February 4, 2010 by pabernathey.

It has been more than a year since I last posted on this blog. I do apologize if anyone missed it. 

Life in the senior care industry has kept me very busy, and the actual work of running a 25-office company took me away. Well, I am back.

 I am going to make a few changes to the blog. Pat Abernathey.com will be all about senior care. Specifically, I will focus on how to enter the industry, how to grow and manage your senior-care business and how to exit the industry if you you choose to do so. I will also include loads of information that is senior-health related. Links, article, other blogs and such.

Why do I think I can help you? I have more than five years experience working to help senior-care business owners grow and manage their businesses. During that time, I helped four seperate locations in various states reach over $1 million in revenue. While this may not sound like a lot, $1 million in the senior care industry for one location is pretty good. More importantly, I have helped those owners maximize their profit margins to make their hard work pay off.

I am a vice president with Caring Senior Service, and I promise to shamelessly plug my company and colleagues here from time to time. However, I also want to give as much advice as possible to anyone looking to get into the industry, or who might already be involved in helping America’s elderly.

So check out www.caringseniorservice.com for more information on my company.

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November 20, 2008 by pabernathey.

More than 90 percent of seniors say that they want to age in a familiar setting. That means they want to age in place. What does that mean? Well, it mainly means that seniors want to stay in the house where they have lived most of their lives. Or, they want to stay in the apartment/condo they use as a down-sizing item. They want to be home.

Seniors do not want to go to a nursing home, and many feel that assisted living communities are just renamed nursing homes with nicer fixtures.

But not everyone is healthy enough once they reach their senior years to stay at home independently. They may need some help to do the things they used to take for granted - like meal preparation, bathing, dressing or housekeeping.

Caring Senior Service, and companies like them, can help people age in place. Caring Senior Service is changing the way home care is conducted. Our goal is to provide anything we can - service, products or education - to allow seniors to age in place.

Services include personal care and household duties. Products include home safety technology like QuietCare and medication-management systems like DailyMed.

Visit www.caringseniorservice.com for more information.

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April 4, 2008 by pabernathey.

For: TSI Distribution, LLC                          For: Caring Senior Service

Lee Lanier                 

Vice President, Sales & Marketing              

866-593-4314                                                            

llanier@tsi1.com                                       

                                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

TSI Distribution, LLC Announces The Appointment of CaringSenior Service

As Its Authorized Dealer For Quiet Care in TEXAS 

–Leaders in Security Solutions and Healthcare Activity Monitoring Technology Join Forces to Provide Seniors with Safe, Independent Living at Home 

SARASOTA, FL and SAN ANTONIO, TX – April 4, 2008 - TSI Distribution, LLC (TSI), a leading Master Distributor of monitored wellness, safety and security solutions is proud to announce the appointment of Caring Senior Service as an authorized and certified sales and service representative for QuietCare, a new Senior Care medical monitoring service for both private home and managed care facilities. QuietCare has been called “the most important advancement in Senior Care in a generation”, and will be represented by Caring Senior Service in Texas. 

Quiet Care helps Seniors and those with medical frailties or disabilities continue to live at home and remain independent through a series of non-invasive, wireless activity sensors placed in the home that provide loved ones, caregivers, and medical or social service personnel with round-the clock information about their safety and well-being. These sensors monitor the individual’s daily activities, and when these activities veer from the norm, concerned individuals are notified through a secure, password protected web site that action could be necessary, or contacted immediately if an emergency has been identified. QuietCare enables these individuals to “turn back the clock” on escalating care issues as one gets older to defer and sometimes eliminate the need for more expensive human interaction or institutionalized care. Loved one or Caregiver related stress is similarly reduced. QuietCare costs just a few dollars a day, does not require internal home wiring or a long-term contract, and is installed in less than an hour. 

Caring Senior Service has been a successful business in the Texas and six other states for more than 17 years, and has contributed to those states through providing non-medical home care to the elderly. For more information about QuietCare in Texas, call Bill Archinal at 210-787-2563.     

All systems are supported with monitoring and response services provided by UL-Rated, geographically dispersed monitoring centers. In case of an emergency or inactivity report, a specially trained emergency response operator will automatically communicate with the senior and, if needed, designated family members, caregivers or local emergency services.

About Caring Senior Service

San Antonio-based Caring Senior Service provides in-home care to seniors in seven states – Alabama, Arizona, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Founded in 1991 by Jeff Salter, the company has grown to 33 offices. Caring Senior Service provides a one-hour service guarantee, no hidden fees and supervisor availability 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Visit Caring Senior Service on the Web at www.caringseniorservice.com.

