With borders closed due to COVID, the Sergnese family needed to find a home care provider to support their most prized person, their 89-year-old father, Ennio. Seeking a way to stay connected and ensure Ennio was receiving exceptional care, the Sergnese family chose ExcellCare after hearing about their family care portal, SparxConnect.
- Marisa Sergnese
As a Canadian living in the United States and working as a Training and Professional Development Leader, Marisa Sergnese understands the value of communicating and collaborating to achieve a common goal. So, the choice to go with ExcellCare over other home care companies to care for her father during the COVID outbreak was a simple one.
Marisa's parents have always been at the center of their tight-knit Italian family. When her mother was no longer able to care for her 89-year-old father Ennio, who has been living with Alzheimer's, the family made the tough decision to place him in a residential care home. During his time there, the family were active members of his care team, helping to supplement the residential care with their own.
With COVID came visiting restrictions, which meant that it was no longer possible for the family to participate in Ennio's care, let alone visit, so Marisa and her family knew the had to find a new home care provider to supplement the residential care that her father was receiving. Wanting to select the perfect home care provider, Marisa and her brothers decided to ask questions like, "When Mom can't visit every day, how do we connect with Dad?"
These types of questions led the Sergnese family to Kelley Stewart, Director of Operations at ExcellCare. Kelley's team at ExcellCare is devoted to ensuring that every family is provided with regular wellness updates and keeps an open line of communication with families by leveraging the SparxConnect staff and family engagement platform. ExcellCare's commitment to providing personalized care experiences that are enhanced by open and collaborative communications with family members really is unique in the industry. Having a tool like SparxConnect where Marisa, her 81-year-old mother, and the entire family could connect to get immediate feedback from caregivers, and send and receive loving messages and video recordings of moments of joy was the difference-maker for the family When we asked Marisa how she feels about the family's choice to go with ExcellCare, she said, "I know our family made the right choice when we were looking for those people who are really invested in having Dad as their #1, and this is validated through their use of SparxConnect.
“ I know our family made the right choice when we were looking for those people who are really invested in having Dad as their #1, and this is validated through their use of SparxConnect. ”
- Marisa Sergnese, family member
Marisa was so impressed that she reached out to ExcellCare to let them know she would be happy to let the world know about how positive her experience has been and that is how the SparxConnect team had the good fortune to sit down with Marisa and discuss her experience. Here are some of the highlights:
ExcellCare is committed to delivering quality care to you and your loved ones. Their professional and compassionate care is provided to individuals within the comfort and familiarity of their own homes. ExcellCare strives to provide families and their loved ones with the highest level of accessible home care, dignity, and personal attention they need and deserve.