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How does In-home Senior Care in Center Point, TX 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 Center Point, TX, 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 Center Point, TX 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.

Empowers Seniors

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

Attendance and aid 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 Center Point,TX 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.

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CenterPoint touts $1.3B gain from selling stake in company accused of price gouging

This article was originally published by the Minnesota Reformer.This past year has been good to CenterPoint. Not so for its customers.On top of...

This article was originally published by the Minnesota Reformer.

This past year has been good to CenterPoint. Not so for its customers.

On top of soaring gas prices, Minnesotans who get their natural gas from CenterPoint Energy are on the hook for $466 million to cover five days of energy costs when prices surged during the 2021 winter storm that crippled Texas’ power grid.

Minnesotans are slated to pay an additional $7.44 a month on average for 63 months to pay for the gas used during the storm, while CenterPoint isn’t slated to feel any pain from that event, as CEO David Lesar told shareholders in May 2021.

In fact, the February 2021 storm, known as “Winter Storm Uri,” turned out to be good for Texas-based CenterPoint — at least in regards to a well-timed merger between one of its affiliates and another Texas company accused of price gouging consumers during the storm.

CenterPoint received $1.3 billion in net, after-tax proceeds as a result of the merger, as detailed in a recent report by the advocacy group Citizens Utility Board.

“We’re not saying that CenterPoint did something illegal or intentionally exploited that storm to rip off rate payers,” said Brian Edstrom, the author of the report. “But it’s just frustrating to us that we are hearing from a lot of people that are paying for these extra storm-related costs that they had no control over … meanwhile, (CenterPoint’s) parent company did well.”

The company’s stock price is up more than 20% from a year ago, and Lesar was rewarded with an unusually generous compensation package — $37.8 million in 2021, far more than his peers at other utilities and 366 times as much as the average CenterPoint employee. (Shareholders balked at his compensation package and voiced their disapproval in a non-binding vote in April, but the company didn’t claw back any of his pay.)

The merger involved a company CenterPoint owned a majority stake in called Enable and the behemoth Energy Transfer, which boasts that nearly a third of the nation’s natural gas and crude oil moves through its pipelines.

CenterPoint received $5 million as part of the deal, and its Enable shares became Energy Transfer shares. CenterPoint then promptly sold its Energy Transfer shares, which had appreciated 20% in value in no small part because of the lucrative winter storm.

Energy Transfer made $2.7 billion from the winter storm, and posted quarterly revenue billions higher than the previous year.

“Within four months of the merger between Enable and Energy Transfer, we sold 100% of our common units at a 20% premium to Energy Transfer’s unit price when the transaction was announced last February,” Lesar told shareholders on an earnings call last month. “Not a bad outcome for those shareholders who thought we would never get out of this investment, let alone receive approximately $1.3 billion of net after-tax proceeds from it.”

The company is currently being sued by San Antonio’s municipal electric utility for alleged price-gouging. The utility, CPS Energy, says in its lawsuit that Energy Transfer charged them “unconscionable” natural gas prices: more than 15,000% higher than prevailing prices before the storm.

Asked for comment, a spokesman for CenterPoint pointed to the company’s filing before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. In the filing, the company notes that the prices Energy Transfer charged during Winter Storm Uri have nothing to do with the costs borne by Minnesota consumers. The company also disputes that the sale of its stake in Energy Transfer represented a windfall and points out that the business dealings of the parent company have no impact on Minnesota ratepayers, even in bad times.

“When Enable, and as a result, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. suffered significant losses of billions of dollars, CenterPoint Energy Minnesota Gas and its customers were unaffected. Therefore, it is inappropriate to conclude that CenterPoint Energy Minnesota Gas and its customers should be affected by any potential gains associated with Enable,” the company wrote in a filing to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

Although CenterPoint says it would be “inappropriate” for customers to be affected by any gains from the sale, the company does argue Minnesota customers will be helped by the divestment since they “benefit from the financial health and stability of the parent company.”

The Citizens Utility Board is currently arguing before state regulators that CenterPoint and three other Minnesota utility companies should not be allowed to charge customers for all the extra costs associated with Winter Storm Uri — estimated to be about $660 million.

Along with the state’s Department of Commerce and Attorney General General Keith Ellison, the Citizens Utility Board says utility companies should have to bear some of the extra costs from the storm. They argue CenterPoint could have done more to avoid buying gas at inflated prices by calling on customers to curtail their use, especially those “interruptible customers,” who sign agreements to limit or stop taking natural gas if asked.

