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Greetings!
ElderCare at Home brings you this newsletter in the spirit of cooperation and education. We hope you find this information useful and informative. Please give us a call or email us if there is anything we can do for you! |
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Introducing End of Life Home Care Services by ElderCare at Home | | |
End of Life Home Care Services
provided by ElderCare at Home, can provide the help, services and support that your family needs to make your loved one's last days as comfortable as possible.
Our End of Life Home Care Program allows your family to rest and spend precious quality time with your loved one without having to manage the patients daily physical care needs.
Whenever you reach out, we will be here when you need us, ...for information - on the phone, in your home, anywhere.
...for consultations - any time ...for coordination of an admission-365 days a year ...for home visits -any day, any night, any time
with a person who has memory loss or dementia can be stressful on both of you.
Visit www.EndofLifeHomeCare.com for more information. |
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Elder Care & Elder Rage: Know The Warning Signs of Alzheimer's | | |
By: Jacqueline Marcell, Author of "Elder Rage"
.For eleven years I pleaded with my elderly father to allow a caregiver to help him with my ailing mother, but after 55 years of loving each other he adamantly insisted on taking care of her himself. Every caregiver I hired to help him soon sighed in exasperation, "Jacqueline, I just can't work with your father-his temper is impossible to handle. I don't think he'll accept help until he's on his knees himself."
My father had always been 90% great, but boy-oh-boy that temper was a doozy. He'd never turned it on me before, but then again I'd never gone against his wishes either. When my mother nearly died from an infection caused by his inability to continue to care for her, I flew from southern California to San Francisco to try to save her life-having no idea that in the process it would nearly cost me my own. Read more here! |
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2011 Alzheimer's Disease Facts & Figures Report | | |
 The new 2011 Alzheimer's Disease Facts & Figures Report has been released by the Alzheimer's Association. This report includes information on the definitions of dementia, and a summary about the current knowledge of Alzheimer's disease.
Additional sections address prevalence, mortality, caregiving and use and costs of care and services. You can read the complete report here! |
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Alzheimer's Disease Research Update!
New Criteria & Guidelines for Alzheimer's Diagnosis
| |  The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association The Association believes that this will move us significantly closer to our goal of eventually detecting and treating Alzheimer's disease before people experience the devastating symptoms of loss of memory and thinking abilities. Click the following link to read more. New Criteria and Guidelines For Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis has published advance online versions of four articles that comprise the new National Institute on Aging/Alzheimer's Association Diagnostic Guidelines for Alzheimer's Disease. |
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Empowering Family Caregivers | | |
On May 3rd, eCare Diary's Co-founder, Susan Baida, spoke to Elayne Forgie, CMC, President & CEO of ElderCare at Home about private duty home care for patients and families suffering from Alzheimer's, dementia or other memory related impairment. To listen to the interview, click here. For more information call us at 800-209-4342
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"Unthinkable: The Alzheimer's Epidemic" | | Larry King just did a special on CNN - "Unthinkable: The Alzheimer's Epidemic". You can see a preview below and then visit here to watch the individual interviews Larry King conducted with Ron Reagan, Maria Shriver, Angie Dickinson, Leeza Gibbons, Terrell Owens and others.
| | King on Alzheimer's: 'Long way to go' |
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Save 25% |
ElderCare Calls is there when you can't be. Sometimes just hearing a friendly voice can make someone you love smile. Whether you need medication reminding, daily check-in's or just peace of mind, ElderCare Calls can help. 25% off during the month of May. Visit our site for more information www.ElderCareCalls.net
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Offer Expires: May 31, 2011 |
ElderCare at Home is South Florida's premier provider of Alzheimer's/dementia specific geriatric care management and at-home assisted living services for patients and families suffering from Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other memory impairments. We provide all levels of in-home nursing as well as homemaker and companion care. All services are fully integrated, coordinated, and monitored by one of our professional geriatric care managers ~ at no charge to our clients! ElderCare at Home serves as an advocate for our clients and a surrogate for their family members. Please visit our web sites at |
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