Specht is one of the founders of the company and is chairwoman of the board. She said she and colleagues from the department of nursing at University Hospitals joined forces to find a way to improve care of the elderly in and around Iowa City as well as improve their daily lives. While services are primarily aimed at elderly people living at home, they can be delivered to people living in senior housing or residential care facilities if patients or their families want them delivered. In addition, Home Safe offers customized services that can include more frequent visits, grocery shopping, and diagnosis and treatment of minor illnesses. Home Safe Home Safe requires the clients pay an annual fee for the type of service they select.
Fees depend on the levels of service the clients or their families choose.
It began officially operating last month. The process began with giving questionnaires to area seniors to find out what kinds of services they would like to have. What Specht and the others discovered was that there was a range of needs in the community. Some seniors said they would like to have help to ensure that they take their medications correctly. Others indicated they wanted personalized health promotion programs.