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What Are Adult Day Care Centers?
Written on 15 Oct, 2009 at 18:20 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
Adult day care centers offer meals, companionship and activities for adults who are no longer able to function independently or for adults who are isolated and lonely. Find one of the 4,000 adult day care centers nationwide with advice from a... (Continue reading)
Day care services are generally considered to be cost effective
Written on 14 Oct, 2009 at 8:19 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
Scotland County Adult Day Services, formerly Senior’s Pride Adult Day Care/Adult Day Health Center, is a privately owned company established in October 1980 by Vicky Cooper Taylor. Mrs. Taylor established the SPADC/ADH Center in response to a growing need for... (Continue reading)
Adult day care centers a cost-effective alternative to traditional nursing homes
Written on 13 Oct, 2009 at 9:41 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
A cost-effective alternative to traditional nursing homes, adult day care centers are emerging as a popular substitute to perennial nursing systems often synonymous with aging in America. However, funding for state services is in question and the remedial care these... (Continue reading)
The adult day care serves as a social gathering place for adults who need supervision
Written on 9 Oct, 2009 at 7:25 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
The adult day care serves as a social gathering place for adults who need supervision. The Adult Day Care Committee has been working on the project for more than a year, outlining costs and other details. According to a former Torrington... (Continue reading)
Jewish community centers and town recreation programs for active seniors
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 7:48 in Jewish community centers | | No Comments
In addition to offering long-term skilled nursing residential care, short-term rehabilitation services, and an Alzheimer’s special care unit, Daughters of Israel also operates the Herr Adult Medical Day Center, a non-sectarian program designed to promote and maintain each participant’s dignity... (Continue reading)
Rock County Adult day program KANDU
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 4:46 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
After Randy Isley was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease last year, the 57-year-old Beloit man became socially isolated. While his family and peers remained active, he no longer could handle the simple tasks of operating the TV’s remote, answering the... (Continue reading)
The Easter Seals Central and Southeast Ohio Adult Service program
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 4:38 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
The Easter Seals Central and Southeast Ohio Adult Service program recently was notified it has achieved excellence status from Easter Seals headquarters Pursuit of the achievement is voluntary and conducted after a center has asked for and been granted the opportunity... (Continue reading)
Adult day service program: Friendship Cottage
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 4:23 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
On Sunday, the staff, participants and their caregivers celebrated the first anniversary of Friendship Cottage, an adult day service program, with an open house at the facility. The program, administered through the Washington-Hancock Community Agency, has grown steadily since it opened... (Continue reading)
Eldergarden Adult Day Care
Written on 6 Oct, 2009 at 3:50 in Adult Daycare | | No Comments
A one minute video showing the activities of Eldergarden Adult Day Care in Greeley, Colorado ... (Continue reading)
A typical Assisted Living community has every amenity to care for your loved one.
Written on 23 Jul, 2009 at 14:32 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
Most of us one day will be faced with caring for a loved one. The daily chores that use to came easy for Mom or Dad, now are just too much for them do themselves. Maybe they are having problems... (Continue reading)
Long-term assistance requires specially trained doctors, nurses, nurses’ and physicians’ assistants, social workers, health aides.
Written on 23 Jul, 2009 at 1:26 in Geriatric Care | | No Comments
Advocates of including long-term care services in health reform usually focus on two issues: How many Medicaid dollars should be spent on home care and whether to create a national long-term care insurance program, such as Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.,... (Continue reading)
A unique opportunity for seniors to live in comfort and safety
Written on 22 Jul, 2009 at 15:33 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
They won’t wear scrubs. They will cook every meal to order. You’ll never see one of their residents in a hospital johnny. The managers of Spring Hill’s Guardian Home Health Assisted Living Facility say they value human dignity above all else.... (Continue reading)
What should you keep in mind if you must choose an eldercare facility?
Written on 22 Jul, 2009 at 4:51 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
The American population is aging. In fact, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics, one in five Americans will be over 65 by the year 2050. As these people grow older, many will choose to continue living on their own or... (Continue reading)
Learn as much as you can about the person you are caring for
Written on 13 Jul, 2009 at 14:02 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
There’s a huge increase over the last decade in the number of parents living with their adult children in the United States. The term “the sandwich generation” was coined in the 80s, to describe people who care for their children... (Continue reading)
Assisted living facility on Parade Road in Meredith.
Written on 13 Jul, 2009 at 3:58 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
Forestview Manor officially broke ground on the expansion project on two of its buildings. Residents, staff, and others gathered on Tuesday for the groundbreaking celebration for the assisted living facility on Parade Road in Meredith. Forestview owner and president Anne-Marie van der... (Continue reading)
Catholic elders care
Written on 11 Jul, 2009 at 14:02 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
Benedictine Health System launched a care-at-home design team June 11 as part of its future vision and mission to care for Catholic elders, said Dale Thompson, chief executive officer for the Minnesota-based organization that will mark its 25th anniversary in... (Continue reading)
Different ways to pay for Nursing Home Care
Written on 11 Jul, 2009 at 3:04 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
About Medicare Coverage Generally, Medicare doesn’t pay for long-term care. Long-term care can be provided at home, in the community, or in various types of facilities, including nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Most long-term care is considered “custodial care”. Custodial... (Continue reading)
Nursing Home Checklist
Written on 10 Jul, 2009 at 14:49 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
Nursing Home Checklist Name of Nursing Home: Date of Visit: Yes No Comments Basic Information The nursing home is Medicare-certified. The nursing home is Medicaid-certified. The nursing home has the level of care you need (e.g. skilled, custodial), and a bed is available. The nursing home has special services... (Continue reading)
Home based eldercare personal robots-a new type of modern eldercare
Written on 10 Jul, 2009 at 1:28 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) announced today that they expect pent-up demand for their cost effective, home based eldercare personal robots. This new type of modern eldercare will postpone, if not eliminate, many elderly persons from having to endure the... (Continue reading)
Individualized care for seniors who need assistance
Written on 9 Jul, 2009 at 13:50 in Elder Care News | | No Comments
Irma Jean Chambers’ dementia has stolen her memory of her birth date, what she did earlier in the day and which of the 12 private bedrooms is hers. But she knows that she likes the unusual new assisted living home in... (Continue reading)