April 6, 2020 Dear Friend of Home to Stay: We hope you and your family are doing well in these unprecedented times we find ourselves in together. In addition to everyone being in this together - we ARE really in this together - being on the front lines of providing essential services to seniors in Southern New Jersey. No one knows what the future holds but I think it is safe to say [...]
Does anyone write letters anymore? Is anyone pen pals with elderly relatives? We have become so accustomed to text messages and phone calls as our primary way of communication to wish a friend happy birthday or to simply say hello. Most seniors can recall a time when receiving letters in the mail was commonplace. Perhaps it was a love letter, a letter home from a soldier, or one from a friend a few [...]
March 23, 2020 Dear Home to Stay Clients and Families: Our commitment to providing safe and exceptional care is unwavering as the situation with COVID-19 continues. How we deliver care may be changing temporarily in some aspects to promote health and safety, but we remain committed to your health and the health of your family. In an attempt to decrease the risk of contracting and or spreading infection amongst our caregivers, clients, and families, [...]
The following letter was shared with the clients and families of Home To Stay on March 10, 2020. Dear Home to Stay Clients & Families, Thank you for following our COVID-19 Family Updates. As you know, presumptive cases of the Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) have been found in patients in neighboring communities and throughout the country. The health and safety of our clients, families, and caregivers are our primary concern. As it stands [...]
6 Common Problems Nursing Homes Face In home care and nursing homes provide alternate solutions when elderly loved ones begin to need care to manage everyday life. Some seniors need intensive monitoring to keep them healthy and happy. Other individuals thrive with only a minimum of tending. A variety of issues can negatively affect older individuals. Nursing homes are faced with 6 major problems when providing in home services for seniors. [...]
A New Alzheimer’s Drug Offers Hope A company called Biogen has been conducting trials on a new drug that they believe holds promise for helping those who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. This tragic condition affects millions of elderly Americans, and the number afflicted is only expected to go up over the years as the median age of our population continues to rise. Conflicting Data Biogen had conducted a couple of studies on [...]
What Are Nursing and Residential Care Facilities, and Why Are They Important Knowing the difference between nursing homes and residential care facilities is an important thing to understand. After all, moments with our loved ones are fleeting, and life is full of difficulties. The best we can do is cherish the time we have and make the most of it. Parents, children, siblings, and spouses with limited physical or mental capacities [...]
Delaying or Avoiding Dementia Is Just One More Reason to Exercise Does better fitness delay dementia? The incidence of dementia is only expected to increase when looking a couple of decades into the future as the average age of Americans keeps going up. There is no drug or other treatment for dementia, which makes prevention extremely important. Medical researchers have discovered a link between fitness and dementia prevention that holds great promise. While [...]
Medical research is constantly pushing the frontiers of medicine in areas such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and the treatment of Alzheimer's. Another area of interest is the study of Alzheimer's disease. There are nearly six million Americans with this form of dementia, and the numbers are only expected to go up as people live longer unless successful medical interventions are discovered. An Alzheimer's Breakthrough? Researchers at the University of Alberta have [...]
Football has been a favorite sport for Americans for decades, but lately, the medical community has been detailing the long-term harm it can do to players and its fight against dementia. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to the repeated impacts to the head that occur in football games. As this form of injury has become increasingly documented, more high school athletes have been shying away from [...]
