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Newsletter - July 26, 2010
Now that summer is in full
swing, many of us are looking forward to some well-deserved vacation time off
while others, regrettably, are out looking for jobs to support themselves and
their families. It's not an easy time by any means. But taking some time off, whether you're
employed or not, to really refresh ourselves by doing things we like with the
people we like in a place we like can only be a positive thing. Vacations are good for the soul. They help us clear our minds of doubts and
fears and worries and help us to relax and hopefully get re-inspired to do our
jobs better or get new ideas as to how to find the work we'd really like to do.
I'll be taking off for the
first week of August with the full confidence that my wonderful and dedicated
team will continue to do a great job helping families manage their home care
needs.
In the meantime if you are looking for quality home care services, or know someone who is, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the letter to view our 20th Anniversary Summer Special Coupons!!
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Practicing Happiness
An article I read yesterday in
Kaiser's summer newsletter, Partners in Health, by Dr. Tracy Flanagan, made me
smile and made me think. The head of
their women's health department in Northern California says that she recently
noticed a warm and caring nurse caring
lovingly for a patient and she felt how infectious her upbeat attitude, grace
and warmth toward were. She says that as
she was speaking with her she realized that "her attitude wasn't accidental-she
chose to be positive and deliberate about the kind of day she would have."
"Happy people choose their
attitude and behaviors every day, and since the beginning of the year, I've
been practicing happiness. With a
family and busy practice, it would be easy for me to be stressed and
anxious." "Instead," she says, "each
morning I deliberately plan to focus on and enjoy the moments that give me
pleasure. Many of these moments occur
when I am with my family and friends, telling them I appreciate them. Creating and noticing small pleasures turns
my day into something special. And
contrary to what we might think, it isn't extraordinary events, but rather the
ordinary daily events, that matter."
Her advice to us this summer
is that we start practicing happiness every day too through "intention,
appreciation and giving." "It's good for
your health," she says and points out that a 2008 report on the Framingham
Heart Study found that people who are surrounded by other happy people are more
likely to become happy in the future.
Being positive and supportive
is, undoubtedly, good for our health and for the people around us, so let's
make a good effort, I say, to infect everyone this summer with our positivity
and see what a difference it makes!
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NPDA Standards & Ethics Committee
As a member of this
committee, I'm pleased to say that good progress was made by our group in a national teleconference this
past week to finalize the level of care guidelines which will be distributed to
the entire National Private Duty Association membership this fall of
approximately 1100 agencies. The
guidelines will go a long way to setting an excellent standard for agencies to
follow and to clarify the different degrees of experience, requirements and
areas of responsibility for our caregivers as will the written tests we worked
on recently.
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CMSA Meeting
We were so busy orienting our
two new employees this past week t hat we completely missed getting to the Case
Management Society of America's regional chapter meeting at the Holiday Inn as
we in The CMSA group is a wonderful
group of Case Managers that get together every few months to discuss issues of
interest and concern to its members.
They always present a good speaker and a lovely buffet dinner. Those interested in participating in their
next meeting in the East
Bay on September 8th
should contact Jeanettef@arcadiacare.com
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Who will live to 100? Genes may tell
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN
(CNN) -- If celebrating triple-digit birthdays sounds appealing, scientists may be able to determine if you're likely to live that long. Researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine and the Boston Medical Center have identified genes associated with living longer. They also predicted, using genetics alone many of those among study participants would be a centenarian. Their results will be published in the journal Science. "Could these signatures tell a physician and their patient who's going to be at increased risk for a particular disease sooner, and can this lead perhaps to interventions that might help them? I think that's a possibility down the road," said co-author Dr. Thomas Perls of Boston Medical Center, in a press conference.
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NPDA Northern California Chapter Meeting
The quarterly general membership meeting for the NPDA's Northern California Chapter was held on Wednesday, July 21st at the Jewish Family and Children Services Building in San Mateo and featured two excellent speakers, Shawna Reeves, MSW, and Chuck Finney, with the Consumer and Environmental Protection Unit of the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office. They spoke about various senior fraud scams now prevalent in our community and the steps we can take to protect our clients. It was nice to see a number of our old colleagues there as well as a number of new faces too. I sincerely hope that the SF District Attorney's Office is as attentive as San Mateo's appears to be in the protection of seniors against con-artists.
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Institute of Aging - Benefit Concert
For the second year running, IOA's Friendship
Line is hosting a benefit concert Saturday, September 11th to raise
funds for its services to vulnerable Bay Area seniors. The concert features
local bands and DJ's, a dance floor, a door price, and a raffle! All ages are
welcome. The artists include Like ILoveYou, The Big Fold, and District 9! This promises to be a wonderful event for a
great cause. We encourage everyone who can make it to attend.
Visit
http://www.ioaging.org/events/fundsforfriends/index.html
for more information
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Join Us On LinkedIN
Join our
Director, Shirley Cohen, on Linked
In! 
Linked In is a professional
networking site that is growing in popularity among home care organizations
nationwide. We would love to join your network!! Click the link above and invite me to
connect. It's another way to stay in touch! If you aren't yet on Linked In,
it's simple to join - just go to www.linkedin.com and set up your profile.
Happy Social Networking!
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