When calling home care agencies, they are going to have as many questions for you as you do them. They need some specific information from you to start the process and as the care plan is developed for you or your loved one. Just like the old mantra of who, what, when, where and why, we are looking for: Who-who…
When someone says the word Parkinson’s Disease, the image of Michael J. Fox (Marty McFly from Back to the Future or Alex. P. Keaton from Family Ties) may pop into your head. Committing himself to help increase awareness and research for a cure, Fox went public with his struggle with Parkinson’s disease in 1998. He was diagnosed with young onset…
Award-Winning Home Care Agency Serves Families in Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties TINTON FALLS, NJ—March 22, 2021– To enhance care of families, in Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counites, two of Assisting Hands® Home Care staff have earned Certified Dementia Practitioner® CDP® designations, which are considered a premier standard of Alzheimer’s and dementia care within the healthcare industry. Assisting Hands Home…
“We are what we eat,” is true. Our overall health is impacted by what we eat. Food is how we get the vitamins, minerals, proteins and healthy fats our bodies need to function correctly. A balanced diet is what helps us achieve that—now we are realistic enough to know that not everyone eats a perfectly balanced diet all the time….
Annual report shows more than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s Deaths attributable to Alzheimer’s and dementia spike during COVID-19 CHICAGO, March 2, 2021 — Findings from two national surveys appearing in the Alzheimer’s Association 2021 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report reveal that discrimination is a barrier to Alzheimer’s and dementia care. More than one-third of Black Americans (36%), and nearly…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This content has been provided to Assisting Hands Home Care by Mass Mutual New Jersey-NYC as part of an ongoing series about paying for care and was originally published on their blog and has been updated by Assisting Hands Home Care for 2021. We thought it contained valuable information and obtained permission to share it as a resource. By…
Those mean girls in the lunchroom from your middle and high school years have not gone away—they just got older. Senior bullying is something many older adults have to endure, with 10 to 20 percent of seniors experiencing one form of bullying or another, says Sheli Monacchio, CDP, CADDCT, CMDCP, founder of Caring Connections of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, a…
With more than 56 million Baby Boomers reaching the age of 65 and older, members of the generations that follow have their hands full, often caught between balancing care for children and parents. By the end of the decade, 20 percent of the total population will be over 65 Approximately 70 percent of adults over the age of 65 will…
Some say that feeling stiff and having joint pain is an inevitable part of growing older, but this is not entirely true. These experiences can transition from aches pains that come and go with the weather to much more serious and even crippling conditions all under the umbrella of arthritis. Arthritis is not a single disease; it is an informal…
For seniors, good nutrition is one of the keys to staying healthy and strong. The human body works best when it has access to all of the vitamins and nutrients that it needs. A well-balanced diet not only helps ensure that seniors are getting proper nutrition but it also can help them maintain a healthy weight, making it easier to…
