Free Alzheimer's Training Now Available To Local Family Caregivers The Home Instead Senior Care® offices serving Southwest Allegheny and Washington Counties are 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 412-595-7554 or 724-222-7700 for more information.
Read more Family Education Workshop Are you caring for an aging parent or relative with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia?
This Workshop will provide the attendee with practical information and resources
The Fourth Tuesday of Every Month – 6:30pm to 8:00pm Read more  Seniors' Economic Struggles Continue This Holiday; Santa Program Provides Assistance The Bethel Park 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 VITAS Hospice, Easter Seals of Western Pennsylvania's Aging Services of Washington County , Brookwood Center, LifeSpan, Inc., Meals on Wheels, Lutheran Social Services, Bethel Presbyterian Church, St. Marks Church, Goodwill Manor, Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. John's Lutheran Church, Covenant Community Presbyterian Church, Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Fatigati/Nalin Associates, Focus on Renewal, Christ Community Church, Aging Waiver Program, VA Program, LIFE Pittsburgh, Baldwin Towers, AHEPA 156 Apartments, Century Plaza Apartments, Canon Apartments, Burgettstown Elderly Apts., Canon House Apartments, Liberty Towers, Char House, SW PA Area Agency on Aging, Senior Life, Adult Neurology Center and Cross Creek Senior Center 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 Alzheimer's Associations - Walk to End Alzheimer's
The Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's™ and unite in a movement to reclaim the future for millions. Since 1989, they have mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk®; the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's care, support and research. Together, we can end Alzheimer's disease the nation's sixth-leading cause of death.
Our Local Home Instead Senior Care office has been participating since 2000 joining representatives from various organizations as well as people from our local communities. 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 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 134,000 households caring for a senior in Allegheny County are trying to help an aging relative who’d rather not have help. Read moreToo Close for Comfort? It's happening in the White House and in homes throughout Santa Fe. When President Obama's mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, settled in with her family in Washington earlier this year, they became part of a growing national trend. Read moreWho Will Care for Mom? Reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that predict an increase in the home care aides job category - forecasting that to be the second fastest-growing job group in the nation over the next decade - is welcome news in a recession. But the rapid growth in this job group may not be fast enough. One local senior-care provider - Home Instead Senior Care - says the company's recent research indicates that demand for these jobs will outpace supply in a big way. Read moreProtecting your Seniors from "Senor Scams" While con games have changed with the times, the practice of defrauding consumers of all ages is nothing new. When the target is a senior, however, the stakes have never been higher, say senior care experts. Senior scams are costing older adults their life savings, their homes, and even their lives. Read more | 