Seniors Helping Seniors® (SHS), a unique in-home services company that matches seniors who need help with caring seniors who want to help, has come to Morris County.
“Seniors Helping Seniors provides a wide variety of support services for seniors who choose to remain independent in their own homes, as well as flexible employment opportunities for seniors who still want to work, and peace of mind for the adult children of seniors who often struggle to balance their parents’ needs with their own day-to-day life commitments,” said Doris Dorey, SHS co-owner.
Services provided may include companion care, respite for family caregivers, shopping, preparing meals, light housekeeping, transportation, medical/dental visits, house maintenance, small repairs and yard work. The care usually is provided in the senior’s home but services also can be provided to seniors who may live with a relative or reside in an assisted living facility.
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“Bringing seniors who need help together with seniors who want to provide help is the cornerstone for Seniors Helping Seniors’ success,” said Doris Dorey, operator of the Morris County franchise and a 25-year Morris County resident. “We carefully match the interests and needs of our providers and receivers, and find that seniors who work with other seniors understand and appreciate the challenges of remaining independent. Our caring seniors know from their own experiences the importance of respect, understanding and compassion.”
“Our services are cost-effective because they are designed to address each client’s individual needs versus charging for a standard minimum amount of time,” Ms. Dorey said. “We provide reasonable hourly rates for seniors who want services and reasonable hourly wages to seniors who provide them.”
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Ms. Dorey, a Montclair State University graduate, has more than 20-years of human resources management experience, including Patient Care Home Health Services, health insurance and educational technology. A Certified Senior Advisor, she is a member of the Morris County Society for Human Resources Management and holds a Senior Professional Human Resources certification.
It was her late father’s need for assistance that brought Ms. Dorey and her SHS co-owners, her sister, Sue Erskine, and niece, Tricia Izadi, together to launch SHS here and in San Diego, CA. (Ms. Dorey operates the Morris County enterprise while Ms. Erskine and Ms. Izadi operate two in San Diego.)
“Our father was an active, successful businessman diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in his mid-70s. As his illness progressed, we experienced firsthand the challenges and rewards of being caregivers while providing respite for our stepmother who lovingly cared for him at home,” Ms. Dorey said. “He also had two wonderful senior caregivers who became his friends and provided the support that allowed our father to continue the activities that made him happy, despite his cognitive issues.”
Each SHS care provider undergoes a thorough background investigation by an independent company specializing in these services to help ensure the safety and welfare of each SHS client. “We want our clients, their spouses or companions and their adult children to have the same sense of trust we had with the caregivers who worked with my father,” Ms. Dorey said.
Persons seeking or providing care can contact Ms. Dorey at 973-435-4873 or by e-mail at info@homecarebyseniors.com
SHS, with franchised operations throughout the country, was created from SHS Chairwoman Kiran Yocom’s personal mission to care for those unable to care for themselves. Ms. Yocom worked with Mother Teresa in India for 14-years prior to coming to the United States.
