By Madison White Franks
Amoree Home Care recently opened in the Rappahannock Crossing Shopping Center, 2324 Greys Point Road, Topping.
Owners Latricia Hudnall and Yolanda Churchill had a dream to allow people to have choice in their medical care, especially if they can have the choice to stay home. Amoree provides personal home care services to patients allowing them to live comfortably in their own homes.
Hudnall and Churchill indicated the patients will be cared for by a loving and professional staff who has been trained above and beyond to accommodate their individual needs.
Hudnall and Churchill are both from Lancaster County and have known each other for years. In 2006, they received their license practical nurse (LPN) certification together.
Combined the two women have over 45 years of experience in nursing. They each started out as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) and throughout their career, they have both held management positions.
“We started this business because we are compassionate for long-term care and geriatrics,” said Hudnall.
Their mission is to provide personal and individualized quality home care to residents in need throughout their service areas of the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula.
Hudnall and Churchill are certified in the Commonwealth of Virginia with the Virginia Department of Health.
Amoree offers assistance in preparing meals, accompanying patients to doctor visits, reminding patients to take medication, shopping for groceries, running errands, doing laundry and linens, socializing, awaking patients for overnight care, keeping seniors safe, providing respite care for families, bathing and dressing, addressing incontinence care/toileting and assisting in mobility.
Also, managing behaviors, using specialized equipment, providing couple care, providing advanced care management, providing supplemental hospice support services, acquiring prescriptions, reporting and recording information relevant to care and pursuing activities of daily living.
Home care benefits are available through Medicaid, self-pay and many insurance carriers. Amoree services are available 24 hours a day.
“Everything is from the heart,” said Churchill.
