<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=43Mq5j_19u2Ue0l00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=43Mq5j_19u2Ue0l00" width="1779" height="1164" ><figcaption>Lydia Tully-Coe, Ph.D., is the owner of the Visiting Angels franchise in greater Tucson. Brittany Harvey, right, director of operations, was Tully-Coe’s first hire, as a caregiver, 18 years ago. (Dave Perry / Submitted)</figcaption></figure>A locally owned senior home care business has tripled its space, allowing creation of a caregiver training center.Lydia Tully-Coe, Ph.D., who has owned the Visiting Angels franchise at 7464 N. La Cholla for 18 years, said a caregiver training program and dedicated facility have been in her plans for several years.In May 2024, Tully-Coe bought a nearby, 3,300-square-foot space at 7580 N. La Cholla. “It took a little time” before her husband and general contractor, Martin Coe, renovated that space for administrative offices. The move-in was celebrated with an open house in early March.Now, Visiting Angels is ready to build out a caregiver training center in its original, 1,762-square-foot building. “We simply outgrew the space,” said Monica Smith, director of marketing and community relations for the company.“I’m excited about our growth,” Tully-Coe said. “I’ve committed a dedicated space, and it’s a big commitment. We’ve got to get the training center going. Corporate is very excited.”At the corporate level, Visiting Angels has curricula designed to train people in advanced caregiving.“There are a lot of applicants who don’t have experience” helping people with dementia and memory care needs, Tully-Coe said. So many of Visiting Angels’ clients have some form of dementia, and their families expect proper care, she continued. “When the center is open, we will have the ability to train people who don’t have that experience.”Brittany Harvey, Visiting Angels’ director of operations, explained three different tiers for training — 20 hours of basic care education, 40 hours of “more involved” dementia and memory care training and 75 hours for palliative care education.“They have the heart,” Harvey said. “We want to give them the tools.” Visiting Angels is “making sure whoever we would hire, we would trust them caring for our own parents.”Tully-Coe was drawn to in-home care when her own mother had a stroke. “We became her caregivers,” she said of her family. Eventually, they looked for help, and found Visiting Angels. Now, she owns the franchise.The company has 10 administrative staff, and about 150 caregivers serving a similar number of clients. “The number changes” constantly, Harvey said. That week, Visiting Angels conducted nine assessments of people needing help. Clients might require 24-hour care, or temporary help with the “activities of daily living” (ADL) such as housekeeping, respite for family caregivers, errands, shopping, “joyful companionship,” meal preparation, whatever is needed so they “remain as independent as possible.”“All the things we take for granted,” Tully-Coe said. “Brushing their teeth, showering, toileting, laundry, meals. These services prevent people from going into hospitals.”Visiting Angels’ case managers assess physical, emotional, and mental needs. “We specialize in difficult clients,” Harvey said. “We want to educate families, and “really involve the potential client” in “what we can do, and how we can help them. It’s hard for adult children, when the roles get reversed.”Harvey was Tully-Coe’s first hire in 2008. She worked as a caregiver, became a scheduler, then office manager, and now directs operations. “She’s my right hand,” Tully-Coe said.A number of people working in Visiting Angels’ office began as caregivers, Tully-Coe said. “We’re very proud” of their career growth. “They understand what the clients need.”Visiting Angels serves clients across Southern Arizona, from SaddleBrooke to Green Valley, Sierra Vista to Tubac, and of course the Tucson metropolitan area. In 2022, it was named the Oro Valley Chamber’s Midsize Business of the Year. The franchise has been rated among the top 15% of Visiting Angels’ independent and locally owned franchises across the country.The website is visitingangels.com/Tucson.</div></body>

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A locally owned senior home care business has tripled its space, allowing creation of a caregiver training center. Lydia Tully-Coe, Ph.D., who has owned the Visiting Angels franchise at 7464 N. La Cholla for 18 years, said a caregiver training program and dedicated facility have been in her plans for several years.

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