A large number of our clients become clients at the time that the doctors, the insurance, a car accident, or the kids determine it’s time that dad (or mom) stop driving. He needs groceries, refilling medications, doctors appointments, visiting friends, going to church, whatever, he has a number of reasons he needs to get out [...]
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Why is mom afraid of bathing? For anyone who has a senior to care for you know that the single concept of bathing can be broken down into many parts when it comes bathing a senior. For many the first part may be figuring out why their senior doesn’t bathe as often or as well [...]
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Spring is springing forward here in the South! As we see the trees in bloom and watch the tulips and daffodils start to spring forth from the soil, everyone’s juices start flowing for the long dormant activities of lawn mowing, barbequing, planting flower beds and Easter Egg decorating. Seniors should not be left out of [...]
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Tucker, Georgia, the Atlanta suburban home of Eldercare Systems, Inc. since inception in 1988, is in the process of becoming a “Lifelong Community”. A lifelong community, is a community that establishes itself through a well rounded set of housing, transportation, and services options as a community that is appropriate for people of all ages, [...]
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Contract Bridge, NOT for dummies! Members of Tucker’s 50 & Better Center (aka Center for Active Seniors) particularly enjoy playing contract bridge. As the Director of Eldercare Systems, Inc. and it’s social club for Tucker seniors, The 50 & Better Center, it was my duty to learn to play contract bridge, as well as take [...]
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Studies performed at the University of California Berkeley now show a connection between senior memory loss and the amount of REM sleep an adult gets. Poor quality sleep disrupts ones ability to change memories from short term to long term. Apparently the REM cycle helps move those memories to a part of the brain that [...]
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Dear Friends, While we had hoped that our recent change from one blog service to another would be of no consequence to you, the reader, but it seems we may have lost all of our subscribers, we seem to have lost all of our pictures, and who knows what else… So, this is going to [...]
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With the statistics telling us that about 44% of men over 65 and 72% of women over 65 will need long term care, there is a strong argument for planning ahead for these needs. From my perspective the greatest truth about long term care insurance is that it allows family members to care ABOUT each [...]
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Reverse Mortgages have gotten alot of press lately and both the pros and cons should be understood. A reverse mortgage allows homeowners, who find themselves short on income, to tap into their home equity as if it were a bank account. A reverse mortgage can be a useful tool in helping someone pay for the care they need when their home is [...]
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The next seminar in our Tools 4 Life Series is a discussion on funeral planning and making cremation or cemetary arrangements. This seminar will be delivered by Jeff Hatfield who is the Community Service Advisor for Dignity Memorial in Tucker. Jeff will share insights and tools for planning ahead. Both my father and my grandmother passed [...]
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