Free Alzheimer's Training Now Available To Local Family Caregivers The Home Instead Senior Care® offices serving Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna, Louisa and Nelson 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 434.979.4663 for more information.
Read more  Seniors' Economic Struggles Continue This Holiday; Santa Program Provides Assistance The Charlottesville 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 Local Senior-Care Agencies and Area Retailers 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 Expected to Increase This Holiday as Economic Slump Continues The Home Instead Senior Care® office serving Charlottesville, has joined Albemarle Social Services, Charlottesville Social Services, Meals on Wheels, The Salvation Army, The United Way, In Vino Veritas, Our Lady of Peace, Sam's Club, The Senior Center and Volvo of Charlottesville to provide presents to seniors who otherwise might not receive a gift this holiday season. 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 15,000 households caring for a senior in Albemarle, Fluvanna and Greene Counties are trying to help an aging relative who’d rather not have help. Read more | 