Assessment confirmed! We settled on 10am tomorrow 11/21
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM Gigi Sportelli <giulia.sportelli@thekey.com>
wrote:
> Hello St. Louis!
>
> The below Opportunity is ready for an assessment! An intake call has
> already been conducted. Please contact the caller to introduce yourself and
> confirm the assessment date/time.
>
> **Please confirm the CSM completing assessment. **
>
> Requested Assessment Date and Time: Friday 11/21 1PM
>
> Client Name: Leo Lada
>
> Contact: Barbie Porter
>
> Phone: (314) 583-1958
>
> Referral Account: SSM Health at Home
>
> SF LINK:
> https://homecareassistance.lightning.force.com/lightning/r/Opportunity/006UH00000WACS8YAP/view
>
> Range Quoted: $36-$40
>
> Home Address: 170 Stage Coach Landing Drive St. Peters, Missouri 63376
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/170+Stage+Coach+Landing+Drive+St.+Peters,+Missouri+63376?entry=gmail&source=g>
>
> Weekly Hours: 12-20
>
> Duration of Care: 1-6 Months
>
> ANTICIPATED SOC: Within 2 weeks
>
> Client Notes:
>
> Leo is 92 and is diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer that has
> metastasized to his bones. He is still undergoing cancer treatment, and
> this will likely end in December. They are unclear if he will be placed on
> hospice at that time, but Barbie believes it will be time soon.
>
> This is wearing very heavily on Barbie as she helps support her mother and
> brother when she can, since they are both unable to properly care for Leo
> on their own. Their son Tommy is 62 and lives with them, he got very sick
> when he was little and has various disabilities that require him to have
> his own aide (provided through Medicaid) he has a speech impediment, and is
> mobility impaired.
>
> Leo also has dementia, which is very frustrating for Mary Ann. They will
> need someone to help get him up, cleaned up, make sure he brushes his
> teeth, and does some range of motion exercises while they are with him.
> They use a gait belt since he is unable to ambulate independently. He
> previously broke both hips and a leg, and due to the dementia was resistant
> to the PT exercises and lost his ability to walk. He is in a wheelchair
> most of the day, if not in bed.
>
> He is never really hungry, but they will try to get him to go to the table
> in the kitchen to eat when they can. He has lost a lot of weight over the
> last few years (currently about 140lbs) because of this, so they give him
> protein shakes every day. He is hard to prompt for personal care and is
> resistant to going into the bathroom after a bad fall once. Leo is
> incontinent and regularly makes a mess in his bed. They have a bedside
> commode that they will start using.
>
> Mary Ann gets very frustrated because she doesn't understand the condition
> and she will yell at him when he is showing resistance. She manages his
> medications and meals, and does all housekeeping for now. Barbie notes that
> Mary Ann has been resistant to having someone in the home because it is
> hard for her to give up these household duties, but understands it is time
> for some extra help.
>
> He does have a permanent catheter that will need emptying, and they have
> home health from SSM who visits every 3 weeks for catheter maintenance.
>
> Proposed schedule will ideally be 20h/week, but she thinks mom will only
> allow about 12h to start. Anything to get in and get working will be
> helpful. They have had an HHA in the past and were paying $36/h, ok to
> privately pay.
>
> Assessment tomorrow, 11/21 at 1PM
>
> *Gigi Sportelli*
> Lead Homecare Advisor
> Direct :: 786-796-6527
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