Time to celebrate: today is Senior Citizens Day! Since 1988, people across the country have taken this day to remember their elders and spend time with seniors.
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READ MOREUniversal Truths of Alzheimer’s Disease
There are several universal truths about people with Alzheimer’s disease. One of these is that they will constantly get their facts wrong. The knee-jerk reaction to this is to correct the person. “No, Daddy’s been dead for 5 years,” or “You can’t be hungry! You just had your breakfast!” or “You KNOW we’re going to the doctor today! I told you 5 minutes ago.”
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READ MORECare and Companionship for Alzheimer’s Disease
According to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2012 edition of Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures, currently “5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease.” The annual report also states that an “estimated 800,000 individuals with Alzheimer’s (one in eight), live alone…and up to half of them do not have an identifiable caregiver.”
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READ MOREEasing Alzheimer’s Anxiety
Last month Debbie, a family caregiver and mother of three in Wisconsin went to check on her elderly father, John. Debbie was concerned when there was no response at the front door and used her spare key to enter John’s home. She found him lying on the kitchen floor, unable to get up after falling. Luckily, Debbie found him a short time after his fall, and a trip to the hospital showed no broken bones. However, John’s right arm and leg were hurt, and we would need to stay in a wheelchair and wear a sling for a few days.
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READ MOREMatching Caregivers
At SYNERGY HomeCare, we talk a lot about matching the people we serve with the perfect caregivers. You may wonder exactly how we find the ideal caregiver for each individual in our care. There are a few different ways we ensure that we have a caregiver for you and your needs.
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READ MORESimplify Your Life: Stop Worrying
Life can be stressful, and that’s why we’re grateful for Simplify Your Life week; an entire week to get organized and do things to make your life more relaxed. At SYNERGY HomeCare, we enter the homes of many families experiencing complex, high-stress lifestyles. Many times, having a caregiver has a simplifying effect for these families.
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READ MORENominate a 2012 Caregiver of the Year
Do you have an amazing SYNERGY HomeCare caregiver? We are accepting nominations for the 2012 Caregiver of the Year, and we want to hear about how a SYNERGY HomeCare caregiver has made a difference in your life.
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READ MOREBaby Boomers: Flash Forward
Caring for aging relatives is a big part of life for many members of the baby boomer generation. Family caregivers like you drive loved ones to doctor appointments, ensure their comfort, and are the first responders in an emergency. This frequent interaction with elderly people and their challenges with everyday life can seem like a flash forward to your own senior years. Helping a loved one today is a reminder of what you may need in 20 or 30 years. Baby boomers are shaping the future in many ways, and one of them is in the senior care arena. Here are some services that will help you to be a family caregiver today while as well as prepare for your future.
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READ MOREBaby Boomers- Stuck in the Middle
There are approximately 78 million baby boomers living in the U.S., and they began turning 65 last year. In previous generations, the mid-60s were years that marked retirement. However when their lives are (traditionally) supposed to become easier, baby boomers instead experience an increase in workload and stress levels. Between paying the bills, securing retirement plans and caring for family, what is in place to make sure that baby boomers are healthy, happy and ready to live comfortable and independent lives during their senior years
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READ MOREIndependence Resources
We are excited to once again celebrate the Fourth of July on the SYNERGY HomeCare blog! Independence Day gives us the opportunity to celebrate the birth of our nation. For us at SYNERGY HomeCare, it is a time to renew our commitment to help people of all ages become more independent. Each day, we help veterans, seniors, children with special needs, and many other people to increase their confidence self-reliance. This Fourth of July, we would like to revisit some of our previous posts about independenc
