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MAKING THANKSGIVING SPECIAL FOR SENIORS

5 Star Home Care wrote 1 day ago: 5 Star Home Care quality homecare for Seniors – call 404-250-3248.  Serving all areas in Metro … more →

Tags: Elder Resources, Healthy Resources, in home elder care, senior brain health tips, Senior Health, senior help, Senior Resources, Tips on Alzheimer's Care, 24 hour elder care X 24 hour live-in care X 5 star home

MAKING THANKSGIVING SPECIAL FOR SENIORS

5 Star Home Care wrote 1 day ago: 5 Star Home Care quality homecare for Seniors – call 404-250-3248.  Serving all areas in Metro … more →

Tags: Fall Prevention, Healthy Resources, senior help, Tips on Alzheimer's Care, 24 hour elder care X 24 hour live-in care X 5 star home

Independent living: a community of friends

Comm3660 wrote 1 day ago: Story and photos by Paige Fieldsted When you walk into Parklane Senior Apartments in downtown Salt L … more →

Tags: aging, Aging Well, Social Interaction, Senior apartments

On Purposeless Meanderings

dwanderingmind wrote 1 week ago: I think it is given to everybody to be at a point where they can look back, in retrospect at the ent … more →

Tags: writing, Reflections, observations, Life Experience

Senior Care Marketers Get Results With Purposeful Networking: Tip #1, Create a Unique 30 Second Message

Patty Cisco wrote 1 week ago: Networking at it's Best! If we were in a room of 50 marketers, how many would raise their hand w … more →

Tags: Senior Care Marketing, Sales & Customer Service, Assisted Living, Home & Health, Marketing, nursing home, Sales

The Future of the Mentally Challenged community from a Support Coordinator

specialgathering wrote 1 week ago: Because I did not get this Waiver Coordinator’s permission to use this e-mail, I’ve not … more →

Tags: Advocacy, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, APD budget, developmental disabilities, Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, mental retardation, mentally challenged community, Special Gathering, apd

Adult Autism Outcomes Vary Considerably, Study Finds

Astrid wrote 2 weeks ago: A recent study* examined adult outcomes on education, vocation, independence, friendships and intima … more →

Tags: College University, Autism, Relationships

In-Home Care Considerations, Part 5

checkincalls wrote 2 weeks ago: The following resources provide a good starting place to find help if you and your care-receiver hav … more →

Tags: Caregiver Resources, tips for caregivers, caregivers, home care, home care providers, Senior Resources, home care agency, Senior Home Care, providing in-home care for elderly

being white in a black neighborhood

outalive wrote 2 weeks ago: I applied for foodstamps about a month and a half ago. I recently (read as: three weeks ago) receive … more →

Tags: racism, Government Assistance, Work, foodstamps, survival

raw beginnings 1 comment

outalive wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m 23, semi-fresh out of the cellophane packaging of college, careening towards the middle of … more →

Tags: Debt, Starting out, Struggling, On my own, City Living

Providence Place - A Very Special Place in Holyoke

nancyhooks wrote 3 weeks ago: Last Friday, I accompanied my New England colleagues on a tour of Providence Place at Ingleside and … more →

Tags: Community, AAHSA, Massachusetts, New England, providence place

OT - Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy at home for older people with dementia - The WHEDA study

sjennings29 wrote 3 weeks ago: WHEDA study: effectiveness of occupational therapy at home for older people with dementia and their … more →

Tags: OT - Occupational Therapy, OT - Evidence Based OT, Occupational Therapy, OT, Community, elderly, Skills, Home

Agape Senior Assisted Living Now on the Web

agapesenioralf wrote 1 month ago: Agape Senior ALF is now on the Web… We are proud to be the premier assisted living facility in … more →

Tags: Assisted Living, memory care, dementia care, assisted living rock hill, dementia care rock hill, memory care rock hill, Rock Hill, Charlotte, independent living rock hill

Do You Like picnics?

Tim wrote 1 month ago: G’day g’day, how’s it? Well after all this interviewing, talking, ideas and what n … more →

Tags: Happenings, Sustainable living, Community Gardens, DIY, dumpster diving, Education, ethical, Fair Trade, Food Co-Op

ADAPT Issues Lesson On Disability For CNN..1 comment

wisp-o'-the-will wrote 1 month ago: Just found this in my inbox and passing along to get it on out there in a timely fashion.. FREE OUR … more →

Tags: Disability, Adapt, civilrights, CNN, DisabilityRights, Healthcare, hr1670, institutionalBias, longTermCare

Routine Maintenance4 comments

dwanderingmind wrote 1 month ago: I remember Barbra Streisand’s character in The Mirror has Two Faces once remarking during the period … more →

Tags: Reflections, observations, Life Experience, survival, Keeping House, Weather

AbleHouse, LLC2 comments

specialgathering wrote 1 month ago: In the state of Florida, I understand that there are no more than a dozen licensed Medwaiver provide … more →

Tags: mental retardation, developmental disabilities, Special Gathering, mentally challenged community, church, Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, Christianity, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Brad Shea


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