About us
Hands-on practice for the family members and friends who help someone stand, walk, climb steps and get around the home.
If you help someone move, you are part of the plan. A visit with a care partner covers how to guide a step, a transfer or a walk without hurting your own back, what to encourage and what to leave alone, and what to do when something goes wrong.
You help a family member stand, walk, climb steps or get in the car
You worry about hurting your back or theirs
You are not sure what to do when a fall happens or when they stop mid-step
You want to know what to encourage and what to let them do alone
Chair, bed and toilet seat, with your hands in the right places and your back protected.
Where to stand, what to say and how much to help on a walk, a curb or the stairs.
Getting in and out of the car, and moving through doors and tight spaces.
What to check, when to call 911 and how to help someone up only when it is safe.
Caregiver training usually happens inside the patient's own visits. Come to as many as you like.
What you help with each day, what worries you and what has already gone wrong.
Your therapist shows each skill, then you try it with the person you help while they watch.
Furniture, stairs and the car vary. We change the technique so it fits yours.
A short routine and a list of when to call us, your doctor or 911.
Each therapist is licensed in Pennsylvania. The license lines are at the foot of every page.
Physical Therapist, practice director
Started Bearing so that people with Parkinson's, stroke and MS would have one place to keep working at it. Completed the LSVT BIG course through LSVT Global, and teaches caregiver training.
Physical Therapist
Works with adults after a stroke on walking, balance and using the arm and hand in everyday tasks, and shows care partners how to help at home.
Physical Therapist
Sees adults after a stroke and people who worry about falling, and helps families make the home easier to move around in.
What the person you help needs, how they change, how you are doing and what the plan of care allows. A care partner's time usually happens inside the patient's visits. Ask the front desk how your plan handles it.
We bill many kinds of plans, and we give anyone paying without insurance a written estimate before care starts. The front desk checks your benefits before your first visit.
How fees workCall your doctor first, or 911 in an emergency, for a fall with a head injury, a person who cannot get up, sudden weakness or confusion, or chest pain. Look after your own back too, and talk with your own doctor if it hurts. We do not diagnose, and we do not advise on medicines. We work alongside your physician and write to them when your plan changes.
No. Friends, neighbors and paid helpers are welcome too. Bring whoever helps.
Sometimes. Practice goes further with the person there. Call the front desk and we will tell you what fits.
Caregiver training usually happens inside the patient's visits. If you want a visit of your own, we explain how fees work and give a written estimate first.