Food for seniors: How to help older people eat right From bnd.com, by Suzanne Boyle There is no way to completely understand how complicated and heart-wrenching it can be to care for someone you love who is aging unless you've done it. I believe I am blessed with an above-average sense of empathy, of feeling and understanding what people I interview are going through or have been through. I have always thought it made me a better writer (and human being)... Read the full article. |
Youngstown Ohio Embraces Senior Nutrition From TV Station WFMJ, August, 2009
NBC affiliate WFMJ in Youngstown Ohio shared this story about the importance of senior nutrition. Highlighting Home Instead Senior Care's newest public education campaign, "Cooking Under Pressure" this story confirms that achieving a well-balanced diet is not as easy as it sounds. The physical limitations of aging often make shopping, cooking and dining a challenge for many seniors who want to stay healthy. Watch the Video. |
The Elderly: Finding a Good Geriatric Care Manager From Business Week, August 6, 2009
On a Tuesday night in late July, Jon Meyers, 42, got the call every child with an elderly parent dreads. His 84-year-old mother, Ruth, who suffers from dementia, had fallen in her kitchen and was heading to a New Jersey hospital by ambulance. But instead of agonizing over not being able to get there quickly -it's four hours from his home in Washington, D.C., to Point Pleasant, N.J.- Meyers took comfort in the fact that Stephen Mielach, a geriatric care manager, was following the ambulance, ready to take control.
Before 2007, Meyers had never heard of geriatric care managers (also called geriatric case managers). But then his mother... Read the full article. |
Helping Seniors Thrive Through Better Nutrition From radio station CFRB, Toronto at Noon, August 6, 2009. Healthy aging is a goal we all share and good nutrition is the first line of defense for older adults who are striving to maintain their independence as they age. Listen to Ontario Home Instead Senior Care® owner Greg Bechard as he explains the Cooking Under Pressure public service campaign on radio station CFRB's popular, Toronto at Noon program.
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Families of Alzheimer’s patients often deal with difficult decisions From Oklahoman, May 31, 2009
Tammy Moore, 45, of Oklahoma City once earned $120,000 as an executive for a medical billing company. Today, she's facing bankruptcy and hoping to hang onto her $40,000-a-year job.
Moore's ailing career and personal finances directly correspond to the failing health of her 79-year-old mother who, after an Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, moved in with her five years ago.
For flexible hours, Moore accepted a step-down billing manager's job at an orthopedic practice, but started doing medical billing from home a year ago, after her mother was found roaming the neighborhood. Then, two weeks ago, Moore moved her mom into the locked-down wing of an assisted living center. Read the full article. |
Home Instead has advice for multigenerational living From Newport News (VA) Daily Press, May 30, 2009 The national senior home-care franchise, Home Instead Senior Care, has kicked off a public education campaign, "Too Close for Comfort?" that aims to help families work out the issue of having senior family members move in with them in a multigenerational arrangement. Approximately 4 million people in the United States now live in an extended family situation. Online at www.homeinstead.com, "Too Close for Comfort?" uses a "calculator," 15 questions to walk families through basic budget items, such as grocery and medical expenses, rent and mortgage payments, income and insurance costs for an additional family member. Read the full article. |