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Unique “Lifetime Achievement Award” Presented to St. Louis Caregiver Debra Stuart
Cooperative proudly honored caregiver Debra Stuart with its Lifetime Achievement Award for her 20+ years of phenomenal service with Cooperative Home Care. Debra sets the bar really, really high as an in-home caregiver for seniors and people of all ages with...
Another Aging Parent Tries the Jitterbug Phone
A few weeks ago I shared Mary Ann's thoughts about the Jitterbug phone. In a nutshell, she loved it and she is still texting away to her daughter in Corpus Christi, Texas. As both Jitterbug trials got underway, I wondered if the Jitterbug phone was...
Upcoming Videos Feature Help Topics For Your Aging Parents
As a compliment to our organic Flip Cam videos, Cooperative is rolling out five new professionally shot videos focusing on how to help your aging parents. Owners Mitch Waks and Jim Guller, Lead Case Manager Mary Allen, current clients and caregivers shared their...
St. Louis Home Care Expert Mitch Waks Talks Kites & Life
Every year my family and I go to Sanibel Island. And one of the activities or traditions we partake in is to fly kites. Every year we try to get our kite to higher than the year before. We measure this by how many spools of kite string we tie together as the kite...
Furniture Specialized For Seniors
I learned a few things on a recent trip to purchase a recliner for my 71 year-old Dad. After falling and severely bruising his hip, he could not sit comfortably on his current furniture, and resting in his bedroom all day was increasing his feelings of...
Cooperative Home Care and All-Staff Nursing Welcomes Chad Keeling
From Jim Guller, President & Owner: Please join me in welcoming Chad Keeling to Cooperative Home Care and All-Staff Nursing in the position as Referral Specialist on our sales team. I am very excited that Chad has decided to join our company because of his...
What An Aging Parent Thought of the Jitterbug Phone
Recently I had the opportunity to offer Jitterbug phones to two seniors to use for a few weeks and share their feedback. While I was pretty unfamiliar with the Jitterbug phone, both of my trial participants (Mary Ann and Sharon) had heard of the phone after...
Low Vision and Macular Degeneration
Low Vision Therapy by Cooperative Home Care Provided in the patient's home by a certified and licensed occupational therapist and nurse Medicare pays 100% for those who qualify We work with your current doctor in order to ensure the best possible care in your...
Cooperative Officially Expands Private Services to Illinois
Owner Jim Guller describes today's achievement: Congratulations to All-Staff Nursing (Cooperative's IL-based healthcare staffing division) for successfully obtaining our official license from the State of IL for our private service business. While the State of...
A Message from Mitch Waks, Owner:
Please take a moment to read this article. This is why we exist. To keep people like Chris out of nursing homes where people die needlessly every day. Be proud of what we do. Especially the Individualized Supported Living ("ISL") department. Thank you to everyone who...