Koved Care provides comprehensive Care Manager and Private-Duty Home Care Services for Clients in recovery from alcohol or drug addiction. We help Clients succeed in and remain in recovery.

We serve the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Westchester County and Fairfield County, Connecticut.


Our Services

Specialized private duty sober-coaches: Koved Care provides comprehensive private duty home care services for clients with alcohol or drug addiction issues who require individual support in order to succeed in recovery. The activities of the sober-coaches are focused on providing supportive companionship, encouragement and an empathic ear to help clients remember and use the tools they have learned in the course of their treatment. Sober-coaches also provide shift-by-shift documentation, and communicate regularly with the care manager and other members of the care team. Sober-coaches do not provide psycho-therapy or any other licensed services.

Based on direction from the care manager, sober-coaches can:

  • Assist in researching and arranging recreational, educational or vocational activities as appropriate to the client’s interests and condition.
  • Meet with the client before, during and/or after their work-day.
  • Accompany the client to professional or social events, and for business or leisure travel.
  • Transport clients to and from day treatment, doctors appointments or 12-step meetings.
  • Provide all customary assistance with activities of daily living, errands, light housekeeping and meal preparation, if required.  Please Note:  in compliance with state regulations, services in New York State and Connecticut exclude hands-on assistance with activities of daily living, ambulation, transfers, etc.
  • Ensure compliance with medications as prescribed, and supervise random testing.

Our sober-coaches have specific addiction treatment training and experience. Sober-coaches are typically Psych Tech’s, LVN’s, CNA’s or Aides with AOD certification, and several years of acute and/or community-based addiction treatment experience. Some part-time staff may be pursuing graduate Psychology, MFT, LCSW or other counseling-related degrees.

All of our sober-coaches are our employees. They undergo extensive criminal background, reference and health screening. They are bonded and insured, and are subject to random drug testing

We believe that it is extremely important to match care givers who fit the needs, personality and style of living of each individual client. We avoid changes in staffing and schedules unless requested by the client.

Specialized Care Management: Koved Care provides comprehensive care management for clients with drug or alcohol addiction isssues who require individual support in order to succeed in recovery. We provide qualified, professional supervision and care management. Specifically, the care manager will:
  • Coordinate with referring parties (treatment centers, MD’s, therapists, interventionists) to manage all aspects of care appropriate for the client’s needs, including safety, mental health, medical and social needs.
  • Develop and revise care plans based on individual goals, values, personal history, needs, and resources in concert with the primary treatment care providers.  Please note: We refer to licensed agencies for Nursing Assessments in New York State and Connecticut.
  • Serve as an advocate and coordinator of care with other agencies or professionals, including doctors, therapists, interventionists, etc.
  • Interview, train, and supervise sober-coaches.
  • Prepare records or treatment summaries.
  • Help the client and their family evaluate, and choose among multiple options for care.
  • Assist when a change in care is required.

We have a multi-disciplinary team of care managers, including RN's and licensed mental health professionals.   Our lead psychiatric care manager, Neil Liebert, is a Marriage and Family Therapist with 20 years of acute in-patient and community-based social rehabilitation experience.  The latter best describes the style and purpose of our coaching activities relative to the addiction-recovery client base.  While Neil functions as lead care manager for most addiction clients, he is backed up by our RN care managers.

We include RN's on psych care management teams because they have have medical training and experience that enables them to identify and rapidly seek treatment for subtle changes in medical status or drug interactions.  By responding early, we are often able to obtain office-based treatment, which avoids the disruption and exposure of emergency room visits and re-hospitalization. Numerous studies show that clients with care managers have fewer emergency room visits and hospitalizations.

 

How we work with you.

We do not charge for introductory consultations, but a Koved Care care manager is required for all addiction recovery cases. Upon being retained to provide care management services, the care manager will consult with the referring party and the key treatment team members in order to determine the most appropriate and useful way to initiate contact with the client. Following an initial assessment meeting with the client, the care manager will recommend a series of action steps to complete assessment, care planning, housing recommendations (if applicable), staffing recommendations, or inpatient treatment recommendations. Upon acceptance of the care plan, the care manager will assign or recruit staff to the case and Koved Care will initiate those services. If indicated, the care manager will research, recommend and arrange for in-patient treatment or intervention services.

We can tailor any combination of care management and private duty sober-coach support that is most helpful for the client. Services are available on a part-time, full-time, live-in or on-call basis.