By Passing Experts To Save The Household Money

Seniors can become frustrated and call in a trade professional to fix a house hold problem. Often the problem has a simple solution and an extra pair of hands will correct it. Reducing service calls to trade professionals can keep more money in the household.

The senior becomes frustrated with water backing up in to the kitchen sink. The drain has been slow for a few weeks. The senior would like to call a plumber in to correct this today. Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com staff discuss the way liquid plumber gel can unclog a sink. The senior agrees to try the unclogging gel. Staff retrieve the liquid plumber from the store and apply to the clog. The drain flows and the kitchen sick does not collect water anymore.

The senior becomes frustrated because the over the kitchen table flourscent light is out despite getting new bulbs. The bulbs are about three feet long, and awkward to place in the connecting rings on the end. The senior would like to call and electrician right now, cause the light is inoperable. Staff place the flourscent tube near the bracket ends and gently turn until the flourscent tube lights up. The kitchen table area is now receiving light from the flourscent bulbs.

The phones do not have a dial tone. The senior would like to have the company send a service technician over right away. The Home Care Path staff open the phone box on the exterior of the house and plug in one of the phones and get a dial tone. This indicates the house is getting phone service and the problem is with one of the phones. The staff unplug all the phones in the home from thier wall jacks. The staff systematically plug the phones back in checking for dial tones. Once the phone that prevents all from having a dial tone is discovered, it is discarded as the broken phone. The rest of the phones are plugged back in to the wall jacks and the phone system works.

These three brief examples indicate how Home Care Path staff can help reduce the addition of unnecessary expense to the house hold.