ElderCare is launching our Spring Community Educational Series beginning on March 23rd at 10:00 a.m. Our topic, “Aging With Style: Healthy & Proactive Planning” will focus on the 8 Mistakes made by older adults and how they can adversely affect your quality of life. We will also learn how to plan “proactively” rather than having our families make plans for us “reactively”.
Join us for light refreshments, door prizes and an enlightening, energetic discussion!
RSVP to 561-471-3122 no later than March 19th.
Speaker:
Elayne Forgie, CMC
President/CEO
Venue:
ElderCare at Home, Inc.
2328 10th Ave. N #601, Lake Worth, Fl 33461
ElderCare at Home
ElderCare Resource Center
AlzheimersTraining.com
Coaching for Caregivers
Americans are living a lot longer. That’s the good news! The bad news is that because we are living longer we are forced to manage complex health care issues that somehow must be paid for. According to an AARP study, most Americans have no idea how much long term care costs. Many believe that Medicare will pay for all of it and are shocked, disappointed, and frightened to realize that Medicare doesn’t cover chronic, custodial care at home, in assisted living facilities, or in nursing homes. Individuals and families are increasingly faced with the challenge of trying to provide long-term support for individuals with progressive cognitive and functional decline. Creative, customized approaches and varied levels of clinical skills are necessary to maintain people at home as deficits increase. But care must also address important aspects of an individual’s and family’s values, preferences, and resources if it is to maintain the quality of life for the older person and the family. The geriatric care managers at ElderCare Resource Center will work with you and your family to address all of these important issues and will work with you to create an ElderCare Plan that will improve the patient’s quality of life.
Elayne Forgie, CMC
I often speak on how important it is to have a strong purpose in life. Although there are many articles published on various studies, at the conclusion of this study on Alzheimer’s disease the research suggests a link between purpose in life and risk of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.
The study comes from Dr Patricia Boyle and colleagues from the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Centre in Chicago, Illinois who carried out the research. The study was funded by the US National Institute on Aging, the Illinois Department of Public Health, and by the Robert C. Borwell Endowment Fund. The study was published in the peer-reviewed medical journal, Archives of General Psychiatry.
You can read more here.
Elayne Forgie, CMC
www.eldercareathome.org
www.eldercareresourcecenter.com
www.alzheimerstraining.com
Kidney Early Evaluation Program
26 million American adults have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), and millions more are at risk. Most people are not aware that they have CKD or are at risk. The National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP®) offers free screening for those at risk – anyone 18 years and older with high blood pressure, diabetes or a family history of kidney disease. It is designed to raise awareness about kidney disease among high-risk individuals and provide free testing and educational information, so that kidney disease and its complications can be prevented or delayed.
Keep Screening
KEEP provides three simple tests that determine kidney function to nearly 2,500 people each month in dozens of cities across the U.S. Participants receive a comprehensive health risk appraisal, blood pressure measurement, blood and urine testing and the opportunity to discuss their health and review results with onsite clinicians. The program, which recently screened its 130,000th participant, is finding kidney disease at the earliest stage possible.
Find a KEEP Location Near You.
Visit us at www.eldercareathome.org for information and assistance with home care in the South Florida area.
ElderCare at Home’s March newsletter is now online! This months issue has some really great articles for Alzheimer’s patients, caregivers and professionals alike. Topics include: Including Elders in Conversation, Ask the Expert – Genetics in Dementia, Coaching for Caregivers and more! Be sure to send us your feedback and enjoy! Read newsletter here!
