Free Alzheimer's Training Now Available To Local Family Caregivers The Home Instead Senior Care® office serving Saratoga, Washington and Warren Counties 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 (518) 580-1042 for more information.
Read more  Seniors' Economic Struggles Continue This Holiday; Santa Program Provides Assistance The Saratoga Springs, NY 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 The Greater Glen Falls Senior Citizen Center, Queensbury Citizen Center, Saratoga Hospital and Price Chopper Supermarkets 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 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 more Senior Gift Requests Increase This Holiday as Economic Slump Continues The Home Instead Senior Care® office serving Saratoga Springs, has joined Local Senior Agencies and Price Choppers Supermarkets, Boscov's, Saratoga Hospital, Greater Falls Senior Citizens Center, Inc, Queensbury Senior Citizens, Inc., Girl Scouts of Northeastern NY, Queensbury Service Center and National Honor Society of Saratoga High School to provide presents to seniors who otherwise might not receive a gift this holiday season. Read moreHave That Tough Talk One Word At A Time Here are some recommended ways for baby boomers to open conversations with their aging parents on common senior issues. The responses were developed by Home Instead Senior Care in cooperation with Jake Harwood, a professor and author from the University of Arizona with expertise in communication and aging. Read moreTime to care as boomers age Caregiving will continue to be one of the fastest growing jobs in the state and region, the state predicts, as baby boomers increasingly age at home.
Read moreTake a look at your own situation Below are seven tips provided by Home Instead Senior Care to help baby boomers communicate with their aging parents. Use this to plan your discussions: Get started: If you're 40 and your parents are 70, it's time to start observing and gathering information carefully and thoughtfully.
Read moreEffort Brings Santa To Seniors Like to brighten this holiday season for a local senior citizen? Home Instead Senior Care is teaming up with area nonprofit agencies and retailers to sponsor Be a Santa to a Senior - a program that collects, wraps and delivers gifts to seniors in Saratoga, Washington and Warren counties. Read more | 