Our Story
Advanced Elderly Services founder, was the late Ms. Norma V. Lawrence.
(April 16, 1945 – December 08, 2006)
An immigrant from the island of Jamaica, West Indies, who migrated to the City of New York in 1968 then relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1977 for a better quality of life to get away from the hustle and bustle of New York City in the late 1970’s. While living in America, Ms. Lawrence worked in the home healthcare services industry as a home maker and caregiver, then as a certified nurses aide, all the while pursuing a registered nursing degree in healthcare.
Working in the nursing home rehabilitation environment for most of her adult life, she watched many of her rehab patients – especially seniors – leave the facility and return home but not necessarily returned to full health and independence. Once they returned home, a lot of her former discharged patients were unable to care for themselves at home independently.
Ms. Lawrence knew that with a little help, most of these people could lead healthy, happy and productive lives in their own homes with a little help and assistance, with the pursuit of dignity, compassion and respect. But she also knew that there were very few agencies that offered this kind of special care and assistance at home on a personal level. So, Ms. Norma Lawrence didn’t just jump in and start a senior care agency, however…
First, she talked to dozens of families to understand the different kinds of challenges they faced and what kind of care could help cope with their personal issues and challenges at home, then she became a qualified certified nursing assistant and worked private duty one on one with clients at their homes, so she could experience the needs of people who were still living in their own home but needed help and professional assistance on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, we lost Ms. Lawrence to a diabetic coma on December 8, 2006 in Philadelphia county. Her vision was not lost as her son took on the mission and resurrected her vision by creating an agency to assist the elderly, and their family caregivers with professional home care services by some of the best Certified Nurses Aides, Home Makers and Caregivers in the region.
In 1999, her son Shawn started Advanced Elderly Services, in Delaware County Pa. Five years later. Shawn took the advise of his mother Ms. Norma V. Lawrence and started branching into other regions of the Philadelphia and Delaware county by carefully selecting caregivers who shared his vision and passion of caring for those in their communities.
Advanced Elderly Services has an office of 10-15 core staff member professionals and a caregiver force of 175 CNA’s, Home Makers and Home Health Aids that are registered and on-call to serve more than 200+ clients across Philadelphia County, Delaware County, Montgomery County, The Main Line and surrounding areas of the Tri-State.
In 1999, Shawn Lazarus saw a need for the agency to assist the elderly with custodial care needs in their own homes such as non-medical care services… such as, bathing, dressing, errand running, housekeeping, meal preparation and medication supervision.
Shawn, worked in the home health care industry as a certified nursing assistance himself and assisted nurses who went to the homes of clients and administered skilled services such as rehabilitation management, health care monitoring, medication and medical equipment delivery with no exceptions to other medical care services.
That same year, Shawn founded the first professional senior homecare agency in Delaware County, Pa. to meet custodial care needs in the region.
With the emergence of Advanced Elderly Services, people could have a resource to call on 24 hours a day, with assistance just a phone call away.
Our clients have the assurance that caregivers are available 24/7, screened thoroughly and that they had an agency that would ensure the quality of their care plan for their loved one.
The other great benefit is the affordability.
Advanced Elderly Services allowed substantial flexibility over the days and hours when the caregivers are present, allowing the client to maintain their independence at a fraction of the cost of assisted living facilities, nursing homes and other agencies that can not keep up with the demands and services needed to seniors living independently at home.
The client’s control over days and hours are a must to ensure flexibility in the care plan schedule.
With our success come growth…
In the coming months, Shawn will expand the business to North and South New Jersey and also New York City.
Advanced Elderly Services will expand services to New York City to serve the Manhattan area and open an additional office in the region – which then will became our corporate headquarters.
We will establish a franchising program, which will allow for rapid expansion into new cities and allow more seniors to receive the benefits of the Advanced Elderly Service methodology.
Though our agency is small but growing, we are staying the course on what has made us a success, putting our clients first and providing quality caregivers as a standard.
Call your local Advanced Elderly Service office today at: 610-352-6611 or email us to start a service plan as soon as possible to initialize a need assessment visit. Contact us toady
Our Mission
To ensure a better quality of life for our elderly clients and their families by providing dependable and affordable senior in-home care services. We are a trusted and respected homecare services agency that focuses on the care of our clients, which we take a responsible role in supporting our elderly clients, their families, our staff, employees, general contractors and our community.
Our Vision
Is to be your community’s leading senior in-home care agency, setting a very focused standard of core values in senior care and customer service for our clients and their families.
We bring you an effective in-home senior care solution
Our caregivers are available to provide your loved one round the clock coverage 24/7, as long as our caregivers can sleep for eight hours per night, with out sleep deprivation and receive appropriate break-time schedules. Live-in senior care at home can be provided for a minimum of three consecutive days, up to seven days per week securely.
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