Homehelpers & Directlink

In Home Supportive Care Agency

An In Home Supportive Care Agency provides services in the patient's home with the goal of enabling the patient to remain at home. The services provided may include personal care services such as hands-on assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), e.g., eating, bathing, dressing, and bladder and bowel requirements; homemaker services and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), e.g., taking medications, shopping for groceries, laundry, housekeeping, and companionship; and/or supervision or cuing so that a person can perform tasks themselves.

Emergency Response System Company

Homehelpers & Directlink is an Emergency Response System Company practice in Overland Park, KS with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in managing response centers to help clients during medical emergencies. Emergency Response System Company at Homehelpers & Directlink perform for the elderly, for clients that live alone, or for clients that have a debilitating condition. Emergency Response System Company is the provider of personal emergency response systems (also called medical alert systems). Significant diseases and conditions treated at Emergency Response System Company practices include diabetes, fall-related injuries, and cardiovascular issues. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Emergency Response System Company practices include setting up medical alert systems, communicating with clients through their systems, notifying those on a client's contact list during medical emergencies, and contacting emergency responders.

A supplier of a personal emergency response system (PERS), which is an electronic device that enables a patient to receive emergency assistance when needed. The PERS is one of two different methodologies of notification: (1) where the patient summons emergency assistance themselves directly through the device or (2) emergency assistance is summoned through secure activation by the caretaker/guardian, which sends the device location to emergency responders.