Sandy Quartuccio

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About

Sandy Quartuccio is a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA) and the owner of Right at Home of North Shore Long Island. Right at Home provides non-medical care in the home and incidental transportation for seniors and the disabled to enhance their quality of life with rehabilitative or long-term care assistance. Her specialty is dementia care and her emphasis is on quality support systems.

Sandy is on the board of the Senior Umbrella Network of Nassau County, NY, and does volunteer work at the Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She is a member of the National Private Duty Association and sponsors her local chapters of the Alzheimer’s Association and the Alzheimer’s Foundation. She won national recognition in 2010 as the second-fastest-growing office of Right at Home, Inc.

Prior to starting her own business, Sandy was director of a national marketing research company studying consumer behavioral trends. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, and a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the University of New Hampshire.

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Recently Published on Caring.com

  1. Thursday December 08, 2011

    1. Can dementia cause dizziness?

      Answer - Dementia can cause dizziness, particularly if it is vascular dementia, but I do not see dizziness caused by Alzheimer’s very often. Dizziness is more commonly associated with vascular dementia because blood flow to the brain is restricted.

  2. Tuesday September 27, 2011

    1. What does Alzheimer's do to the body?

      Answer - Alzheimer’s causes the mind’s connections to break down. These disconnections cause loss of memory (the symptom most commonly associated with Alzheimer’s), but can also impact a person’s physical abilities. As the mind’s connections get weaker, the mind has more trouble sending signals to the body fthe...

  3. Tuesday June 14, 2011

    1. Do home care providers care for Alzheimer's patients?

      Answer - Yes, home care most certainly provides care for Alzheimer’s patients. In fact, Alzheimer’s and other dementia care is a large portion of in-home care services.

  4. Tuesday May 17, 2011

    1. Do home care providers care for dementia patients?

      Answer - Absolutely. A large portion of home care service hours are for dementia care.