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2nd Family - Miami Lakes 2nd Family is an award-winning Florida senior home care business serving the areas of Aventura, Hollywood, Miami Lakes and Weston

09/02/2026

Thank you Overture Doral for hosting 2nd Family - Miami Lakes today for a Home Safety and Fall Prevention presentation! You have a beautiful community and your residents where very engaged! Looking forward to the next one already!

I want to send a BIG THANK YOU to the Miami Mom Collective | www.MiamiMomCollective.com for considering 2nd Family - Mia...
08/01/2026

I want to send a BIG THANK YOU to the Miami Mom Collective | www.MiamiMomCollective.com for considering 2nd Family - Miami Lakes for their small business grant! This organization is an amazing resource for our community and they put on amazing events year round! Please follow them!

🌟 Senior Tip of the Week 🌟Medicare does not pay for ongoing home care.Say it again for the families in the back.Medicare...
07/31/2026

🌟 Senior Tip of the Week 🌟

Medicare does not pay for ongoing home care.
Say it again for the families in the back.

Medicare covers home health services — skilled nursing visits, physical therapy — for a limited time after a qualifying hospital stay, under specific conditions. Once those conditions are met and the skilled need is resolved, coverage ends.

Long-term personal care — a caregiver helping your parent bathe, dress, eat, and manage daily life — is not a Medicare benefit.

It is private pay, long-term care insurance, VA benefits (if eligible), or Medicaid for those who qualify.

Most families discover this during a hospital discharge conversation. That is the worst possible time to learn it.

What to do right now:
✔ Pull out your parent's insurance cards and call the numbers on the back — ask specifically about home care benefits
✔ If they have long-term care insurance, locate the policy and read the trigger conditions
✔ If they're a veteran or veteran's spouse, look into Aid & Attendance (we've posted about this)
✔ If finances are a concern, ask us — we can help you think through options

The earlier you understand what's covered, the more options you have.
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Today is the International Day of Friendship.Here's the uncomfortable question: when did your parent last have a genuine...
07/30/2026

Today is the International Day of Friendship.

Here's the uncomfortable question: when did your parent last have a genuine conversation with a peer — someone their own age, who remembers the same world they came from, who doesn't need things explained?

Not a call to check if they took their medications.

Not a family dinner where they're the oldest person at the table by 40 years.
A real conversation. With a friend.

For many older adults — especially those who've lost a spouse, moved, or outlived their social circle — the honest answer is: a long time ago.

This is not a small problem. Social connection with peers is one of the most protective factors against cognitive decline, depression, and accelerated physical deterioration in adults over 70.

At 2nd Family, we take companionship seriously enough to screen for it in our caregiver hiring. We look for people who are genuinely curious about other humans — not just competent at tasks.

It's not a replacement for peer friendship. But it's presence. And presence matters more than we budget for in any care plan.

Happy International Day of Friendship. Call someone today. 💛

Please take a moment to vote for 2nd Family Home Care and Support Services. The link is in our BIO. I'm excited to share...
07/29/2026

Please take a moment to vote for 2nd Family Home Care and Support Services. The link is in our BIO.

I'm excited to share that 2nd Family Miami Lakes has been selected as a finalist for the Miami Mom Collective’s $3,000 Small Business Advertising Grant! Winning this grant would help us reach more South Florida families who need trusted, compassionate support for an aging loved one.

Every vote matters, and sharing this post would mean just as much; thank you for supporting our mission to help seniors remain safe, comfortable, and connected at home.

07/28/2026

I want to tell you about a goal I’ve set for 2nd Family.

Over the next three years, I want to help a thousand people.

Not a thousand clients. A thousand seniors, family members, and caregivers — people who needed someone to show up when it mattered most!

Most home care agencies are built with the owner at the top and caregivers near the bottom.The caregivers are the produc...
07/27/2026

Most home care agencies are built with the owner at the top and caregivers near the bottom.

The caregivers are the product. They are the care. They are the relationship. They are the reason a client trusts the agency with the most vulnerable parts of their daily life.

At 2nd Family, we built the org chart upside down.

That means:
✔ Caregivers are recruited, screened, and compensated like the professionals they are
✔ Their feedback about a client's condition is treated as clinical intelligence, not just notes
✔ When they flag a problem, we act on it the same day
✔ We back them up in difficult situations — including with difficult family members

Why does this matter to you as a family?
Because caregiver turnover is the number one quality problem in home care. When caregivers feel valued, they stay. When they stay, your family member gets consistency. When there's consistency, there's real care.
It starts with how we treat the people doing the work.

📞 Link in bio.

07/25/2026

How have you brightened someone’s day before? Share you story below!👇

JOB TITLE: ParentSTATUS: Never closedSALARY: $0BENEFITS: None listedHOURS: All of themREQUIREMENTS:— Must be available a...
07/24/2026

JOB TITLE: Parent
STATUS: Never closed
SALARY: $0
BENEFITS: None listed
HOURS: All of them

REQUIREMENTS:
— Must be available at 3am without complaint
— Must know the difference between a cry that means hunger and one that means fear
— Must remember every allergy, preference, fear, dream, and failure of another human being — for life
— Must give advice without being asked and hold back advice when asked
— Must love unconditionally, including during the years when it isn't returned

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: None. You figure it out as you go.
Today is Parent Appreciation Day.

At 2nd Family, we spend every day with people who held that job for 40, 50, 60 years. We see what it costs. We see what it built.

We also see something most people don't:
The hardest part of aging for many parents isn't the physical decline. It's watching their children worry. It's feeling like they've become the ones who need taking care of — after a lifetime of being the ones who did the taking care of.

The most loving thing you can do today isn't a card.
It's making sure they know that needing help doesn't change who they are to you.
They showed up for you without a job description.

Now it's your turn. 💛

1 in 5.By 2030, one in five South Florida residents will be over 65. Miami-Dade and Broward are already two of the faste...
07/22/2026

1 in 5.

By 2030, one in five South Florida residents will be over 65. Miami-Dade and Broward are already two of the fastest-aging counties in one of the fastest-aging states in the country.

Here's what that means in practical terms:
Home care agencies are going to get busier. The good ones — the ones with experienced caregivers, clinical oversight, and genuine relationships — are going to have limited availability.

We are a small, intentional agency. We do not scale for the sake of scaling. We take on new clients when we can serve them properly — not just when we have a slot to fill.

If you're thinking about care for a parent — even six months from now — the conversation worth having is now, not when you're in a crisis and the options have narrowed.

South Florida is aging. The infrastructure is not keeping pace.
We're here now. Reach out now.
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Address

7900 Oak Lane, Suite 200
Miami Lakes, FL
33014

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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