Brethren Retirement Community Introduces Brethren Home Community Services

As a leader in aging services, Brethren Retirement Community is pleased to announce several new services to our long-standing history and excellence of care.

The vision for our community began over 100 years ago when a group of Brethren met to discuss the need for a comfortable, secure place where people could be cared for when they could no longer care for themselves. In 1902 the vision and dedicated effort of a group of men and women from the area Church of the Brethren began the mission of service to older adults at Brethren Retirement Home, the first nursing home in Darke County.

For over 100 years the legacy of that mission of caring has continued. As our community’s needs for senior living options changed, so did we! As we continue to see the face of aging shift, Brethren Retirement Community’s vision has expanded and the decision was made to form Brethren Home Community Services to create new service and ministry opportunities to serve Darke County.

Brethren Home Community Services offers three essential services: non-medical home care, adult day center and senior resource management.

At Brethren Home Community Service’s Home Care our philosophy is to provide quality services to elderly and disabled people, allowing them to remain in their own home comfortably and safely. Our goal is to anticipate their needs rather than simply reacting to calls from care recipients or family members. We begin by reviewing the care recipient’s needs through discussions including family members and if necessary with health professionals. The manager takes great care in selecting a caregiver with the personality and experience level necessary for the care recipient’s needs.

Brethren Home Community Service’s Home Care offers services including: meal preparation, light housekeeping, medication reminders, shopping and errands, companionship, recreational activities, hygiene assistance, and respite care for family caregivers. These integrative services are available 2 to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Care recipients can choose between short or long term care based on their individual needs and preferences. Handyman services are also available outside our scope of daily care. Brethren Home Community Services will be serving Greenville, Celina, Sidney, Troy, Piqua, Englewood, Union, Eaton, Northern Dayton, Eastern Indiana and the surrounding areas. Brethren Home Community Services is

dedicated to providing quality care to your family.

Coming soon, will be Brethren Home Community Service’s Adult Day Center located on the campus of Brethren Retirement Community. Based on each individual’s care needs, they can choose between full and half day care. Lunch, snacks, bathing and hygiene assistance, activities, companionship and transportation
services will be offered. This service will allow family caregivers to continue working outside the home and receive help with the physical care of a loved one with peace of mind. Adult day center participants are able to remain at home and also have an opportunity to interact socially with peers, share in stimulating activities,and receive assistance with the activities of daily living with dignity.

The third component of Brethren Home Community Services is Senior Resource Management which incorporates paperwork management services. Our senior resource manager will assist seniors through the maze of paperwork for insurance and other important documents that can be quite confusing for them. We

will work to help clients find the necessary resources available and organize documents.

For more information on any of the above services or to schedule a free in-home consultation, contact Linda McKenzie-Woods at 937-547-7600 ext. 7697.