In filings before the Public Utilities Commission, the Citizens Utility Board recommended CenterPoint cover $82.4 million of the $466 million in costs associated with Winter Storm Uri.

Last month, two administrative law judges rejected their arguments, saying the utility acted prudently, and that customers should pay for the entire amount. Their recommendations will go to the state Public Utilities Commission, which has yet to make a final decision on the case.

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CenterPoint changes policy after Montrose neighbors turned to Action 13 about giant utility poles

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A major change in CenterPoint policy was placed after Action 13 exposed an absurd situation.Earlier in April, Eyewitness News was the first to show you huge utility poles popping up right in front of homes in Montrose with no warning.After Eyewitness News' stories aired and many of you complained, city officials and residents will now be notified about future construction."I feel like they just came on overnight and just put it up and didn't really care what the community had to say about it...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A major change in CenterPoint policy was placed after Action 13 exposed an absurd situation.

Earlier in April, Eyewitness News was the first to show you huge utility poles popping up right in front of homes in Montrose with no warning.

After Eyewitness News' stories aired and many of you complained, city officials and residents will now be notified about future construction.

"I feel like they just came on overnight and just put it up and didn't really care what the community had to say about it," Andy Morales, who works nearby, said. "I wish they would have done it on Westheimer, a major thoroughfare, and not in a neighborhood street."

CenterPoint is putting in several huge poles to improve transmission in Montrose.

It's part of a $43 billion, 10-year project across Houston.

You can already see more poles coming to Almeda near 288.

"Why does this have to be done in a residential area? There are so many commercial areas right here in the neighborhood. Why not put up those poles there?" Reporter Pooja Lodhia asked David Mercado, CenterPoint's VP of High Voltage and System Operations at CenterPoint Energy.

"The existing transmission line that was there was the line that we're upgrading to," he said. "It would really only make sense to build that line where it's currently at."

State law gives companies like CenterPoint the power to put up poles basically anywhere, even in the public rights of way. The company isn't legally required to notify anybody.

One pole popped up two weeks after a young couple closed on the home in Montrose.

"People still think it's the city that's allowing these utility companies to put up these poles, and that's not us," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said. "We can't stop them."

"To be able to notify our customers of projects like this in advance is key," Mercado said. "Having them complain is not something that CenterPoint Energy wants to hear about."

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CenterPoint Energy blames 'buzzards' for mysterious power outages in Cypress, Northwest Harris County

CenterPoint Energy officials are blaming large carrion birds for a series of on-again, off-again power outages in Northwest Harris County in recent weeks. Residents from the Cypress area, located about 30 minutes from downtown Houston, have reported fleeting losses of power flickering their lights and deadening outlets in their homes for weeks, according to KHOU.“It was literally like someone was messing with the lights," resident Shyqua Nutall told KHOU.The repeated outages have even rendered Nutall and other area r...

CenterPoint Energy officials are blaming large carrion birds for a series of on-again, off-again power outages in Northwest Harris County in recent weeks. Residents from the Cypress area, located about 30 minutes from downtown Houston, have reported fleeting losses of power flickering their lights and deadening outlets in their homes for weeks, according to KHOU.

“It was literally like someone was messing with the lights," resident Shyqua Nutall told KHOU.

The repeated outages have even rendered Nutall and other area residents' power sockets unusable.

Residents say they have grown frustrated after trying to get answers from area energy provider CenterPoint without success for weeks.

“We’ve not really been given any communication, so it’s been quite difficult," resident Mark Wales told KHOU.

CenterPoint said this week that they are "aware of these momentary interruptions… and we apologize for any inconvenience. Wildlife interference on a transmission line has been identified as a contributing factor to these interruptions." CenterPoint later told KHOU that the "wildlife interference" referenced in their statement refers to buzzards.

Resident Mark Wales was skeptical: "We get lots of wildlife, but I’ve never seen any buzzards," Wales told KHOU.

Turkey vultures, also referred to as "turkey buzzards," are common in the Houston area, according to Houston Audobon, a local bird conservation, education, and advocacy organization. CenterPoint has issued a statement telling affected residents that they are working to alleviate the allegedly buzzard-related outages by trimming trees close to transmission lines.

