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How does In-home Senior Care in Rio Rancho, NM work?

Home is where the heart is. While that saying can sound a tad cliche, it's especially true for many seniors living in America. When given a choice, older adults most often prefer to grow older at home. An AARP study found that three out of four adults over the age of 50 want to stay in their homes and communities as they age. When you begin to think about why, it makes sense. Home offers a sense of security, comfort, and familiarity.

The truth is, as we age, we begin to rely on others for help. When a family is too busy or lives too far away to fulfill this role, in-home senior care is often the best solution. Home care services allow seniors to enjoy personal independence while also receiving trustworthy assistance from a trained caregiver.

At Always Best Care, we offer a comprehensive range of home care services to help seniors stay healthy while they get the help they need to remain independent. As your senior loved one ages, giving them the gift of senior care is one of the best ways to show your love, even if you live far away.

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Aging in Place: The Preferred Choice for Most Seniors

While it's true that some seniors have complicated medical needs that prevent them from staying at home, aging in place is often the best arrangement for seniors and their families. With a trusted caregiver, seniors have the opportunity to live with a sense of dignity and do so as they see fit.

In-home care makes it possible for millions of seniors to age in place every year. Rather than moving to a unfamiliar assisted living community, seniors have the chance to stay at home where they feel the happiest and most comfortable.

Here are just a few of the reasons why older men and women prefer to age at home:

Comfort
Comfort

How much does a senior's home truly mean to them? A study published by the American Society on Aging found that more than half of seniors say their home's emotional value means more than how much their home is worth in monetary value. It stands to reason, that a senior's home is where they want to grow old. With the help of elderly care in Rio Rancho, NM, seniors don't have to age in a sterilized care facility. Instead, they can age gracefully in the place they want to be most: their home. In contrast, seniors who move to a long-term care facility must adapt to new environments, new people, and new systems that the facility implements. At this stage in life, this kind of drastic change can be more harmful than helpful.

Healthy Living
Healthy Living

Institutional care facilities like nursing homes often put large groups of people together to live in one location. On any given day, dozens of staff members and caregivers run in and out of these facilities. Being around so many new people in a relatively small living environment can be dangerous for a seniors' health and wellbeing. When you consider that thousands of seniors passed away in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, opting for in-home care is often a safer, healthier choice for seniors. Aging in place has been shown to improve seniors' quality of life, which helps boost physical health and also helps insulate them from viral and bacterial risks found in elderly living facilities.

Independence
Independence

For many seniors, the ability to live independently with assistance from a caregiver is a priceless option. With in-home care, seniors experience a higher level of independence and freedom - much more so than in other settings like an assisted living community. When a senior has the chance to age in place, they get to live life on their own terms, inside the house that they helped make into a home. More independence means more control over their personal lives, too, which leads to increased levels of fulfillment, happiness, and personal gratification. Over time, these positive feelings can manifest into a healthier, longer life.

Cost and Convenience
Cost and Convenience

More independence, a healthier life, and increased comfort are only a few benefits of aging in place. You have to take into consideration the role of cost and convenience. Simply put, it's usually easier to help seniors age in place than it is to move them into an institutional care facility. In-home care services from Always Best Care, for instance, can be less expensive than long-term solutions, which can cost upwards of six figures per year. To make matters worse, many residential care facilities are reluctant to accept long-term care insurance and other types of payment assistance.

With Always Best Care's home care services, seniors and their families have a greater level of control over their care plans. In-home care in Rio Rancho, NM gives seniors the chance to form a bond with a trusted caregiver and also receive unmatched care that is catered to their needs. In long-term care facilities, seniors and their loved ones have much less control over their care plan and have less of a say in who provides their care.

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Affordable Care Plans

In-home care is a valuable resource that empowers seniors to age in place on their own terms. However, a big concern for many families and their loved ones is how much in-home care costs. If you're worried that in-home care is too expensive, you may be pleasantly surprised to learn that it is one of the most affordable senior care arrangements available.

Typically, hiring an Always Best Care in-home caregiver for a few hours a week is more affordable than sending your loved one to a long-term care facility. This is true even for seniors with more complex care needs.

