Home Care for Seniors in Dartmouth, Middleboro, Mattapoisett, Acushnet, Fairhaven, New Bedford, Westport, Freetown, and surrounding areas.
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At Cranberry Home Care, we pride ourselves on offering the very best in-home care. We serve clients in New Bedford, making their daily lives easier and increasing the number of things they can accomplish throughout their day with just a bit of help from our professional caregivers.
We know it is important to you that your loved one remains in their home with their belongings and memories, rather than an assisted living facility and therefore we make this possible.
Dealing with a family member who is aging can be difficult to navigate. However, do not fear. You are not alone. Cranberry Home Care is here to help.
Cranberry Home Care’s Caregivers provide the following services:
When you begin contacting home care agencies in New Bedford you need to make sure they have experience managing the exact type of senior care your loved one needs.
Cranberry Home Care has been providing a wide variety of home care services in New Bedford for almost 10 years.
Ask specific questions about how their caregivers manage things like mobility, medication prompting, emergency situations, and the frequency in which they update you on how your loved one is doing.
Also, ask how often they will supervise their caregivers and what procedures you should follow if you need backup care or are dissatisfied with how care is being provided.
Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Connecticut to the southwest and Rhode Island to the southeast, New Hampshire to the northeast, Vermont to the northwest, and New York to the west. The capital of Massachusetts is Boston, which is also the most populous city in New England. It is home to the Greater Boston metropolitan area, a region influential upon American history, academia, and industry. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing and trade, Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution. During the 20th century, Massachusetts’s economy shifted from manufacturing to services. Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade. (WIKIPEDIA)
The New Bedford Council On Aging was Established in 1969 by City Ordinance in Accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40 Section 8B of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
The Council provides and coordinates Services to assist area elderly residents. Additional programs and services are developed as new needs emerge. The Council exists to enhance and enrich the Quality of life for Seniors.
Council programs are funded by the City Of New Bedford, Executive Office of Elder Affairs and Community Development Block Grants, Title III Grants and through the support of Volunteers.
Here are pages that will assist you in knowing what the Council on Aging has to offer:
Our caregivers are located all over the Freetown area. Our primary office is located in Middleboro.
New Bedford,
Massachusetts
Take Mill St and Kempton St to MA-140 N
6 min (1.4 mi)
Follow MA-140 N to County St in Lakeville. Take exit 12 from MA-140 N
11 min (12.2 mi)
Take Highland Rd and MA-105 N to E Grove St in Middleborough
14 min (8.0 mi)
Cranberry Home Care
43 E Grove St Suite 4, Middleborough, MA 02346
New Bedford (Massachusett: Accushnet[3]) is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the South Coast region. Up through the 17th century, the area was the territory of the Wampanoag Native American people. English colonists bought the land on which New Bedford would later be built from the Wampanoag in 1652, and the original colonial settlement that would later become the city was founded by English Quakers in the late 17th century. The town of New Bedford itself was officially incorporated in 1787.
During the first half of the 19th century, New Bedford was one of the world’s most important whaling ports.[4] At its economic height during this period, New Bedford was the wealthiest city in the world per capita. New Bedford was also a center of abolitionism at this time. The city attracted many freed or escaped African-American slaves, including Frederick Douglass, who lived there from 1838 until 1841.[5] The city also served as the primary setting of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel, Moby-Dick. From 1876 to 1900, New Bedford served as the initial home port for the Revenue Cutter School of Instruction, the precursor of the United States Coast Guard Academy.[6]
As of the 2020 United States Census,[7] New Bedford had a population of 101,079, making it the state’s ninth-largest city and the largest of the South Coast region. The city is also known for its high concentration of Portuguese Americans. New Bedford remains known for its fishing fleet and accompanying seafood industry, which as of 2019 generated the highest annual value of any fishing port in the United States.[8] The city is also home to the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
New Bedford is located at 41°39′06″N 70°56′01″W (41.651803, −70.933705).[39] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 24.1 square miles (62.5 km2). Of the total area, 20.0 square miles (51.8 km2) is land, and 4.1 square miles (10.7 km2), or 17.13%, is water.[40] New Bedford is a coastal city, a seaport, bordered on the west by Dartmouth, on the north by Freetown, on the east by Acushnet and Fairhaven, and on the south by Buzzards Bay. From New Bedford’s northern border with Freetown to the Buzzards Bay coast at Clark’s Point the distance is approximately 14 miles (23 km). Across New Bedford east to west is a distance of about 2 miles (3.2 km). The highest point in the city is an unnamed hill crossed by Interstate 195 and Hathaway Road west of downtown, with an elevation greater than 180 feet (55 m) above sea level.[41]
New Bedford Harbor, a body of water shared with Fairhaven, is actually the estuary of the Acushnet River where it empties into Buzzards Bay. The river empties into the bay beyond Clark’s Point, the southernmost point of the city. To the west of Clark’s Point is Clark’s Cove, which extends landward approximately one and a half mile from the bay. Just south of Palmer’s Island, beginning near Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven, lies a two-mile-long hurricane barrier, constructed in the 1960s to protect the inner harbor where the fishing fleet anchors. Along with Palmer’s Island, the city also lays claim to Fish Island and Pope’s Island. Between these two islands lies one of the three sections, the central section, of the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge. The central span, a swing bridge, connects the two islands as well as allowing boats and ships passage to the upper harbor. Two conventional bridges connect each of the islands to the nearest mainland, Fish Island to New Bedford and Pope’s Island to Fairhaven. In addition to the harbor, there are several small brooks and ponds within the city limits.
Paul Cuffee, a merchant and ship’s captain of Native and African (Ashanti of Ghana) origin, was born in nearby Cuttyhunk and settled in Westport, Massachusetts. Many of his ships sailed out of New Bedford.
Lewis Temple was an African-American blacksmith who invented the toggle iron, a type of toggling harpoon, which revolutionized the whaling industry and enabled the capture of more whales. There is a monument to Temple in downtown New Bedford.
In 1838, Frederick Douglass, the runaway slave who became a famous abolitionist, settled in New Bedford. He writes in detail about the life and times of New Bedford in the late 1840s in his celebrated autobiography.[112][113][114] A historic building and monument dedicated to Douglass can be found today at the Nathan and Polly Johnson properties. Frederick Douglass was not the only fugitive slave or freedman to see New Bedford as a welcoming place to settle. New Bedford had a small but thriving African-American community during the antebellum period. It was the home of a number of members of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, an American Civil War regiment which fought, with considerable distinction, to preserve the Union. The 54th Massachusetts was the first regiment in the country’s history formed entirely by African-American troops (who served with white officers). The most famous of these soldiers was William Harvey Carney, who made sure that the American flag never touched the ground during the Union assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, near Charleston. There is an elementary school in New Bedford named in his honor.
Patrick Cunningham was an Irish immigrant who lived in New Bedford. He was an inventor known for building a torpedo which he later fired down a street in the city.[115]
Bishop “Sweet Daddy” Grace, native of Brava, Cape Verde, was a New Bedford resident who founded the United House of Prayer for All People, one of the largest African-American sects in America. He is buried in New Bedford.
