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How to have a Happy Retirement
Thinking about Moving Near the Kids? Is Retirement Ever Present on Your Mind? It’s become very popular to move closer to our kids. Many are talking about this trend, even if they haven’t committed to transplanting themselves yet. It’s not just about proximity. Financing our golden years has been a concern for a long while: […]
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The Beauty of CDPAP
CDPAP: Expectations vs. Reality (Why the reality is even better) Your family has decided that family care by a trusted person is the way to go. They have heard about the CDPAP program from some friends and are very interested. Instead of letting strangers from the agency into your mother’s apartment, you will help her […]
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Reminiscence Therapy and How It’s Used.
This is a term used for prompting positive memory of past events, feelings and thoughts for aging adults. Through objects, experiences, sensory stimulation, conversation, and props, remembrance of times past are provoked. Art, touch, smell, and the other senses are used to recall experiences in a generalized way that does not focus on specific specific […]
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A Simple Guide for Caregivers for Rosh Hashanah with your Senior
As the advent of the Jewish New Year draws near, Jewish people respond with thought and actions. Tradition tells us that decisions about a person’s welfare for the year are made by G-d on this day. Many spend the two days of the holiday in the synagogue praying special prayers and listening to the shofar’s […]
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How CDPAP can Change your Life
How the CDPAP Program can change your life You are overburdened, to put it mildly. You care for your own family. You have a job. You have a household, bills, medical care, and health of your own to deal with. And you have to do all of this for your mother, as well. You manage […]
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The Beauty of CDPAP
CDPAP: Expectations vs. Reality (Why the reality is even better) Your family has decided that family care by a trusted person is the way to go. They have heard about the CDPAP program from some friends and are very interested. Instead of letting strangers from the agency into your mother’s apartment, you will help her […]
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Mother’s Day in September
Every day is Mother’s Day. This is a saying we often heard from the older generation. Parents need to be appreciated and respected all the time. These are universal values in all cultures and are particularly emphasized in some. The second Sunday in May only became a formal national holiday in 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson declared […]
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CDPAP can change your life
How the CDPAP Program can change your life You are overburdened, to put it mildly. You care for your own family. You have a job. You have a household, bills, medical care, and health of your own to deal with. And you have to do all of this for your mother, as well. You manage […]
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When things are getting worse for both your Mother & You
Is it time to bring your Mom to the hospice, what do you need to consider? You’ve worked very hard for years managing your mother’s care. You arrange the doctor visits. You supervise the prescription filling and medication. You deal with all the paperwork for her home care. Communicating carefully with the home health aide […]
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The latest information about home care wages and home care rates in New York
Thinking about Coming Back to Work in Home Care? What are home care wages and home care rates in 2022? First the big news. The rates are going up by $2 an hour in October and another $1 next year. This wage increase is part of the NYS budget that was passed in April 2022. […]
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