At Always Best Care, we will work closely with you and your family to develop a Care Plan that not only meets your care needs, but your budget requirements, too. Once we discover the level of care that you or your senior need, we develop an in-home care plan that you can afford.

In addition to our flexible care options, families should also consider the following resources to help offset potential home care costs:

Veteran's Benefits
Veteran's Benefits

Aid and Attendance benefits through military service can cover a portion of the costs associated with in-home care for veterans and their spouses.

Long-Term Care Insurance
Long-Term Care Insurance

Many senior care services like in-home care are included in long-term care insurance options. Research different long-term care solutions to find a plan that provides coverage for senior care.

Private Insurance
Private Insurance

Home care can be included as part of a senior's private insurance plan. Read over your loved one's insurance policy carefully or speak with their insurance provider to determine if in-home care is covered.

Life Insurance
Life Insurance

Depending on the life insurance plan, you may be able to apply your policy toward long-term care. You may be able to use long-term-care coverage to help pay for in-home elderly care.


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During your Care Plan consultation with Always Best Care, your Care Coordinator will speak with you about in-home care costs and what options there may be to help meet your budget needs.

Compassionate Care. Trusted Caregivers

When you or your senior loved one needs assistance managing daily tasks at home, finding a qualified caregiver can be challenging. It takes a special kind of person to provide reliable care for your senior loved one. However, a caregiver's role involves more than meal preparation and medication reminders. Many seniors rely on their caregivers for companionship, too.

Our companion care services give seniors the chance to socialize in a safe environment and engage in activities at home. These important efforts boost morale and provide much-needed relief from repetitive daily routines. A one-on-one, engaging conversation can sharpen seniors' minds and give them something in which to be excited.

At Always Best Care, we only hire care providers that we would trust to care for our own loved ones. Our senior caregivers in Rio Rancho,NM understand how important it is to listen and communicate with their seniors. A seemingly small interaction, like a short hug goodbye, can make a major difference in a senior's day. Instead of battling against feelings of isolation, seniors begin to look forward to seeing their caregiver each week.

Understanding the nuances of senior care is just one of the reasons why our care providers are so great at their job.

Unlike some senior care companies, our caregivers must undergo extensive training before they work for Always Best Care. In addition, our caregivers receive ongoing training throughout the year. This training ensures that their standard of care matches up to the high standards we've come to expect. During this training, they will brush up on their communication skills, safety awareness, and symptom spotting. That way, your loved one receives the highest level of non-medical home care from day one.

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Taking the First Step with Always Best Care

The first step in getting quality in-home care starts with a personal consultation with an experienced Care Coordinator. This initial consultation is crucial for our team to learn more about you or your elderly loved one to discover the level of care required. Topics of this consultation typically include:

An assessment of your senior loved one

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An in-depth discussion of the needs of your senior loved one to remain in their own home

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Reviewing a detailed Care Plan that will meet your senior loved one's needs

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Our caregivers are trained to spot changes that clients exhibit, like mental and physical decline. As your trusted senior care company, we will constantly assess and update your Care Plan to meet any new emotional, intellectual, physical, and emotional needs.

If you have never considered in-home care before, we understand that you and your family may have concerns about your Care Plan and its Care Coordinator. To help give you peace of mind, know that every team member and caregiver must undergo comprehensive training before being assigned to a Care Plan.

When you're ready, we encourage you to contact your local Always Best Care representative to set up a Care Consultation. Our Care Coordinators would be happy to meet with you in person to get to know you better, discuss your needs, and help put together a personalized Care Plan specific to your needs.

Latest News in Rio Rancho, NM

Grand opening held for Rio Rancho housing development

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — There are many reasons people choose to move to the metro area. For Lani Nash, it was personal.“I moved out here when Holly Dunn got sick,” the singer/songwriter explained to KOB 4. “She was a good friend of mine from Nashville.”Dunn, a popular country singer in the ’80s and ’90s and a good friend of Nash, passed away from ovarian cancer at the end of 2016. Nash said she decided to stick around for love and get married, and New Mexico has been her home ever since....

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — There are many reasons people choose to move to the metro area. For Lani Nash, it was personal.

“I moved out here when Holly Dunn got sick,” the singer/songwriter explained to KOB 4. “She was a good friend of mine from Nashville.”

