Wellness Program in Dayton, OH
Ongoing support designed to promote overall health and daily well-being.
Whole-Person Support for Dayton Seniors at Home
Most home care covers the essentials. Bathing, meals, medication reminders, getting safely from the bedroom to the kitchen. Those hours keep a senior safe, but they do not fill a day.
Our Wellness Program in Dayton puts structure into the rest of that time. The same caregiver already in the home works on strength, memory, connection, and peace of mind, using a plan built around what your loved one actually wants back.
Why Dayton Families Add the Wellness Program
A wellness plan only works if the same person shows up to run it, and our caregiver turnover stays under 10%. We have provided home care in Dayton since 2009, with the same program running in Kettering and Centerville. It reflects what 1,000+ local families told us was missing from ordinary care hours.
- Included, not billed separately. Clients scheduled at least 12 hours a week get the full program at no additional cost.
- The plan is built in your home, not over the phone. Olivia Callicoat, our People Engagement Manager, runs the assessment and selects focus areas with the family present.
- A licensed nurse reviews it. The same in-home nurse visit that confirms the care plan also confirms the activities suit current mobility and cognition.
- Grounded in therapy practice. Activities follow physical and occupational therapy principles, not a generic activity calendar.
- You can confirm the visit happened. Caregivers clock in through a GPS-verified app, and our downtown Dayton office answers 24/7 if a shift is ever at risk.
- No contract. Fifteen years in business, BBB accredited, and winner of the 2019 BBB Eclipse Integrity Award, with no lock-in required to start.
The Four Pillars of Wellness at Lavender Home Care Solutions
Every plan draws from four areas. Most clients focus on one or two at a time rather than all four at once.
Physical Wellness
Physical wellness is what keeps a senior confident on the stairs and steady in the kitchen. Ohio winters undo it quickly. From November through March, many older adults here stop leaving the house, and the strength built over the summer goes with it.
Our caregivers keep the movement indoors:
- Exercise Programs: Seated and standing routines drawn from physical therapy practice, scaled to current ability and advanced only once the previous level becomes routine. For clients unsteady on stairs or in the bath, this runs alongside our fall prevention work.
- Healthy Meal Planning: Balanced meals planned around what your loved one will actually eat, with the caregiver handling shopping and prep during scheduled hours.
- Fluid Intake Monitoring: Tracking water and fluids through the day, which matters most for clients on diuretics or blood pressure medication.
Mental Wellness
A mind that stays busy holds onto routine longer. Activities are chosen for your loved one’s current level and adjusted quietly as that changes, which matters for clients also receiving Alzheimer’s and dementia care.
- Memory Games: Short daily brain games the caregiver plays alongside the client rather than handing over.
- Puzzle Books: Crosswords, sudoku, and word searches, with difficulty scaled down over time instead of dropped when it gets harder.
- Memory Journals: Guided reflection and reminiscence, which often becomes the part families keep long after care ends.
Social Wellness
Isolation does more damage than most families expect. It usually starts the day a parent stops driving, when the senior center, the church, and the weekly lunch all become someone else’s schedule.
- Caregiver Visits: The relationship itself. Consistency matters more here than any single activity.
- Senior Groups and Community Events: Programming around the area, from Dayton to Oakwood, runs a few hours a week. We build the schedule around the groups your loved one already values so those connections do not quietly lapse.
- Virtual Socialization: Setting up and sitting through video calls with family who moved out of state, so the call actually happens instead of staying on the to-do list.
This is close to what our companion care hours are built for, and the two work well together.
Emotional/Spiritual Wellness
Emotional peace and spiritual connection are personal, and we do not prescribe them. We make room for them.
- Belief Expression: Open conversation about faith, doubt, and what your loved one is working through, without an agenda.
- Religious Meetings or Services: Support attending services or group meetings that already matter to them, in person or streamed at home when getting out is not realistic.
- Other Forms of Expression: Art, journaling, music, or mindfulness practice, chosen by the client rather than assigned.
Our Process for Creating a Personalized Wellness Plan
Every plan starts in the home, not on a form.
1. The in-home assessment
Olivia or a care coordinator visits, often with a licensed nurse, and walks through daily routines room by room. Focus areas come out of that conversation.
2. Choosing focus areas
We pick one or two pillars to start. Trying to work all four at once is how plans get abandoned in the first month.
3. Selecting activities with the client
Your loved one chooses from the options in those pillars. A plan they did not agree to does not survive contact with a Tuesday afternoon.
4. Supplying the materials
Puzzle books, journals, exercise plans, and mindfulness resources come from us.
5. Building it into the schedule
Kelli Ruth, our Scheduling Coordinator, fits wellness time into the shift so it never competes with personal care tasks like bathing and dressing.
6. Regular follow-up
Check-ins and nurse visits update the plan as abilities change, in either direction.
Why the Program Follows Therapy Principles
The activities are not a recreation calendar with a nicer name. They apply working principles from physical and occupational therapy:
- Graded progression. A task is broken into steps and difficulty rises only after the previous step becomes routine. It is why puzzle difficulty moves down as easily as up.
- Meaningful occupation. Activity tied to something the person already cares about holds far longer than activity assigned for its own sake.
- Energy conservation. Sequencing the day so the demanding parts land when your loved one has the most left in the tank.
Caregivers are trained to apply these before they deliver the program. To be clear about scope, this is wellness support, not skilled therapy, and it does not replace a prescribed plan of care. Many clients run it alongside outpatient therapy after a discharge from Miami Valley Hospital or Kettering Health, particularly those receiving stroke care or Parkinson’s care at home.
Frequently Asked Questions About Our Wellness Program
Yes. The same program runs across Montgomery and Greene counties, including Beavercreek and Huber Heights, with no difference in what is included.
Yes, once your loved one is home and the care schedule is set. After a discharge from Miami Valley or Kettering Health, the program usually starts gently and builds as recovery allows.
Everything runs indoors. The physical pillar shifts to seated and standing work in the living room, and the social pillar leans on video calls and caregiver hours. Those months are the reason the program exists.
No. Center programming is a few hours a week, and it tends to stop entirely once driving stops. The Wellness Program covers the other days, at home.
Tell your care coordinator. If the schedule is at least 12 hours a week and there is room in the caregiver's routine without cutting essential tasks, we build it in. No separate paperwork.
Make the Care Hours Count for More
Care hours should do more than keep someone safe until the next shift. Whether your loved one already has a caregiver or you are still deciding where to start, one conversation covers what a wellness plan would look like for them.
Call 937-660-6901 or schedule a free in-home assessment. Our office answers around the clock, because worry does not keep business hours.
Contact Us
Lavender’s caring team is available 24/7 to take your call. Contact us to discuss our compassionate care services.
937 660 6901
31 S. Main Street Suite 384 Dayton, Ohio 45402
937 660 6903
