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Senior Care Tips By the Room: Maintaining a Clean and Healthy Bathroom
One of the most impactful efforts that you make for your aging loved ones in the course of your senior care journey with them is helping them to maintain a clean and healthy home environment. The condition of their home can make a dramatic difference in their ongoing physical, mental, and emotional health and wellbeing, and is an important part of pursuing your senior [...]
Four of the Best Tablet Games for Elders Suffering from Memory Issues
Does your elder family member love playing with a tablet? If so, you may be able to turn it into a simple and fun way to improve upon their memory.
Elderly Care Tips: Healthy Activities to Combat the Thanksgiving Food Coma
Elderly Care in Cherry Hill, NJ One of the first things that comes to mind when many people think of Thanksgiving is the so-called "food coma" that happens at the end of the feast. After indulging in all of those favorite seasonal foods, and likely eating a bit more than you necessarily should have, you might feel groggy, tired, and just want to curl [...]
Applying Mobile Device Etiquette to Your Caregiver Journey
Caregivers in Mt. Laurel, NJ If you are like many family caregivers for elderly adults, you likely cannot imagine going a day without having your mobile devices. These devices, from your smartphone to your tablet, help you organize and stay connected throughout your caregiver journey, and make sure that you can keep up with not only your elderly loved ones, but also your children, [...]
Bedsores: Symptoms and Prevention
Home Health Care in Mt. Laurel, NJ When a senior who is receiving elderly care spends most of their time in bed or a wheelchair, bed sores, or pressure sores, may develop. Bed sores are wounds to the skin caused by prolonged pressure on the skin. They usually develop on boney places on the body, such as the heels, hips, tailbone, or ankles. [...]
Quarterly Speaker Series on November 5th
November 5, 2015 at 3 pm Please join AlzBetter in welcoming Tom and Karen Brenner of Brenner Pathways to our quarterly speaker series. AlzBetter is excited to bring their expertise, knowledge and perspective to the AlzBetter Team. Tom and Karen will speak about engagement techniques for people with dementia and building connections between the care recipient and care partner (family - professional or [...]
Senior Care Checklists: Winter Weather Preparation
Senior Care in Woolwich Township, NJ Fall weather has settled in everywhere, which means that the chill of winter is just around the corner. Depending on where you live, it could be only a matter of a few weeks until you start experiencing full-on winter weather, including very low temperatures, snow, and ice. These weather conditions could be a major hazard for you, your [...]
Elder Care Fun: Mother-in-Law Day
Elder Care in Mt. Laurel, NJ Every May families around the country take the time to celebrate the women who made the family possible and who continue to do whatever they can to take care of the people who they love. Mother's Day is a wonderful opportunity for you to tell your mother how much you love her, how much you appreciate everything [...]
Ask Annie Alzheimers
Dear Annie Alzheimers, I’m a caregiver who looks after an older gentleman with dementia who is confused and calls out for my entire shift. Why does he yell and call out when I am sitting right next to him? I have tried everything and nothing calms him down. Help me please, Exhausted with a headache Dear Exhausted with a headache, I’m sorry you are [...]
After School Programs and Fun Activities
From the desk of Suzette Hastings, Family Strengthening Counselor Are you looking for an after-school program for your child that has enriching qualities and doesn't just serve as a "babysitter," Urban Promise may be the answer. The Urban Promise organization has various activities and events throughout the academic year which include an annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech Contest, Math Dare, Fishing Club, Thanksgiving [...]
Pass the time by making this all natural birdfeeder with your loved one.
Fall is a great time to watch the leaves change colors. Red bellied woodpeckers, blue jays, cardinals and gold finches are very active at this time too. Making a birdfeeder with your client is a great activity! You can use an orange or a grapefruit. Cut the fruit in half and carefully remove the edible fruit. Offer the fruit to your client for a [...]
Introducing Home to Stay University
Home to Stay would like to introduce Home to Stay University! We will be offering Certified Home Health Aide classes and Certified Nursing Assistant to Certified Home Health Aide Conversion classes this fall. Patricia Whittaker, RN, BSN will be our instructor. She will share over 30 years of nursing and teaching experience. The CHHA class is a 76 hours class held for 11 [...]
