Oikos Home Care

Personal Care Assistants (PCA) are experienced, formally-trained professionals who are Connecticut State certified in personal care and have proven themselves competent in the performance of a full-range of hands-on-elder-caregiving duties associated with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).  Typically, our PCAs are Certified Nurse Assistants (CNA) or Home Health Aides (HHA).

• • Responsible for clients’ daily, personal hygiene and comfort.  PCAs provide clients with bedpans, urinals, back rubs, shampoos, and shaves and  assist with showers, baths, dressing, and undressing.
  • Provide for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding clients as necessary, grocery shopping, ambulation and range-of-motion (ROM) exercises.
  • Contributes to client comfort by making their lives brighter, safer and more enjoyable in the comfort of their own homes.
  • Carefully monitors and reports client status (observed physical, emotional, and/or psychological changes in client) to OIKOS Care Managers and Family Members, if applicable.
  • Monitors and tends to clients’ skincare, which may include the application of appropriate lotions, ointments, or creams. 
  • Closely follow the client’s Personal Care Plan (PCP).

Live-In Personal Care Assistants (LPCA)  are experienced, formally-trained professionals who are Connecticut State certified in personal care and have proven themselves competent in the performance of a full-range of hands-on-elder-caregiving duties associated with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs).  Typically, our PCAs are Certified Nurse Assistants (CNA) or Home Health Aides (HHA).

• • OIKOS Cares provides 24/7, round-the-clock, live-in service to ensure client safety and security.
  • Responsible for clients’ daily, personal hygiene and comfort.  PCAs provide clients with bedpans, urinals, back rubs, shampoos, and shaves and assist with showers, baths, dressing, and undressing.
  • Provide for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding clients as necessary, grocery shopping, ambulation and range-of-motion (ROM) exercises.
  • Contributes to client comfort by making their lives brighter, safer and more enjoyable in the comfort of their own homes.
  • Carefully monitors and reports client status (observed physical, emotional, and/or psychological changes in client) to OIKOS Care Managers and Family Members, if applicable.
  • Monitors and tends to clients’ skincare, which may include the application of appropriate lotions, ointments, or creams. 
  • Closely follow client’s Personal Care Plan (PCP).

Clients best-suited for these services are at a very fragile stage of life.  OIKOS Cares provides a high standard of compassionate care that ensures a superior quality-of life for clients and peace-of-mind for families.  Team OIKOS:

• • Sets realistic, client-centered goals each day, based on individual needs and functional capacity.  Our care focuses on developing coping strategies.
  • Encourages clients to engage in stimulating activities that help to maximize independence and fosters physical and emotional well-being.

Caring for a family member who may be suffering from dementia, or other “end-of-life” circumstances, can be very time-consuming and stressful at times.  Planned, or emergency temporary care, is a mutually-beneficial service that supports primary caregivers and those in their care.  This time-limited service offers families an opportunity to recharge and rejuvenate themselves.  It is provided as a means to:

• Support primary caregivers, including family, and other unpaid caregivers.
• Provide a positive experience for those receiving care.  

As spouses, parents, and loved ones come to the final stage of their life cycles, Team OIKOS is there to provide responsive, compassionate care that meets, and even exceeds, family/client expectations.  Ensuring clients’ comfort is a key element of our exceptional service and care.   We value every client’s dignity, honoring their ability to make decisions – according to their personal care plan.