Home Care Parters Aual Report 2017
Dear Frieds, I 2017 we celebrated Home Care Parters 60th aiversary i style. All staff, Board ad recet retirees were feted at our aual meetig i May where we recogized may outstadig ad log-servig employees. I October, frieds ad supporters i the commuity joied us for a eveig of celebratio to lear about High Touch i a High-Tech World. The Hoorable Eleaor Holmes Norto shared opeig remarks ad remided the audiece of the cotiuig critical eed for Home Care Parters services. Dr. Sadra Crewe, Board Member, ad Quee Cook, the HCP aide with the greatest seiority, were featured speakers, reflectig from persoal ad professioal experiece o the ways the home care professio both has ad has t chaged over the years. Home Care Parters is ready to meet ew challeges as we eter our seveth decade. Our Board of Directors adopted a ew Strategic Pla, ad we are excited to cotiue workig with our parters i the rewardig work of servig vulerable adults i our commuity. Sicerely, Marla Lahat Executive Director Joh Robertso, Chair Board of Directors
Despite the growth of techology to facilitate some aspects of our operatios, the actual provisio of care still requires a persoal touch. 2017 Accomplishmets High Touch i a High-Tech World The Frech have a sayig, the more thigs chage, the more they remai the same. I the sixty years that Home Care Parters has provided home care aide services i the DC metropolita area, a lot has chaged. The area has grow from what used to be characterized as a sleepy souther tow to a major metropolita area. Our clietele are seiors ad vulerable adults, rather tha families with youg childre who we iitially served. But much has remaied costat as well. We still isist o quality traiig for all aides, except ow it s regulated through the Board of Nursig. Despite the growth of techology to facilitate some aspects of our operatios, the actual provisio of care still requires a persoal touch. We are t switchig to robots ay time soo! I 2017, we cotiued to parter with key agecies i DC, Arligto, Motgomery ad Price George s Couties, without whose support our cliets would ot be able to afford the home care they eed. We provided home care aide services to approximately 1,000 seiors ad adults with disabilities with a total of 205,719 hours of service. To do so, we employed over 220 certified home care aides ad 11 social work ad urse case maagers who oversee the aides ad all cliet care. Through our Traiig Istitute, i 2017 all HCP aides participated i their bieial skills review i which they had to demostrate proficiecy i 12 critical home care skills. Through our DC Caregivers Istitute ad family caregiver programs, we provided a respite stiped ad educatioal materials ad support to 228 family caregivers. The differece these services make were summed up by oe cliet: [The caregiver service] has made a very positive impact o my saity, kept mom i the home for care ad helps me be a better caregiver. Our Safe at Home partership with the DC Office o Agig eabled us to provide occupatioal therapy assessmets ad home modificatios to 608 cliets to address barriers to mobility ad reduce the potetial fall risks i their homes. [The caregiver service] has made a very positive impact o my saity, kept mom i the home for care ad helps me be a better caregiver.
Fiacial Summary Sapshot 1,000 seiors ad adults with disabilities serviced REVENUE $11,101,812 EXPENSES 2% < 1% 2% 205,719 1% 4% 95% 96% total hours of service $10,827,545 228 family caregivers received support 608 cliets received assessmets & home modificatios Govermet cotracts $10,696,759 Foudatio grats & cotributios $232,655 Ivestmet icome $169,506 Other $2,892 Total Program services Maagemet ad geeral Fudraisig Total $11,101,812 Home Care Parters was audited i 2017 by Matthews, Carter & Boyce, CPAs. A copy of the most recet audited fiacial statemet is o our website ad available o request. $10,232,838 $485,498 $109,209 $10,827,545
Ackowledgemets Home Care Parters has developed strog parterships with local govermet agecies ad commuity supporters. The umber of vulerable adults who eed i-home care but caot afford it o their ow is substatial. This is a commuity cocer that requires commuity respose. We are privileged to work with the followig agecies ad orgaizatios: Govermet ad Commuity Support Arligto Departmet of Huma Services Commuity Miistries of Rockville DC Office o Agig DC Departmet of Huma Services City of Gaithersburg Motgomery Couty Coucil Motgomery Couty Executive Motgomery Departmet of Commuity ad Housig Developmet Motgomery Departmet of Health ad Huma Services Price Georges Departmet of Family Services Veteras Admiistratio Foudatio Support Ada L. ad Albert M. Wibel Foudatio DC Share Fud Edes Home Foudatio Edward ad Della Thome Memorial Foudatio Family ad Nursig Care Foudatio Fewick Foudatio Mars Foudatio Meltzer Group Employee Givig Fud Morris ad Gwedoly Cafritz Foudatio Phase Foudatio Raymod ad Barbara Scherer Edowmet Fud Sharig Motgomery Wardma Naselli Trust A big thak you to all the idividuals whose cotributios make our programs possible.
We are proud of our staff who cotiue the Home Care Parters OUR VISION A commuity where vulerable adults receive eeded i-home care ad services to live with safety ad digity. OUR MISSION Home Care Parters is a private, o-profit i-home services provider servig the Washigto, DC metropolita area that eables vulerable adults to remai i their ow homes. We are committed to excellece; we embrace diversity; ad we prioritize service based o fiacial eed. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joh Robertso, Chair Terri Lych, Vice Chair Ralph T. Alle Srii Attili Patricia Bevis Sadra Crewe Judith Levy James Nathaso Tim Naof Barbara Strother traditio of carig. Here s what some of our cliets ad parters say: Your aide, Ms. M., breezed ito my apartmet ad let the sushie i. She is such a fu perso ad very dedicated, hard worker... a rare combiatio. She is two years older tha me ad rus circles aroud me. I additio to gettig my apartmet really clea, she is a terrific laudress. Thak you so much for sedig this aide ito my life. Home Care Aide Mr. D., has a pleasat demeaor that is balaced perfectly by his sese of dedicatio to his job. He is a extremely kowledgeable caregiver who has bee able to offer my patiets the very best i care. As a result of his timely actio otifyig us whe he oticed somethig wrog with his cliets, emergecy situatios were preveted. He costatly provides safe ad compassioate care to our residets ad their families. I felt like everyoe [i the Safe at Home program] was very professioal. Whe I had a cocer or a issue it was addressed i a expeditious maer, o lag time. Ad I feel like everybody who came geuiely loved their work ad wated a perso to feel comfortable. From my experiece here, you are a model for how gratees for DC govermet should treat ad respect the cliet. You ve set a precedet. I feel empowered. How do you hide your agel wigs, because you are a agel.
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