Home Sweet Home Care December 2010 Newsletter

Newsletter - December, 2010

While the rains have been continual and steady here in the Bay area since late last week, we should count ourselves lucky that we're not in most other parts of the country, like Minnesota or the Northeast where blizzards and extreme cold are wreaking havoc to people's pre-Christmas holiday activities and plans.

The Christmas holiday is a great time to start to slow down - to begin a knitting or crochet project, find a partner to play card or board games with, read a good book or start to write one-okay, if not a book, perhaps a long letter or two to someone dear who's far away. But, if writing is not your forte, perhaps asking someone to help you do a video of yourself addressing a son or daughter or grandkids, would be a wonderful way to memorialize your thoughts and feelings for them.

South Korea delegation on long term care

South Korea delegation on long term care

This month we were pleased to host a visiting delegation from South Korea's Division of Long-Term Care Insurance Management who were in California for two days to meet with a couple of selected agencies to discuss the challenges of providing and financing senior care for their burgeoning senior population.

Pictured on the right with Home Sweet Home Care's, CEO Shirley Cohen, and her beloved mascot, Teddy, are Deputy Director of the division and her Assistant Director."

At the end of the year, we sadly have to say goodbye to Ms. Fanya Komanovsky, our Accounting Manager for the past 15 years, who is finally ready to retire, about 10 years past the usual retirement age. Without her excellent bookkeeping skills, work ethic, attention to detail, amazing memory, loyalty and good common sense, we might not have survived as long as we have. Tonight our staff is getting together at a local restaurant to celebrate this fantastic occasion with her and thank her for her service and dedication to our company. All of us are wishing her a long, healthy and happy retirement.

In the New Year, we plan to bring a jazz quartet to several skilled nursing facilities in the Bay area to cheer up the seniors who may be rehabbing from one setback or another. It's not easy to accept a new disability even if you know it's only temporary and so our hearts go out to each one of them. The Wizard of Odds are a great band of talented musicians, including a female vocalist, who specializes in the music of the 40's and 50's, so we're confident that they will lift their spirits by reminding them of the good old days of their lives.

All of our staff joins me in wishing you all a safe and wonderful Christmas holiday and a Happy New Year!!

Shirley Cohen