Dementia Reflection Recently this woman, Emily Page, lost her father to frontotemporal dementia. His illness was a lengthy and painful experience for her entire family, which she documented in excruciating detail on her blog of dementia reflection. I recommend to anyone with a loved one suffering from cognitive and memory impairment, spend time reading ...
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Apr 2016
Senior Home Care is Likely at Some Point in Life The thought of needing help with one’s personal care – ADLs -bathing, dressing, and toileting is disturbing to most of us. We see ourselves as independent and able to care for ourselves. Truthfully, this just isn’t the case for many older adult seniors. Whether recuperating ...
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Mar 2016
In this video, Sherry Picker, MSW answers questions about home care and Long Term Care Policy. Below is a paraphrasing of the short video about a Long Term Care policy: Interviewer: My mother is at the point where she needs an aide a few times a week. She has a Long Term Care policy, Does ...
There is a link between (ears) hearing impairment and (brain) Dementia Ears, ergo our hearing has a lot to do with what goes on with our brain in the middle. When there is a hearing problem, deficit or impairment in our ears, then the relationship between hearing and the brain is disrupted. It is more ...
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Feb 2016
PD Affects the entire family A slowing down of dopamine production in the brain is what causes Parkinson Disease. The effect is a host of symptoms which can vary widely from person to person. The affected person, and it is more often found in aging men may have tremors, a rigidity in movement, slowness, may ...
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Feb 2016
Visiting Parents? Plan Ahead Visiting parents, whether you live far or near to your older parents, it benefits all to plan ahead. Doesn’t matter whether they live in their own home or in a communal setting, Feeling lonely, especially if your parent lives alone can cause health issues such as depression. Visiting parents can make ...
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Jan 2016
GCM Helps Adult Sons and Daughters Who Live Out of State A GCM or Geriatric Care Manager is the “Conductor” of a family’s Care Plan for an elder or incapacitated loved one. Many of the Senior Older Adults in South Florida have moved away from their grown children up North and don’t really have strong ...
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Jan 2016
MSW in Home Care Addresses Common Concerns In this interview Sherry Picker, MSW is interviewed about home care and how Paradise Home Health Care can help seniors. Sherry Picker received her Master’s in Social Work (MSW) from Hunter College School of Social Work. She has worked with Older Adults for over fifteen years. Whether in ...
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Jan 2016
Lonely Elders at Higher Risk Lonely seniors, real or perceived can experience more health issues (physical and psychologoical) and become isolated. according to research. Younger adults and Boomers are more likely to be working, commuting and using computers for Social Media. They have more contact with others than many Older Adults have. According to a ...
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Dec 2015
Old Age: What is True or False? Old age is getting longer as we live longer and there is a lot of misinformation about this stage of life. What they can do and what they can no longer do well. Since Americans are seeing a tsunami of seniors now in their 80s and 90s with ...
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