Dunn, a popular country singer in the ’80s and ’90s and a good friend of Nash, passed away from ovarian cancer at the end of 2016. Nash said she decided to stick around for love and get married, and New Mexico has been her home ever since.

This weekend, Mariposa reps asked her to perform at the Rio Rancho community’s Sol Fest, celebrating the grand opening of a brand-new housing development and another place for people like Nash to put down roots.

“They don’t just build a development, you know, housing projects, and then leave you to find your way around, but they offer community centers and parks and that kind of thing,” she said. “So it’s really, you know, kid-friendly, family-friendly.”

David Newell — the division president for Richmond American Homes of New Mexico — said the Albuquerque metro, including Rio Rancho, is under-built with housing. But that is something his team hopes to change.

“Seasons at Monarch is the latest community at Mariposa, and it’s made up of 174 home sites,” he said. “We have eight-floor plans, single stories and two stories.”

The homes range from $300,000 to $400,000, but Newell said other developments that Richmond American Homes has in the works, cater to a wider variety of homebuyers: “From first-time homebuyers, to move up buyers, empty nesters, people that want the active lifestyle, big families, retirees, you name it, we have product for it,” he explained.

Regarding the metro’s resale market, Newell said it follows a nationwide trend and is the lowest it’s ever been, with just over a one-month supply of housing on the market. He added that our market would need close to 10,000 more homes to meet the demand. His company’s solution is to keep building until everyone who needs a home has one.

If you want to look at the new homes on the market in Mariposa or listen to Nash sing live along with The DCN Project and Mariachi Tierra Del Sol, Sol Fest starts at 3 p.m. Saturday at East Commons Park. Click here for more information about the event.

Mega Hiring Event At Intel’s Rio Rancho Facility July 28

Rio Rancho Event Center. Courtesy/EDDEDD News:RIO RANCHO — Intel in New Mexico is working with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and the New Mexico Economic Development Department to host a MEGA Hiring Event, providing numerous growth opportunities for individuals interested in joining the semiconductor manufacturing sector.The event will take place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 28 at the Rio Rancho Event Center, at 3001 Civic Center Circle NE.In 2021...

Rio Rancho Event Center. Courtesy/EDD

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RIO RANCHO — Intel in New Mexico is working with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and the New Mexico Economic Development Department to host a MEGA Hiring Event, providing numerous growth opportunities for individuals interested in joining the semiconductor manufacturing sector.

The event will take place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 28 at the Rio Rancho Event Center, at 3001 Civic Center Circle NE.

In 2021, Intel announced a $3.5 billion expansion in New Mexico, enabling the manufacturing of cutting-edge semiconductor packaging technologies at our site. This multiyear investment is expected to create at least 700 high-tech Intel jobs, 1,000 construction jobs and support an additional 3,500 jobs in the state. This hiring initiative supports our ongoing investment efforts.

The MEGA Hiring Event will focus on the role of manufacturing technicians at Intel’s state-of-the-art Rio Rancho manufacturing facility. Manufacturing technicians wear the classic Intel bunny suit and are vital to keeping factories running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

“We are excited to host the MEGA Hiring Event in New Mexico, offering prospective candidates an opportunity to join Intel’s innovative manufacturing team,” Katie Prouty, Vice President Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operations, said. “This event highlights our commitment to fostering local talent, creating job opportunities, and contributing to the economic growth of the region.”

Prospective applicants can find detailed job requirements and application information on the official New Mexico Workforce Connection website.

“Our collaboration with Intel is a great way to provide high quality jobs to New Mexicans,” Economic Development Deputy Secretary Jon Clark said, “and this incredible hiring event is an opportunity for our community to show we have the skilled workforce to meet Intel’s needs and recruit more advanced manufacturing jobs to the state.”

To ensure a streamlined hiring process, pre-screening will be conducted through the New Mexico Workforce Connection website from now until one week prior to the event. Interviews will be scheduled based on the pre-screening results and walk-ins are also welcome on the day of the event.

“The MEGA Hiring Event is a great chance to connect New Mexicans with jobs in growing areas like technology and advanced manufacturing. And our Workforce Connection Centers across the state are ready to help anyone get the skills they need to qualify for jobs like this in the future,” Sarita Nair, Department of Workforce Solutions Secretary, said.

