Free Alzheimer's Training Now Available To Local Family Caregivers The Home Instead Senior Care® office serving Crawford, Sebastian and Franklin 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 479.434.6960 for more information.
Read more  Seniors' Economic Struggles Continue This Holiday; Santa Program Provides Assistance The Ft. Smith 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 Fort Smith, has joined Low Income Housing Communities, Community Services Clearing House, United Federal Credit Union, Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Fort Smith, Gentiva Home Health in Fort Smith, Amedisys Home Health in Van Buren and Creekmore Park 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 18,000 households caring for a senior in Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian Counties are trying to help an aging relative who’d rather not have help. Read moreSeniors Feel Pinch Fort Smith Home Instead Senior Care owner, Jonathan Fry, along with others, explain what seniors can do to help cut their personal spending costs in today's economy. Read moreSwitching Roles Watching the declining health of one’s parents is a tough situation, no matter how fast or slow the process. Seeking changes to help those parents also can be difficult. Jonathan G. Fry, franchise owner of Home Instead Senior Care’s Fort Smith agency, explains. Read moreBeing Santa Christmas is not just for children. It’s a time to remember senior citizens as well. Owner of the Fort Smith office of Home Instead Senior Care, Jonathan Fry, tells about the Be A Santa To A Senior™ program. Read more | 