New Locally-Owned Home Health Care Agency Opens in Jacksonville as Demand Continues to Rise

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - March 11, 2015 - PRLog -- JACKSONVILLE, FL—As demand for home health care continues to grow*, Family Focused Home Health Care^TM (Family Focused^TM), a private duty provider of non-medical in-home care, has opened a locally owned and operated office at 4181 Southpoint Drive East, Suite 400 in Jacksonville.  Licensed as a home health agency by Florida’s Agency for Healthcare Administration, Family Focused^TM is differentiated from its competitors by its ability to provide a comprehensive continuum of care for seniors, and others, who need help with daily assistance, are living with a chronic condition, or are recovering from an injury or illness.

Family Focused^TM was founded by St. Augustine resident Jim Borngesser whose own experience battling cancer demonstrated a need for trustworthy, quality home health care in the area.

“My family and I faced the same struggles as many other families out there—to find someone we trusted to provide quality care,” Jim Borngesser explained. “We decided to open Family Focused^TM to help ensure other families have access to quality care throughout their life journey.”

Family Focused Home Health Care^TM strives to ensure safety, security, and peace of mind through a distinctive system of safeguards including the provision of a qualified, competent, and compassionate team of caregivers.  To achieve its mission, Family Focused^TM goes beyond the state mandated standards of care by having all caregivers undergo a thorough eight-step vetting process including aptitude testing, competency testing, drug screening, Level 2 background checks, reference and employment verification, and health requirements to ensure all candidates are qualified and capable of providing the quality of care that will allow clients to thrive.

“Family Focused^TM is family owned and locally operated so we are able to hand pick our team of caregivers who share—and embrace—our core belief, that even in life’s most challenging moments, our loved ones deserve their dignity and can only thrive if treated with kindness and respect,” Borngesser said. “To provide further credibility and peace of mind, all caregivers are employees of Family Focused^TM—not contractors—and as such, are insured and receive on-going training to maintain all safety, care, and protocol standards to the highest level.”

Recognizing that a patient’s needs change over time, a customized and evolving care plan is created and maintained for every client.  In addition, with the patient’s permission, Family Focused^TM gives each client, their family, and designated members of the medical team secure access to an online account that provides real time updates, monitoring, and documentation to promote open communication. Through their continuum of care, no matter where Family Focused^TM begins, the plan of care will provide the right support at the right time for the patient, and their family, from companion care through complex personal care, even daily living care where we can handle the increased demands as the patient’s mental state changes. Family Focused™ provides support for caregivers delivering respite for family caregivers, and other non-medical services for the patient’s home environment through our Support for Families partners.

“Research** shows that most seniors prefer to be cared for from the comfort of their home, however finding a cost effective, safe solution can be challenging, to say the least. At Family Focused^TM we look at every patient as a person and as a member of a family, and our goal is to provide a breadth of services so that we can continue with the patient and the family along the care journey,” Borngesser explained.

Family Focused^TM provides a full spectrum of care including but not limited to: cooking and light housekeeping, laundry, errands and grocery shopping, toileting, bathing, dressing and grooming assistance, companionship, transportation to doctor’s appointments, and blood pressure monitoring, CPAP usage, and many other services.

About Family Focused Home Health Care

Family Focused Home Health Care^TM (Family Focused^TM), headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, is a licensed provider of non-medical in-home care serving Jacksonville and the surrounding counties including St. Johns, Flagler, Duval, Nassau, Volusia, Clay, and Baker. Family Focused^TM provides companion care, personal care, complex personal care, and daily living care for seniors, and others, who need help with daily assistance, are living with a chronic condition, or are recovering from an injury or illness.  Family Focused^TM also provides support services to family caregivers delivering respite care, and support for families with other home environment needs.  As a family owned and locally operated agency, Family Focused^TM strives to ensure safety, security, and peace of mind through a distinctive system of safeguards including the provision of a qualified, competent, and compassionate team of caregivers as well as the successful creation and ongoing management of a customized care plan for every client overseen by a registered nurse. For more information visit www.familyfocusedhhc.com or call (904) 999-4494.  Family Focused Home Health Care^TM is licensed as a home health agency in Florida by the Agency for Health Care Administration, HHA License #299994370.