This event is an excellent opportunity for individuals looking to develop their careers in the manufacturing industry. Attendees will have a chance to meet with Intel representatives, gain insights into the company’s operations, and showcase their skills and enthusiasm for becoming part of a leading global technology company.

About Intel in New Mexico:

As Intel’s innovation hub, the New Mexico site plays a unique role in Intel’s mission to make technology with the power to improve the life of everyone on the planet. Intel directly employs more than 2,100 people in New Mexico, and the site manufactures technology that is advancing Intel innovation in packaging and interconnect – essential to Intel’s next era of computing.

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Rio Rancho making plans to improve congested road

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – As Rio Rancho grows, so does its traffic congestion. Thursday night, the city held a meeting, to talk about improving traffic flow along a busy corridor. They discussed how to make it safer for neighbors, bicyclists, and kids walking to school.“It’s not safe, I mean it’s long overdue,” said Mena, a Rio Rancho resident.It’s a road many residents say is dangerous for both d...

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – As Rio Rancho grows, so does its traffic congestion. Thursday night, the city held a meeting, to talk about improving traffic flow along a busy corridor. They discussed how to make it safer for neighbors, bicyclists, and kids walking to school.

“It’s not safe, I mean it’s long overdue,” said Mena, a Rio Rancho resident.

It’s a road many residents say is dangerous for both drivers and pedestrians. Loma Colorado Boulevard runs between Northern Boulevard and Paseo Del Volcan in Rio Rancho. With a middle school nearby, the road has become an area of concern, due to its lack of sidewalks and bike lanes.

“Since my son is only in middle school still and he has to walk every day because we’re so close to the school, that it would be nice to have the sidewalks for him,” said Kacie Lipton, Rio Rancho resident.

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“We’re always driving down there, and you’ve got people running on the side of the road and there’s no place for them to run, bike, and it’s very dangerous,” said Mena.

Thursday, the city of Rio Rancho held a public meeting to present recommended designs that would address some of these concerns. The proposal suggests improvements such as widening parts of the road to four lanes, adding sidewalks, bike lanes, and even trails for pedestrians.

“I’m sure users of the corridor note the congestion from the drop-off and pick-up times, so we really wanted to take a look at this area to have the traffic flow better,” said Ed Potthoff, Project Manager at HDR Engineering.

The city would also add new water infrastructure to create better storm drainage. Other improvements include paving the dirt road from Montezuma Boulevard and creating a connection all the way up to Paseo Del Volcan. Residents say that would create access to Cleveland High School.

“It gets congested going to the high school, so it gives people ways to get there, instead of overcrowding in one place,” said Mena.

The city says they are still waiting on funding before construction can begin. The total cost is estimated to be 22 million dollars.

STEAM Center for Excellence opens in Rio Rancho this week

Dr. Shelly Gruenig, the executive director of R4 Creating, will watch her dream of opening the STEAM Center for Excellence come true on Wednesday.Gruenig has been working for years to turn R4 Creating into a center for STEAM activities with workshops, competition space, warehouse space, performing space for performing arts and robotics.That work has paid off with the opening of the STEAM Center of Excellence in Rio R...

Dr. Shelly Gruenig, the executive director of R4 Creating, will watch her dream of opening the STEAM Center for Excellence come true on Wednesday.

Gruenig has been working for years to turn R4 Creating into a center for STEAM activities with workshops, competition space, warehouse space, performing space for performing arts and robotics.

That work has paid off with the opening of the STEAM Center of Excellence in Rio Rancho. Gruenig partnered with the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and the Encantado Foundation to open the center, which will be located at R4 Creating and will include state-of-the-art STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) educational products, technology, furniture and more.

The group will celebrate the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community celebration from 2-3 p.m. From 3-4 p.m., there will be a STEAM expo with younger students interacting with STEAM products, while older students provide demonstrations with robotics.

Gruenig founded R4, originally known as the Rio Rancho Robo Runners, in 2005 and has been offering championship STEM/STEAM programming in Sandoval County at the career training center at 4311 Sara Road, Suite 107. She is focused on programs to build the young STEM/STEAM workforce, support educators with emerging technologies and to provide thought leadership in order to link industry with their future workforce. Now, she wants to expand to reach and teach even more children with a center in Rio Rancho that holds more students and technology.

