Free Alzheimer's Training Now Available To Local Family Caregivers The Home Instead Senior Care® office serving Central Iowa 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 (515) 978-7991 in Waukee or (515) 233-3539 in Ames for more information.
Read more  Seniors' Economic Struggles Continue This Holiday; Santa Program Provides Assistance The Ames and Waukee, IA 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 Bickford Assisted Living, Dahl's Foods and select WalMart locations 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 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 10,800 households caring for a senior in Dallas, Madison and Warren County, are trying to help an aging relative who’d rather not have help. Read more‘Cooking Under Pressure’ program offers relief for seniors, caregivers
by Matt Oliver
Published: Friday, August 7, 2009 8:35 AM CDT
An area company has created a new program designed to take the heat off family caregivers who are preparing meals for their senior-age loved ones, especially those with special dietary needs.
In response to this issue, Home Instead Senior Care has partnered with national nutrition experts from the University of Maryland and the Duke University Medical Center to promote healthy, stress-free grocery shopping and meal preparation tips and recipes for the approximate 2,400 households in Boone County that are caring for seniors. Read more |
