A Dignified Life - Westchester

They mean well but seem to over-promise and under deliver. The head of the agency is spread too thin. We contracted with this agency two months ago and each time I’ve needed to communicate vital information to the head of the company, it takes a minimum of two phone calls over a period of days for her to get back to us, and then she misremembers important information re: our situation. The loved one I care for suffers from Alzheimer’s but doesn’t know it. My loved one has canceled the caregiver on several occasions despite us having a contract with the agency for a set number of hours a week. A cognitively impaired individual should not be calling the shots. Each time I speak with the head of the agency, she makes promises that she has yet to deliver on. I feel gaslit and frustrated.

When my 95-year-old mother needed to move to a senior residence, A Dignified Life gave some invaluable advice. First, make sure that my mother was involved in all decision-making and second, that my two brothers, sister and I resolve any differences now so that we can alleviate any rivalries over decisions about her care or her estate. We now hold family conference calls on a regular basis and my mother knows that we are all looking out for her best interests.

A Dignified Life has been a tremendous help and a reliable resource to both me and my mother while life-planning and down-sizing. Barbara helps maintain an optimistic environment even during the most challenging of times. Her services have made my mother's life transition a smooth journey for everyone involved.

A Dignified Life was a great help to me when my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease two years ago. Because she was no longer able to care for herself, my family had to move my grandmother from her home in Florida to be closer to us in New York. Barbara Newman Mannix and A Dignified Life helped us to arrange the move, put the FL house on the market, research local long-term care and home care options, and wade through the endless legal and healthcare paperwork. We were able to get my grandmother's needs met through home care with an aide; she is stable, happy, and living close to her loved ones.