R4 Creating, which has won multiple championships and awards, works to connect STEAM educators with the necessary resources to prepare students ages 6-18 to enter the STEAM Workforce Pipeline. R4 promotes the growth of STEAM education and enrichment through its robotics teams and a Robotics Leadership Academy. Classes cost $175 per semester, but Gruenig said no child has ever been turned away from the program. She works tirelessly to raise money to make sure any student who wants it has access to the lessons learned at R4.

“I say it’s like at the intersection of where fun and learning collide. Because it is that right?” Gruenig said. “It also it just takes more resources. We’ve been really fortunate to have a lot of really great volunteers over the years. Because it takes a whole staff of volunteers to supervise, make sure everybody’s safe, especially around the machines, and not only just say fingers and toes, but also save hearts and minds and just helping them, but there’s so much reward from it.”

The ribbon-cutting event will celebrate the new center and will include speakers as well as students exploring the educational products and curriculum.

The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation helps to strengthen America’s most underserved and distressed communities by supporting and advocating for children, building Youth Development Parks and STEM Centers, partnering with law enforcement and youth-service agencies, and addressing community needs through its national program initiatives. By 2024, the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation will have installed 134 STEM Centers in elementary schools across 22 counties in Texas and New Mexico.

R4Creating’s mission is to provide support for those organizations making valuable contributions to increase the number of STEM/STEAM opportunities for students. While its nonprofit status was only established in 2016, organization volunteers have been supporting STEM in thecommunity and across the country since 2005. At that time, R4Robotics, a community-based robotics team of approximately 40 students ages 10-18, was founded. Since that day, R4 has engaged youth in building their STEM knowledge through competitions, leadership opportunities and entrepreneurial endeavors.

The Encantado Foundation was formed to provide comprehensive enterprise and mission-embedded IT support for Sandia National Laboratories personnel and the lab’s infrastructure at multiple locations across the United States.

Intel to host mega hiring event Friday in Rio Rancho

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A more than $3 billion expansion is creating hundreds of new jobs. Intel hopes to fill as many positions as possible this week at the Rio Rancho Events Center.“If we hire over 100 people, I will be very happy,” said Lanette Jaramillo, an Intel New Mexico Engineering Department manager.With support from the New Mexico Economic Development Department and Workforce Solutions, Intel could bring on a lot more than that during its first-ever mega hiring event this week.“We are alread...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A more than $3 billion expansion is creating hundreds of new jobs. Intel hopes to fill as many positions as possible this week at the Rio Rancho Events Center.

“If we hire over 100 people, I will be very happy,” said Lanette Jaramillo, an Intel New Mexico Engineering Department manager.

With support from the New Mexico Economic Development Department and Workforce Solutions, Intel could bring on a lot more than that during its first-ever mega hiring event this week.

“We are already in the neighborhood of 260 pre-registrations, and we hope to double that in time for the event on Friday,” said Mark Roper, division director of the New Mexico Economic Development Department.

Starting at 9 a.m. at the Rio Rancho events center Friday, Intel will look to fill close to 700 technician positions.

“They come to work, they get dressed in the cool bunny suit,” said Jaramillo. “They are first-line problem solvers. They partner with engineering, they solve problems every day, it’s very challenging. It’s very rewarding.”

The goal is to get as many techs trained as soon as possible to further the company’s advanced semiconductor packaging technology.

“We’re looking for people that- a diverse workforce, for sure. And then, also people that have that mechanical inclination, that experience,” Jaramillo said. “There’s military experience, that, you know, mechanical hands on there.”

Intel recruiters could not give a ballpark amount for starting pay, but say technician salaries will vary based on experience level, and pay is competitive.

“We made it super easy for people to register for this event. So they can scan a QR code, answer a couple of questions, and that will get them on the list of pre-registering,” said Lilliana V. a New Mexico Workforce Connection area supervisor.

The mega-hiring event will be held at the Rio Rancho Events Center on Friday, July 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Folks can apply online, and check out upcoming job events here. For resume help, you can call (505)-843-1900 or email [email protected].

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