About TSI Distribution LLC

Telemetry Systems, Inc. (TSI) has since 1989 been a systems integrator and provider of advanced technologies in the fields of telecommunications, electrical contracting and home and business safety and security solutions. TSI partnerships have ranged from Bell Telephone operating companies and others such as General Electric, Honeywell, Linear, Logic Mark, Security Associates International and Living Independently Group. TSI has consistently sought out technology leaders to maximize their product offerings to deserving and demanding markets. TSI Distribution feels quite confident that technology is the solution to the future of aging and has quickly become a leader in providing solutions for the independent eldercare market.

For more information contact TSI Distribution, LLC, 6185 Danner Drive, Sarasota, Fl 34240, 1-866-593-4314, www.tsidealer.com

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March 19, 2008 by pabernathey.

Hey, big news on the work front. My company, Caring Senior Service, is about to open an office in Huntsville, Alabama. This is huge, because it is the third office we will open in Alabama this year. It is is only March! So, I am excited.

We took over another company, ChristianCare of Alabama, on Jan. 1, 2008 and have been rolling in Alabama ever since. I hope to roll down to a Tide game, a Blazer’s game or an Auburn game when I am in the state this fall.

 My company provides caregivers, companions and sitters to the elderly in their home or place of residence.

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March 4, 2008 by pabernathey.

Hugh Abernathey died on March 1, 2008 at the home of Son, Mike Abernathey. Hugh Abernathey was 98 years old. He was my grandpa.

Lt. Col. Abernathey fought in WWII as a captain. He commanded several battaries of AA guns. He landed in North Africa, then Italy (including the hell that was Anzio), then went into France from the south. He moved with Patton’s 3rd Army into Germany and came home to his family. At Anzio, it got so precarious that he issued all his men small arms, leveled the AA guns to toward the enemy and said, “We have to hold here, boys, because we are it.” The Allies fought back the Germans and finally broke out, but it was scetchy for a while.

He worked and lived in Victoria, TX. He was born in Smith County, Kansas. He moved back to Gaylord, Kansas after my grandmother died. He married his high school sweetheart (they were both in their 80s). She died, and he moved back to Texas to live with one of his sons.

I am not doing near enough justice to this man. He was a great man. He was a quiet sort, who abhored the limelight. He led his church, he led his Army unit, he led his workers. He is one of those men who is just solid. I bet he was a good guy when he was younger. He was no book worm - we were opposite on that one (I love to read, he did not). While he wrestled in college, he was not as avid a sportsman as I. He did like a couple of things: pecan trees and gigging flounder. He was old school farm boy.

I miss you, Grandpa.

By the way, he was in the stands in the Cotton Bowl when Dickie Maegle of Rice got tackled by Tommy What-ever-his-name is from Alabama off the sidelines.

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February 26, 2008 by pabernathey.

This is a shameless promotion of my company: Caring Senior Service.

We provide non-medical care to seniors in their homes. Dressing, meal preparation, transfers, bathing, light house keeping, transportation, etc.

We are an alternative to nursing homes or assisted living communities. www.caringingseniorservice.com

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January 19, 2008 by pabernathey.

My company, Caring Senior Service, opened another office! This one is in Georgetown, Texas - just north of Austin. This brings our locations up to 32 around the country.

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November 24, 2007 by pabernathey.

Caring Senior Service - a leader in the Personal Assistance Service industry - is partnering with ChristianCare of Alabama, and will open two offices there on January 1, 2008.

The offices will be Athens and Decatur, Alabama and will be called Caring Senior Service.

Caring Senior Service will continue the great work that ChristianCare of Alabama currently provides to the edlerly and infirm of Northern Alabama. Senior care is our business, and we take it seriously. We provide non-medical care in the home or place of residence. Elder care in Alabama will continue to be the best as ChristianCare and Caring Senior Service team up.

Visit www.caringseniorservice.com for more information.

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October 15, 2007 by pabernathey.

www.caringseniorservice.com

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October 4, 2007 by pabernathey.

If you are looking for elder care, you need to call Caring Senior Serice. Visit our Web site at http://www.caringinc.com.

We can provide personal care, meal preparation, light housekeeping, respite care and transportation to the elderly in their homes. We have 30 offices all over the country, and we serve 113 Texas counties.

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