1 Aging in Place | All About Home Care

From Answers For Elders Radio Network by Suzanne Newman

November 15, 2025 · 16 min · Episode 1524

About this episode

Meghan Phelan discusses the importance of personalized care plans in home care for seniors.

Meghan Phelan, owner of Granny NANNIES of Miami, joins Suzanne Newman on the Answers for Elders podcast to talk about multiple facets of aging in place. In this segment, Meghan talks about home care agencies, including Granny NANNIES. Meghan says, "ADLs are those basic personal care, five things: showering/bathing, toileting, ambulation walking, feeding spoon-to-mouth, and dressing. Those are the five ADLs. But [home care] is bigger than that. When you're calling the right home care agency, they should be setting up a care plan with you, and going detail-by-detail the house dynamics. Who lives in the house? are there pets? Do we need to walk the pets? What kind of personal care do you prefer? So we go through even a kitchen – Who's cooking? What kind of meals do you like? – so, yes, we do those five ADLs, and they are trained to do that through state programs. However, what's more important is that personalized care plan. It's that 1-to-1 touch that you're getting when you set up the care plan. And then the big one is the personalities. Who gets along with who?" Meghan Phelan brings 18 years of experience in the elder care industry to her role as owner of Granny NANNIES of South…

People in this episode

Host: Suzanne Newman

Guest: Meghan Phelan

Topics covered

aging in place
home care
personalized care
elder care
activities of daily living

Keywords

aging in place
home care agencies
ADLs
personal care plan
elder care

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Granny NANNIES, University of Central Florida

Places: Miami, Orlando