PRESS RELEASE
For Release: September 2, 2014
Contact: Jennifer Welscher, cell: 502-500-3738
Submitted by: Katherine Autin, cell: 502-314-8307
TITLE: Louisville Company, FirstLight™ HomeCare Pioneers Specialized Home Care for Neurological Diseases.
Local Louisville company, FirstLight™ HomeCare has entered new territory by focusing its home care services on clients with Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Although there are hundreds of home care agencies in the Louisville metropolitan area and more putting their shingle up every day, not one took the advanced position of making the decision to specialize in the three key neurodegenerative diseases until FirstLight™took the lead. This company has not only taken the lead, but it stepped up again by providing the “trifecta” of expertise and training as part of its team. Over the last four years, under the guidance ofPresident & CEO, Walter “Dub” Newell, FirstLight™ has assembled a strong team of experts and trainers to take the company to the next level of home care.
The “trifecta” of experts includes Jennifer Welscher, its Multiple Sclerosis (MS) expert, JoAnna Bucher Weiss, its Alzheimer’s expert, and Katherine Autin, its Parkinson’s disease (PD) expert. Clients can be confident that their loved ones with these diseases will experience the best care because one of FirstLight’s™ mantras is that its home care staff will be trained on a quarterly basis and kept current by its team of experts.
Dub says that the priority of FirstLight™ is to offer every client its culture of care promise: “At FirstLight™ HomeCare, the genuine health and well-being of others is our greatest concern. We vow to provide first class personal service for our clients so that they may enjoy warmth, independence and relaxed comfort in their own home or any setting.”
This agency is accomplishing its culture of care promise by providing expert training for its staff on each of these neurological diseases and expert staff to help its clients journey through the complicated and frustrating transitions typical of these diseases.
To offer support to help families whose loved ones have PD, FirstLight™ is also announcingit is now hosting a monthly PD support group every second Thursday, beginning September 11th from 6-7:30 p.m. in its new office at 1400 Browns Lane, Suite C. This group will be exclusively for care partners, spouses, and family who care for someone with Parkinson’s. Katherine Autin, care partner for her husband who has PD and Parkinson’s expert, will facilitate the group. Call 502-632-0448 to let them know you would like to attend.
FirstLight™ has taken its first steps to the next level of home care. Stay tuned. There is more to come.
For more information about FirstLight™ HomeCare, call 502-632-0448 or visit its website at You can also check out our Facebook and LinkedIn pages.