"CenterPoint Energy is taking steps to address the interruptions, and in fact, work was done last week that should help mitigate them. In addition, some tree trimming activities are expected to take place beginning on Nov. 11 in these areas to further improve reliability."

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Injured worker granted $16 million in lawsuit against CenterPoint after falling from an electrical pole

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A Harris County judge granted $16 million to a former electrical worker after a jury found CenterPoint Energy liable for life-altering injuries that the worker sustained while on the job.

In March 2019, Baytown resident Garett Wilder ascended a 100-foot CenterPoint transmission pole near Tomball, according to the lawsuit. After climbing more than 40 feet, a damaged step bolt — which Wilder was attached to — completely detached from the pole, causing Wilder to fall to the ground, causing his heart to stop upon impact, according to court documents.

The lawsuit alleges that CenterPoint was aware of the damaged step bolts and that the company’s negligence ultimately led to Wilder’s injuries.

Attorney Matt Matheny said he believes that it’s important for companies to be held accountable to putting workers in dangerous situations.

“It’s a crucial part of the civil justice system that someone like Mr. Wilder, who is injured by the negligence of another, require that company to bare the financial burden of the harm that they caused,” he said.

Wilder said he’s still suffering from the incident to this day — he’s since undergone eight surgeries and remains at risk for the amputation of one or both of his legs, according to lawyers.

“I still have tons of restrictions, things that maybe people take for granted on a day-to-day basis,” Wilder said. “I still sit when I shower, I have to take meds before I can even get out of bed to walk.”

The case saw some delays due to the pandemic, although Wilder said he was glad that the case finally made it to court and added that was satisfied with the judge’s decision.

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Houston power outages may last till Sunday for some residents, CenterPoint says

With thousands of residents still without power after severe storms hit the Harris County area Wednesday night, CenterPoint Energy said the scattered power outages left nearly 324,000 customers without power in Greenspoint, Cypress, Bellaire and Humble. The company is expected to fix the majority of the outages by Friday afternoon, but residents in areas with more severe damage may have to...

With thousands of residents still without power after severe storms hit the Harris County area Wednesday night, CenterPoint Energy said the scattered power outages left nearly 324,000 customers without power in Greenspoint, Cypress, Bellaire and Humble. The company is expected to fix the majority of the outages by Friday afternoon, but residents in areas with more severe damage may have to wait for power through the weekend.

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"In the hardest hit areas, due to the significant infrastructure and equipment damage that will take time to repair, restoration work is expected to continue through Sunday, with remaining isolated outages addressed thereafter," the company said in a statement.

CenterPoint also said they had restored power to 204,000 customers, with approximately 120,000 customers left. The CenterPoint Energy Outage Map showed around 101,000 customers still impacted Thursday afternoon.

According to CenterPoint, the power outages were caused by strong winds, heavy rain and hundreds of lightning strikes hitting the company's transmission and distribution electric systems. The unexpected storm had isolated wind gusts of up to 97 mph at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, shattering Hurricane Ike's previous record of 82 mph set in 2008.

"We appreciate our customers’ patience and understanding as we work to address the outage issues caused by the severe weather’s extensive damage to our electrical infrastructure," Lynnae Wilson, CenterPoint Energy’s Senior Vice President, Electric Business, said Thursday. "We will not rest until we have restored power to all our customers who are able to take service from us."

CenterPoint is encouraging customers to check their weatherhead, defined as the point of the house where the power enters the home through an electric service drop. Usually, the pipe is located on the side of the building, CenterPoint added.

If damaged, customers should call an electrician before CenterPoint can do any repairs. Residents should stand at least 35 feet away and report all incidents at the company call line at 713-207-2222 regarding fallen power lines and damaged electrical equipment.

While CenterPoint crews work to restore power, residents in the suburban Houston area are still confused about how the sudden storm caused so much damage so fast.

Spring resident Jessie Castillo said she wasn't at home when the storm started, but her husband witnessed a large tree split in half in their Lexington Woods backyard damaging the fence alongside the back of their home.

“We don't know anything [about the power], but it's a necessity because we have kids,” Castillo said.

The power outages across the city come as Harris County residents are still enduring an intense heat wave. 100-degree heat indices across the state spurred ERCOT to ask residents to conserve energy voluntarily this week. More scorching days are expected going into the weekend, with temperatures averaging in the upper 90s.

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