Care Connections owner Chris Duggan has always enjoyed working with the elderly. While working as a physical therapist, her elderly patients were her favorites.
When her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, she needed a lot of help. She was in chemotherapy for a year.
“She wasn’t able to understand what the doctors were saying to her,” said Duggan, who lives in Red Bank. “I realized from a family member’s perspective how much we needed a better support system for the elderly.”
So Duggan decided to start Care Connections, which provides for families or individuals different aspects of support including medical advocacy, help with legal issues such as wills or power of attorney, financial assistance and social and emotional support.
“Caregiving is one of the hardest things a family member will do and it takes an emotional toll on you,” said Duggan. “You can call this one person/company [Care Connections], and I have a network of resources I work with that I will pull in to meet that person’s needs.”