This saying couldn’t hold more truth, especially for those involved in home care Monmouth. Caregiving is demanding and requires a great deal of patience. When you add in the challenges of daily life, it’s easy to see why it’s essential to start each day in a positive way. Caregivers in home care Monmouth should strive …
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No one ever wants to think anything bad will happen, but as we all know they do. Often at the worst possible time. An emergency can include weather related (remember Superstorm Sandy, the ice storm of ’96), fire, a health crisis or someone with dementia wandering away from home. Any one of these can be …
Nearly three million U.S. service members served in Vietnam and most returned home. But since their return home, many of these veterans have fought illnesses related to their service in the jungles of Southeast Asia and the chemicals they were exposed to. The conflict in Vietnam took place from 1954 to 1975 with active combat …
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By: Sheli Monacchio, CDP, HSAC, ADLS, senior vice president of business development, Angelion Mobility Home is where everyone wants to be, but as we age, it can present significant safety issues, making it challenging for older adults to safely age in place. One of the biggest concerns is the risk of an in-home fall. …
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Award-Winning Home Care Agency Serves Families in Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties SEA GIRT, NJ—June 1, 2022– 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 …
EDITOR’S NOTE: This content has been provided to Assisting Hands Home Care Monmouth by Brunswick Memorial Home in East Brunswick By Michael Kulbacki, manager of Brunswick Memorial Home, N.J. Lic. No. 4870 When discussing what their care wishes are, it might be a good time to bring up what their final wishes. It is an …
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Parkinson’s Disease is a lifelong, neurodegenerative disease – meaning that symptoms will slowly worsen over time. The disease affects more than one million Americans with 600,000 being diagnosed annually. It is a neurodegenerative, progressive disorder that affects predominately dopamine-producing neurons in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra, according to the Parkinson’s Foundation. …
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Caregiving truly is a work of heart. You’re a caregiver because you want to help someone in need and help them live their best lives. You know that your time with them matters. As a caregiver, you are present in a person’s life at their most vulnerable moments. At this point in life, all anyone …
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Did you know that cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women? It kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. Forty five percent of women over 20 years of age have some form of cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. Cardiovascular disease is a classification …
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Award-Winning Home Care Agency Serves Families in Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties Sea Girt, NJ–January 27, 2022–Assisting Hands® Home Care, a Sea Girt-based company that provides professional in-home care services to clients in Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean Counties, so they can remain safe and happy at home, announced today that it has received both the …
