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HOUSEWORKS

HouseWorks provides private-pay services to seniors, the disabled and their families, which support independent living. Their motto, "solutions for independent living" reflects their goal to help people remain independent, and in their own homes, despite age and/or disability. Services they offer include home repairs and modifications, home care services, escorted transportation, chores services and house cleaning.

Home Repair & Modification
HouseWorks' performs a wide range of home maintenance and modifications, ranging from simple repairs to complex renovations. Services include carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, and painting. For example, their contractors can build a wheelchair ramp, install grab bars in a shower, or repair a leaky faucet. Written estimates are free and workers are licensed and insured.

Home Care Services
HouseWorks provides companions, homemakers and personal care attendants (PCAs) and nurses. Companions aid with everyday chores and provide socialization. They will read aloud, help with meal preparation, and pick up groceries and prescriptions. Homemakers and PCAs provide hands-on assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing and dressing, help complete household chores, and give medication reminders. HouseWorks' nurses are RN's or LPN's with home care experience. They will assist and/or teach seniors and their families to perform nursing tasks such as administering insulin and changing dressings.

All of the above services are available on an hourly, daily, or live-in basis for daytime, evening, weekend, and holiday hours.

Escorted Transportation
Drivers will provide door-to-door transportation to any destination at any time. Drivers stay with the customer from pick-up to home drop-off. A driver may accompany a customer to a medical appointment, home from surgery, to the airport, or on errands. Van transportation can be arranged to accommodate large groups.

Chores & House Cleaning
In addition to routine house cleaning, HouseWorks can handle heavy chores, maintain the outside of a house and prepare a home for sale. They might clean out an attic or garage, organize closets, rake leaves, or clean out gutters.

Additional Services
In addition to the core services explained above, HouseWorks gives customers access to bill payers, personal chefs, and snow removal. They also offer 'check-in' services, where staff members will make a weekly call to a customer to schedule a ride to an appointment, to help ready a home for the holidays, or to pick up a prescription.

All services are available on a private pay basis.


HouseWorks

(617) 928-1010
or toll-free
(800) 928-3393
or
http://www.house-works.com


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