I'm a registered nurse who visits your parent at home, monitors their health, manages their medications, and ensures their doctors are working from the same page. I also help you understand what's happening and what to do next.
Who this is for
You're not looking for a caregiver. You're looking for someone who can tell you what's happening and what to do about it.
Most often it's a parent. Sometimes it's a spouse, a sibling, or an aunt who has nobody else. The work is the same.
Phone calls only tell you what your parent chooses to say. Somebody has to actually walk through the house and look in the pill organizer.
Between your job, your kids, and four specialists who never speak to one another, something is always about to fall through.
A fall, a hospital stay, a diagnosis nobody explained properly. You need a nurse in the room before the next one.
Questions
If yours isn't here, just ask. I would rather talk it through than have you guess.
I don't, and I think that works in your favor. I work privately, which means I answer to you and your family, not to an insurer deciding what is covered. There is no billing, no claims, and no surprise denials. You always know exactly what you are paying for.
Every family starts with the assessment, with no exceptions. I am not going to make recommendations about your parent's care before I have seen them, their medications, and their home. That is the difference between a real plan and a guess. You get a written report you keep either way, whether or not you decide to continue.
I am not an agency, and I don't send caregivers. It is me, the same registered nurse, at every visit and on every call. That is the whole point of how I work.
No. I don't do hands-on personal care like bathing, dressing, or transfers, and I don't provide around-the-clock coverage. What I do is the clinical side: assess, monitor, manage medications, coordinate the doctors, and act as your eyes and your advocate. If you also need hands-on caregivers, I will help you find good ones.
I can give you a clear picture of how your parent is functioning day to day, and flag what concerns me. A formal capacity determination is a different thing, and it takes a physician or psychologist. I will tell you honestly what I see, and whether I think that next step is worth taking.
NursePoint is not an emergency service. In a medical emergency, call 911. Every family I work with keeps an emergency plan that does not depend on me being reachable. Day to day, what I do is watch for the early warning signs, so fewer problems escalate to a crisis, and help you make sense of things when something does happen.
Montgomery County, plus Columbia, Clarksville, and Laurel, in Maryland. If you are right at the edge of that, ask, and I will tell you honestly whether I can serve you well.
Tell me what's going on with your family member. Send a message, or call or text if that's easier. I read every message myself and reply within one business day. If I'm not the right fit, I'll say so and point you somewhere better. No cost, and no obligation.
Serving Montgomery County, plus Columbia, Clarksville, and Laurel, Maryland.