheimer's and dementia care. In a program like that, some staff are trained so they can teach other caregivers. Its Reflections at Home program brings that dementia approach into your loved one's own home. Care plans are built around their personal history, with a focus on safety, comfort and dignity. Staying in familiar surroundings can ease the confusion a move sometimes brings.

Concierge Services at Integra Home Health

For someone not ready for home care, Integra's concierge services handle errands, shopping and doctor visits. A team member can wait with your loved one at an appointment, listen to the instructions and pass them on to the family. They can also organize closets, wait at home for a repair person or a delivery, and check on the house while someone is away. That helps when family lives far away.

Caregivers at Integra Home Health

Integra's caregivers are its own employees, so the agency handles their insurance, taxes and background checks. Caregivers also get ongoing training. Its home health aides and homemakers are described as trained, insured and certified. Caregivers clock in and out by phone, which tracks whether they arrive on time and keeps billing accurate for the hours you actually get.

Pricing at Integra Home Health

Integra Home Health doesn't list an hourly rate on its website, so there's no number to compare until you ask. A request through Get Pricing gets you the hourly rate for the services and schedule you need, including overnight or 24-hour care, so you can work out a weekly budget before care starts.