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July 20, 2015

3 Tips to Boost Home Care Morale and Lower Turnover

3 Tips to Boost Home Care Morale and Lower Turnover By Cassandra Dowell on June 9, 2015 in Home Care, News Effective communication can deliver increased productivity, reduce employee turnover and create an improved work environment. But as the way people communicate continues to evolve, some home health providers may struggle to effectively connect with…


July 1, 2015

At Home, Many Seniors Are Imprisoned by Their Independence

At Home, Many Seniors Are Imprisoned by Their Independence JUNE 19, 2015 Photo Solange DeLaPaz, 67, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, needs constant oxygen and struggles to leave her Manhattan apartment. CreditRuth Fremson/The New York Times   What she mourns most, says Solange DeLaPaz, are the mundane pleasures and rituals of her once-active life….


June 22, 2015

Hillary Clinton Tells Fight For 15: “We Need You”

Hillary Clinton Tells Fight For 15: “We Need You” By Emily Study on June 9, 2015 in Home Care, News 311 As minimum-wage workers across the country continue their fight for higher wages, those in the home care industry were given a boost of support by Hillary Clinton, whose endorsement has put the Fight For 15…


June 11, 2015

Still Alice – Free Screening June 18, 2015


March 9, 2015

Discovering Diamonds in the Rough

As a facilitator of our community outreach program, Family Caregiver Workshop-Physical Skills, I always have an expectation that each event will meet the needs of the attendees in a dramatic and defining way. At a recent workshop, I had the opportunity of training two women who were each family caregivers for their mothers. Other than…


November 10, 2014

Caregivers Live Longer

Judy Santamaria    Family Caregiving Consultant to VNSNY Caregivers Live Longer   Posted: 11/12/2013 1:04 pm EST Updated: 01/23/2014 6:56 pm EST (AARP online article) Finally, some good news about family caregiving. And right in time for November, which the Obama administration has declared Family Caregiver’s Month to recognize the 65 million caregivers in our country who provide unpaid care…


October 1, 2014

FAMILY CAREGIVER WORKSHOPS

Schmieding Home Caregiver Training – Little Rock FAMILY CAREGIVER WORKSHOPS  The curriculum developers for the Schmieding Home Caregiver Family Caregiver Workshop program anticipated the needs of family caregivers as they devised this much needed program. As facilitators of this awesome workshop, instructors are urged to invite area vendors who provide home care support services and/or…


The Policy Challenges of Long-Term Caregiving

A. Barry Rand   CEO, AARP The Policy Challenges of Long-Term Caregiving Posted: 11/18/2013 6:55 am EST Updated: 01/25/2014 November is National Family Caregivers Month. As the primary caregiver for my father during the last eight years of his life, I know only too well the personal challenges and rewards caregivers and their families experience. But when we realize that…


September 30, 2014

Monthly Dementia Caregiver Support Group

Please join us at the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging  the 1st Tuesday of each Month from 10:30 am – 12:00 noon Reynolds Institute on Aging, Room 1253/Classroom 4 (bottom floor) for the dementia caregiver support group.  See our calendar for exact dates. Typical caregiver reactions when a support group is suggested… “I don’t feel…


September 16, 2014

Free Family Caregiver Workshop – Physical Skills – November 5 & 6

Family Caregiver Workshop Physical Skills This FREE 2-day workshop is designed to increase family members’ knowledge of basic caregiving topics and focuses on the physical aspects of caring for a geriatric family member in the home. Attendance is highly recommended (but not required) for both days. 12-4pm.  Classes will be held in the Donald W….



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