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 business days. The CNA to CHHA conversion class is [...]
Andrew Dubler from AlzBetter/Home To Stay will be speaking at the Friend's Village At Woodstown Alzheimer's/dementia support group on Monday August 24 at 7:00pm. Andrew will be speaking about some of the new developments with AlzBetter and how the latest version of AlzBetter will be geared more towards supporting family caregivers. Andrew will be going over some of AlzBetter's family training curriculum, AlzBetter training videos, demonstrating the person-centered activity builder and QoL [...]
Feeling a bit blue? Down in the dumps, things not going well? Here is a perfect cure for this. Open up your mouth and then crunch down on a nice fresh blueberry or two. It is not possible to be sad after this taste. Your mouth may be blue, but your mood will improve. They taste so great! Blueberries are packed with wonderful flavor and things that are so good for a [...]
On Wednesday, June 24th, the Home to Stay office staff, Suzette from the Family Strengthening Network and Caregivers Judy S., Nana B. and Ann A. all contributed to making over 50 toiletry bags for the homeless men, women and children of Joseph’s House in Camden. It was a wonderful day of camaraderie, kindhearted giving and fellowship. We hope you can join us the next time! Here are some pictures from our event. [...]
Home to Stay commemorated National Senior Health and Fitness Day by participating in Manor Care Washington Township’s Senior Health Fair on May 27, 2015. The event which was dedicated to the health and wellness of seniors of Washington Township and the surrounding areas was attended by Manor Care’s patients as well as residents of local communities. Complimentary lunch and smoothies were provided and health screenings and education were offered. Many attendees won [...]
On June 2, 2015 Home to Stay was pleased to be an Exhibitor at the 2015 Annual South Jersey Dementia Conference, and to have the opportunity to showcase our AlzBetter program to the over 260 professional and family caregivers who attended. The Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley chapter holds the event annually. It is sponsored by many organizations which lend support to those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. This year’s keynote speaker [...]
Gloucester County Senior Health and Fitness Day On May 12, 2015, Home to Stay was an exhibitor at the Gloucester County Senior Health and Fitness day. Sponsored by the County’s Board of Chosen Freeholders, the event was held at Auletto’s Caterers in Deptford and was free to all senior residents of the county. After a lovely breakfast, guests were able to take part in health screenings and become acquainted with resources offered [...]
On April 24, 2015, Home to Stay provided a “Lunch and Learn” for Kennedy Hospital Stratford Division’s Acute Care for Elders Unit (ACE). The AlzBetter program was presented to Dr. Terrie Ginsberg (Medical Director of ACE), Melissa Mordecai, APN (Nurse Practitioner) and the entire ACE unit interdisciplinary team. The benefits of our program and the Quality of Life Assessment tool in particular were detailed. We all learned that the ACE Unit and Home [...]
The mission of the Family Strengthening Network (FSN) is to support and empower local families by providing holistic, family-driven services and prevention-focused education. FSN serves as a bridge to valuable resources, offering support and guidance needed to help families develop strengths, define and achieve goals and navigate the most important facets of family life. What does that mean? Through free, personal and confidential sessions with Suzette, families develop a “Life Action Plan” to [...]
Home Care Services in Woolwich Township, NJ - January is Blood Donation Month The topic of donating blood is usually not a popular one throughout the year, but since January is Blood Donation Month, it’s a great opportunity to talk about this very important subject. For elderly individuals who rely on some form of home care services, they may have required some type of blood transfusion themselves in the past. It could’ve been the [...]
