Kore Cares has been awarded three Best of Home Care awards in 2021 by Home Care Pulse: Provider of Choice, Employer of Choice, and Leader in Excellence. The Leader in Excellence Award is the highest recognition awarded by Home Care Pulse and is given to select home care businesses that consistently rank among the very highest in 10 or more quality metrics. As a Leader in Excellence, Kore Cares is now ranked among the top 10% of home care providers participating in the nationwide Home Care Pulse Satisfaction Management Program. Kore Cares is also the only home care agency in South Dakota to not only receive the Leader in Excellence Award, but to receive all three awards.

The holiday season is here and in full force. Many families already dealt with Thanksgiving during a pandemic and have an idea of what their Christmas will look like as well. Some are gathering, some are postponing gatherings until later into 2021 hoping for a virtually corona-free world. Whether or not your family has chosen to get together, you may have concerns about at-risk loved ones who are living alone or are living somewhere where visitors aren’t allowed. Let us help you!

Caregivers, CNAs, DSPs, etc. are needed right now. It’s easy to search one of these positions online and find various positions right in your area, but how do you know which is the best fit for you? What does the company offer? How will you be treated there? Here are a few reasons our employees enjoy working for Kore Cares.

Kore Cares, Park Place Plaza, and Stensland Family Farms are hosting a blood drive on October 8th and 9th. For a limited time, the American Red Cross is testing all blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies. Donors will also receive a free mini dip voucher from Stensland Family Farms!

Rehabilitation Therapy is care that offers a controlled medical environment to help you regain, keep, or improve abilities that you use in your day-to-day life. This is most commonly used after an injury that requires consistent and diligent work to recover in the hopes to regain full use of the injured area.

Assisted living facilities provide many of the same entertainment and community features that independent living offers, but they also offer additional assistance. They usually have on-site staff to help with transfers, showers, medication administration, etc. Residents are expected to live a primarily independent lifestyle in exception to the above-listed services provided. If care-needs increase, transfers to a nursing home or to home for more one-on-one care may be recommended.

In-home caregivers are responsible for assisting with one-on-one care in a person’s home as an alternative solution to nursing homes, assisted living, rehabilitation units, etc. The tasks they assist with are referred to as activities of daily living (ADL’s). These are tasks that may seem almost automatic, but can become more and more difficult over time and include: personal cares (bathing, incontinence care, dressing, etc.), transportation, housekeeping, companionship, medication reminders, and miscellaneous tasks such as dog walking and checking the mail.

The way we celebrate holidays is going to look different for the foreseeable future. Even with a majority of cities working towards reopening, there is still hesitation to hold events in which large crowds gather. Many city leaders and business owners have worked hard to ensure the holiday is as festive as ever for Sioux Falls residents. Here are a few ways to celebrate in town!

Kore Cares offers multiple services that can ease your life whether it is in your home or a care facility. Here is a breakdown of the care we can provide to clients.

At Kore Cares, our mission is to empower individuals to use their God given gifts and talents to serve those in need. We believe as a management team that if we give caregivers the training, support and resources necessary to be successful, we will be able to recruit the best caregivers and our staff will take exceptional care of those we serve. It is also important to recognize and show appreciation for front line staff, especially now with COVID-19 making their job even more challenging.

When people think of health care they think of nurses and doctors but there is a whole team of front-line staff that provide the very much needed hands on care. As a way to give back to these professionals, we’ve decided to create a Direct Care Champion Award.

The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic has been an unprecedented event that has caused a worldwide change in the way we live our day-to-day lives. It has provoked a lot of thought on the need for preparedness making sure measures are put in place in the event that similar situations arise in the future. For a lot of adult children with parents either living in facilities, other cities/states, or needing to move into a facility, COVID-19 has made it extremely difficult to make sure care needs are met. Families aren’t able to bring groceries by, tour facilities to find the correct fit, or arrange outings to get their loved ones some time away from home. These issues have brought the need for knowledgeable, local senior care advisors to light. Here are a few ways a senior care advisor can help during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

It seems like the older you get and the more memories you make, the more “stuff” piles up right along with it. It may seem like just a little at a time, but over time it adds up and suddenly your home is cluttered and there’s no space for it all to go. As the saying goes “mess equals stress” and this stress isn’t confined to the home as it can carry over to work, school, finances, etc.

When planning for the future, many are unsure of how they are going to pay for services especially with the continual rise of health care costs. The fact is, 70% of people over the age of 65 will need any average of 3 years of long-term care and an even higher percentage will need it at some point, for a shorter period of time. But before you consider prices, it’s important to get a plan ready. One of the ways to do that is researching long term care options and figuring out which option is best for you. From there, plans for paying, living, etc. can begin. If you’re not familiar with the different types of long-term care, keep reading!