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Happier At Home provides in-home senior care in many settings throughout Whittier, CA & the surrounding areas. Our team of dedicated in-home caregivers and care advocates can assist with light laundry & housekeeping, meal preparation & shopping, transportation & errands, companionship & mental stimulation, medication reminders & immunizations, and more.
Every individual’s circumstances are unique, so we customize care plans specifically tailored to support each client and carefully match them with a caregiver best suited to their needs. We provide service in private homes and apartments, independent & assisted living communities, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and rehabilitation centers throughout Whittier, CA.
What Makes Happier At Home The Best In-Home Care Solution for Your Family?
Happier at Home provides more than elder care, our services are available to everyone. We provide specialized care for a diverse range of clients, including the disabled, seniors, and those suffering from Alzheimer’s & Dementia.
Our patients are happier and healthier at home. Our families have peace of mind.
*Ask us about coverage through long-term care insurance policies and veterans’ benefits.
Toby and Dana Porter have been in the pharmacy business collectively for over 40 years. They currently own So Cal Pharmacy Group with four retail pharmacy locations in southern California.
Their pharmacy family has been asked numerous times over the years for recommendations on home care services. As the local provider of home medical equipment in Whittier through Bright Plaza Pharmacy, Toby and Dana felt that branching out into the home care companion service industry was a very necessary growth of their family business. Their patients trust them for the highest level of customer care and Toby and Dana will continue to provide this superior care into the home setting.
So many families today do not know where to turn with their questions and need assistance keeping their loved ones in their homes. There are many incredible facilities in the community but often the loved one desires to stay in their home. Sometimes loved ones need a little help with medication management, going to the doctor, taking care of their homes and daily chores. They have seen this need and are committed to helping families and their loved ones maintain their independence for as long as possible.
Their Happier at Home division will allow them to provide in-home care for seniors and disabled, as well as providing comprehensive geriatric care management.
Dana Porter is a business-woman by education and a pharmacy owner by experience. She was educated at USC and has a degree in Business Management and Finance and received a MBA degree from Pepperdine University. She, along with her husband, Toby, and pharmacist partners, own a chain of four community pharmacies in Southern California. These pharmacies range in size from 1,500 square feet to 3,000 square feet and include USPS sub-stations, UPS Drop Off Stations, Amazon locker locations, Hallmark, home medical equipment and gift boutiques. She has been working in the pharmacy business for over 20 years. In those years, she has negotiated purchases, sales, acquisitions, build outs and remodels of multiple pharmacies, as well as created and implemented concepts to increase front end sales and gross margins. She has also taught Business Management as Adjunct faculty at USC’s Pharmacy School’s Community Pharmacy Elective. She currently runs all the operations of the four independent community pharmacies she owns and makes sure all of her pharmacies are current on technology trends to stay on top of the changing pharmacy environment.
Recognizing the changes in the healthcare industry, Dana is excited to move into the Home Companion Care Space as a Board Certified Patient Advocate and assist patients with her knowledge and expertise of over 20 years in the healthcare industry.
Dana currently serves on the WSPC Pharmacy Buying Group Board of Directors and is an Amerisource Bergen Elevate Advisory Board Member. She also has served on numerous boards and committees in her local community and is an active member of the Whittier Chamber of Commerce.
More about Dana: In her free time, Dana enjoys yoga, walking, reading and spending time with her husband and two boys.
Toby’s wide range of capabilities built over 25 years of pharmacy industry experience provides our team a deep reservoir of knowledge with which to serve clients. His skillset includes certification as a licensed pharmacy technician, certified orthotic fitter, home medical equipment specialist, and pharmacy manager. This exceptional breadth of professional expertise translates to great efficiency in helping patients receive the answers they seek, relief from symptoms they may be experiencing, or navigation through a complex healthcare system.
As the medical field has become increasingly digital with online services, Toby not only follows these trends, he is a leader. He oversees all technology, installations, IT, and repairs for the So Cal Pharmacy Group. He consistently seeks the path that combines the positives of digital medicine with the invaluable person-to-person care with which he is intimately familiar from his professional training in a traditional pharmacy environment.
As a business merchant and a family man raising sons in Whittier, it’s important to Toby that he and his staff be a reliable community-based health resource. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, they co-directed over 20 local clinics, vaccinating the local Whittier community, as well as partnered with the East Whittier City School District to provide weekly COVID-19 antigen testing for unvaccinated employees. This partnership allowed Toby to directly impact his local community, giving back, and ensured the district’s return to learn protocols went over smoothly.
Toby is energized and inspired to extend his expertise of home medical equipment and senior care into the At Home Companion Care space where his passion for people and management can thrive.
Happier at Home is the perfect solution for seniors that need support to maintain independence in their place of residence, no matter where they call home.
We are dedicated to improving the lives of our clients by providing compassionate, one-on-one senior care in the comfort of their homes.
