Free Alzheimer's Training Now Available To Local Family Caregivers The Home Instead Senior Care® office serving Phoenix/Scottsdale is offering a new training program called Alzheimer's CARE, designed to help families manage the challenges of Alzheimer's and other dementias – diseases that eventually rob seniors of their memories and independence. Free training for families caring for these older adults is now available. Visit HelpForAlzheimersFamilies.com or call 602-588-7735 for more information.
Read more    Answering the Call: Local Program Helps Family Caregivers Prepare for Senior Emergencies If you're an adult son or daughter who lives in fear of getting "the call" – the one that tells you "Mom has suffered a stroke," or "Dad accidentally overdosed on his medications" – do you have the information you need to help your loved one? Many don't, according to research conducted for the Home Instead Senior Care® network. The organization conducted research with family caregivers to find out how much they know and developed a public education program with resources that can help family caregivers keep important information at their fingertips. 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 400,000 households caring for a senior in the Greater Phoenix area are trying to help an aging relative who’d rather not have help.
Read moreHome Instead Senior Care Recognized as Best Company for Older Workers Spring 2007 - Home Instead Senior Care, the world's largest provider of non-medical home care and companionship for seniors, has received the "Outstanding Employer of Older Workers Award" from Experience Works, a national non-profit, community-based organization whose mission is to put the experience of older individuals to work. Read moreSun City & Scottsdale Family Caregivers Feel the Heat Adult daughters' who typically serve as home cooks for seniors' are feeling the heat in the kitchen, according to a recent study of family caregivers. The stress is especially high for adult children who are caring and cooking for someone with several nutritional risk factors. Read more | 