The Bayada Home Health Care office in Frisco looks like a typical office there are desks, computers, printers, copy machines. One room, however, is a little different. Instead of a workstation, it holds a bed, complete with pillows, comforter and a stuffed animal. There's a nightstand with a lamp, a box of tissues and glasses, and a closet in the far corner.

This isn't a room for employees looking for a nap after lunch, it's a training center. Bayada, a national organization, is bringing home health care services to Summit and Eagle counties. Its Frisco office, opened in January, plans to offer nursing care and assisted care services to people within the mountain community.

We want to try to help everybody in our little mountain area here, said Diane Ream, Bayada office director.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Bayada originated in 1976 and has since grown to include more than 250 offices in 25 states.

Maybe they have mobility issues, or they have memory care issues, or they're very elderly and just need a little bit of help, we do all that, Ream said.

Much of the care given by the nurse's aids is for activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing and meal preparation. They can also assist in transportation, bringing clients to and from appointments, both medical or errand-related, such as to a hairdresser.

Skilled level of care is available from the nurses, who might be called to sit up overnight with an elderly relative, perform procedures such as an IV infusion or simply provide end-of-life care.

All of our services happen in the client's home, wherever their home might be, Ream said. Even if they're here vacationing and are in a condo, or in a hotel, and they need us, we can go there.

While the focus of Bayada's Frisco office is primarily Summit and Eagle county residents, people on vacation can also benefit from home service care, Ream said. It could be anything from lending transportation for a wheelchair-bound relative to assisting with care of broken bones or illness in general.

There is no other private-duty home care up here and there are no nursing homes or assisted living facilities, she explained. So what do you do when you've moved up here to the beautiful mountains and you find yourself convalescing, or getting a little up there in years, and maybe you or a loved one needs some help? What do you do? We didn't want anybody to have to move all the way back to Denver. ... We wanted it to be something that people could have up here and since there was none, that's what we're here for, to provide that need.

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Health care at home in Summit County