  Seniors' Economic Struggles Continue This Holiday; Santa Program Provides Assistance The Vista office of the Home Instead Senior Care® network, the world's largest provider of non-medical in-home care and companionship services for older adults, has partnered with Walmart, Encinitas Senior Center, Brengle Senior Center, Carlsbad Senior Center, Oceanside Senior Center, Joslyn Senior Center, the City of San Marcos Senior Center and other local North San Diego County facilities and senior centers for the Be a Santa to a Senior program, which provides gifts and companionship to seniors who otherwise might not receive either this holiday season. Read more Craving Companionship: Recipe contest helps revive family mealtimes for local seniors According to research conducted for the Home Instead Senior Care® network, lack of companionship is the biggest mealtime challenge for seniors. The local Home Instead Senior Care office is encouraging family caregivers to dig into the family recipe box to find that favorite dish, and prepare and share a meal with their elderly loved one. Enter that recipe and the story about what makes the dish so special to your family in the Homemade MemoriesSM Recipe Contest between July 15 and September 15, 2011. Read moreBattle of the Ages Just when you thought that a family caregiver’s job couldn’t get more difficult, consider this: Many of the estimated 249,000 households caring for a senior in San Diego County are trying to help an aging relative who’d rather not have help. Read more | 