Gentle Shepherd Care helps you and your family to age better together. We do this by helping you to plan better, live better and care better for each other. Our support systems ensure you and your family enjoy the time you have together by reducing future uncertainty and solving daily struggles.
For older adults and their families, Gentle Shepherd Care is the only provider of Continuous Care for Independent-Minded Seniors. Our services grow and change with your needs, moving with you through planning to support services to daily care.
Age is a progression. Gentle Shepherd Care’s services change with you and your family as you age. From simple household help provided by trained workers to nurse-supervised, 24-hour, skilled nursing care, we adapt to your needs and support life’s changes.
Our staff nurses help to vet, source and train your private caregivers, and then oversee the delivery of quality care.
Our staff of skilled nurses works with your medical team to ensure proper delivery of one-on-one memory care support.
Our Eldercare Management team can attend doctor's appointments, order supplies and prescriptions and ensure proper administration.
From toileting to dressing, from dusting to laundry, from medication reminders to restorative exercise, and from bird watching to cards, we have the right support person.
Our nutritious meals are carefully prepared and consumption is monitored. We shop for, prepare, clean up, and store meals for when we are not on site.
Often undervalued, but utterly necessary to mental health and emotional well-being, companionship is core to our service delivery. We find the right client-caregiver fit to ensure happy days.
Endorsed by the National Care Planning Council, our nurse-evaluated assessment helps you anticipate needs and live out desires for how you age.
Our nurses review your health records and establish a chronic disease management plan.
Our experts assess current mobility and adaptive needs, and develop a safety plan to decrease risk of falls.
Our team then recommends specific home modifications for safe aging in place.
We match client needs to available resources (financial, family caregivers), and identify gaps.
Our customized guide removes uncertainty and worry, switching you from reactive to proactive, and giving your family peace-of-mind.
“Gentle Shepherd Care worked with us to plan and deliver the life my Mom wanted. She stayed in her own home, overlooking the lake, enjoying daily walks, reading and being read to aloud, sipping her one glass of wine each day at 4pm.”
“As her Alzheimer’s and dementia worsened, my mother needed more care. With Gentle Shepherd, we were able to gradually increase from part-time to 24-hour care over almost a 3 year period.”
“Gentle Shepherd was more affordable, higher quality care. It would have cost $100k/year in a memory ward, and Mom wouldn’t have had one-on-one care. Instead, we increased care over time and only reached $100k in the final year. “
No one ever said, “I wish I had been on hold longer.” Gentle Shepherd Care eases the administrative burden of caregiving. As a result, older adults and families enjoy healthier, less stressful lives, leading to better family relationships.
Our nurses review medical records and consult with doctor's to ensure proper administration of medication and treatments, resulting in better care and peace-of-mind.
Our team assesses and recommends improvements to current care situations and vendors, and sources, screens and contracts with resources as needed.
Our staff bears the responsibility for quickly solving eldercare outages due to caretaker illness, travel/vacation or departure, including relief for family caregivers.
Our team educates new caregivers on protocols, both medical and lifestyle, before they come to you. As well, all caregivers undergo our proprietary, internal training program.
Being discharged from rehab post surgery doesn't mean that someone is fully independent. We provide supportive care at home (bathing, meal prep, restorative therapy) to speed a return to normal.
Leaving familiar surroundings can be alarming and debilitating for older adults, particularly those with memory issues. Gentle Shepherd Care can gradually increase levels of care and expertise, starting with 4-hours of simple household management and moving up to 24-hour, nurse-supervised in-home care.
After nearly 40 years as a healthcare consultant, nurse and care manager, Emma founded Gentle Shepherd Care to improve the later years for seniors and their families.
Armando schedules doctor's appointments, coordinates transportation and therapy for clients, as well as additional, relief and emergency caregivers.
Melanie ensures that clients and their families are happy with the service they receive. She also works with families to anticipate potential next steps and client needs.
Mecene oversees the daily business and administrative operations which includes operating procedures for optimal efficiency of internal and external operational processes.
Understand what Lifecare Planning is, and how it can benefit you and your family.
Our CEO contributes to WCNC’s series on how
to grow older in your own home safely and
comfortably.
Our founder speaks to the challenges facing the adult children caring for both their children and parents, and how Gentle Shepherd Care can help.
Meet with one of our team members and receive a complimentary copy of our Caregivers Resource Guide.
