In-home senior care · Twenty years
Someone to look after them the way you would.
Flora's Nightingale places trained, hand-picked caregivers in the homes of older adults across the Poconos, New York City, Long Island and northern New Jersey. One caregiver, one family, for as long as it takes.
Flora answers the phone herself. Calls taken any hour.
Flora and one of her patients. Three years together, and counting.
20
years placing caregivers in private homes
4
regions served, from Milford to Manhattan
1:1
a consistent caregiver, not a rotating roster
24/7
hourly, overnight and live-in schedules
Care we provide
Most of it is ordinary. That is exactly the point.
Lunch made the way they like it. Pills taken on time. A steady arm to the mailbox. The work that keeps someone in their own home is small, daily and relentless. It is what we do.
Personal care and hygiene
Bathing, dressing, grooming and toileting, handled with patience and without fuss.
Meal preparation
Shopping, cooking and sitting down together. Diets followed, appetites noticed.
Medication reminders
Doses laid out and prompted on schedule, with anything missed reported to family.
Mobility and transfers
Safe help in and out of bed, chair and wheelchair. Walkers, rollators, stairs.
Companionship
Conversation, walks, card games, the radio on. The hours nobody bills for properly.
Light housekeeping
Laundry, dishes, linens and tidying, so the house stays a place they can manage.
Escort to appointments
Accompanied to the doctor, the clinic and the pharmacy, and notes brought home.
Overnight and live-in care
Someone in the house through the night, for wandering, falls or plain reassurance.
Respite for families
Cover for a weekend or a fortnight, so the family carer can stop for a while.
Dementia and memory care
The same face every day, a routine that holds, and calm when the day goes sideways.
Post-hospital recovery
The first weeks home after a stay or a fall, when going back in is the real risk.
Not sure what they need yet?
Most families don't. Call and talk it through. There's no charge for working it out.
About Flora
Twenty years of other people's mothers and fathers.
Flora Connelly has spent two decades in home care, first at the bedside, then building the small network of caregivers that became Flora's Nightingale Staffing. She still works shifts. She still knows every client by name and every caregiver personally, which is the only reason the matching works.
She is deliberate about size. Families are not passed to a call center; when you ring, you get Flora. Caregivers are people she has worked alongside, not names pulled off a register.
Families usually call at one of the darkest points in a life. What Flora and her caregivers bring into the house is a little light: company, dignity, and the sense that nobody is carrying it alone.
We treat our clients as our family.
Flora Connelly, founder
How it starts
One phone call, then a visit.
Nothing is signed on the first call. Most families ring at a bad moment: after a fall, before a discharge, or on the day they finally admit it isn't working. That call is free and you can make it now.
Call (917) 822-8195-
You call and describe the situation
Flora asks about the days, the diagnosis, the house and who else is helping. Twenty minutes, usually.
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She visits the home
Stairs, bathrooms, the state of the kitchen, how the day actually runs. You can't plan care over the phone.
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You meet the caregiver before they start
Matched on temperament as much as skill. If it isn't right, say so and we change it, no awkwardness.
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Care begins, and you hear how it went
Schedules flex as things change. Families out of state get told what happened, not left to guess.
Our caregivers, our clients
These are real shifts, not stock photography.
Every face here is one of our caregivers or one of the people they look after, photographed with permission.
Where we work
From the Delaware River to the East River.
The agency is based in Milford, Pennsylvania, and staffs homes across four regions. If you are just outside one of them, call anyway. Placement depends on the caregiver, not the county line.
Milford and the Poconos
Pike, Wayne and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania
New York City
Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs
Long Island
Great Neck and Nassau County
Northern New Jersey
Bergen, Passaic and Sussex counties
Questions families ask
The things people ring up to ask.
Usually at a bad moment, and usually in this order. If yours is not here, ring Flora and ask her.
What does Flora's Nightingale Staffing do?
Flora's Nightingale places trained, hand-picked caregivers in the homes of older adults, so someone can stay in their own house rather than move into a facility. Schedules run hourly, overnight or live-in, across the Poconos, New York City, Long Island and northern New Jersey.
What areas do you serve?
Four regions. Milford and the Poconos, meaning Pike, Wayne and Monroe counties in Pennsylvania. New York City, Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs. Long Island, around Great Neck and Nassau County. And northern New Jersey, in Bergen, Passaic and Sussex counties. If you are just outside one of them, call anyway. Placement depends on the caregiver, not the county line.
How much does in-home senior care cost?
It depends on how many hours you need and what the care involves, so the number comes after Flora has seen the house and understands how the days actually run. The first call costs nothing and nothing is signed on it.
How do I get started?
One phone call to (917) 822-8195. Flora asks about the days, the diagnosis, the house and who else is helping, usually about twenty minutes. Then she visits the home, you meet the caregiver before they start, and care begins.
Is the first call free?
Yes. Most families do not know yet what they need, and there is no charge for working it out. Nothing is signed on the first call.
Do you offer overnight or live-in care?
Yes. Hourly, overnight and live-in schedules, including someone in the house through the night for wandering, falls or plain reassurance.
Do you provide dementia and memory care?
Yes. The same face every day, a routine that holds, and calm when the day goes sideways.
Will my parent have the same caregiver every time?
Yes. One caregiver, one family, rather than a rotating roster. The consistency is the point, and it is the reason the matching is done carefully in the first place.
Can we meet the caregiver before they start?
Yes, always. Caregivers are matched on temperament as much as skill, and you meet yours before the first shift.
What if the caregiver is not the right fit?
Say so and it gets changed, with no awkwardness. Nobody is stuck with a match that is not working.
Do caregivers give medication?
They give reminders, not medication. Doses are laid out and prompted on schedule, and anything missed is reported to the family. Administering medication is a nurse's job rather than a caregiver's.
Do you help with bathing, dressing and toileting?
Yes. Personal care and hygiene is bathing, dressing, grooming and toileting, handled with patience and without fuss.
Do you help after a hospital stay or a fall?
Yes. The first weeks home after a stay or a fall are when going back in is the real risk, and it is one of the most common reasons families call.
Do you offer respite care for family caregivers?
Yes. Cover for a weekend or a fortnight, so the family carer can stop for a while.
Can a caregiver take my mother to appointments?
Yes. Accompanied to the doctor, the clinic and the pharmacy, with the notes brought home afterwards.
What housework is included?
Light housekeeping: laundry, dishes, linens and tidying, so the house stays a place they can manage. Shopping and cooking are included too, and meals are eaten together rather than left on a tray.
Do I have to go through a call center?
No. When you ring, you get Flora. She answers the phone herself and calls are taken any hour.
Who is Flora?
Flora Connelly has spent two decades in home care, first at the bedside and then building the small network of caregivers that became Flora's Nightingale Staffing. She still works shifts, and she knows every client by name and every caregiver personally.
Do you care for people in facilities, or only at home?
Private homes. The whole point of the work is keeping someone in their own house for as long as that is the right place for them.
Still not sure? Call (917) 822-8195. Flora answers the phone herself.
Call Flora. She'll pick up.
Tell her what's going on at home. If we're not the right fit she will say so, and point you somewhere that is.
(917) 822-8195Milford, PA 18337