FirstLight Resources
We’ve gathered helpful caregiving resources for you and your loved ones. See below for informative articles, resources, podcasts and helpful websites about home care, self-care, aging and more.
- Alzheimer's: Caregivers Share: Best activities to get through the dreary months
- Alzheimer's: Race Towards a Cure: Alzheimer’s and an Ageing Population
- Fall Statistics: Falls in Older Adults
- Family Caregivers: Resources for Family Caregivers
- Medicare vs. Medicaid: What You Need to Know
- Pets: How Pets Can Benefit the Mental and Physical Health of Older Adults
- Sleep: How Can Caregivers Better Manage Sleep and Burnout
- Caregiver Podcast
- Daughterhood The Podcast: For Caregivers
- Dementia Care Partner Talk Show Podcast
- The Caring Generation
- The Happy Healthy Caregiver
- The Working Daughter
- Untangling Alzheimer’s and Dementia
- AARP
- Ageless Grace
- Aging Life Care Association
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Cake
- Daily Caring
- Genworth: Financial Solutions for Long-Term Care
- National Aging in Place Council
- National Association for Homecare & Hospice
- National Council on Aging
- Next Avenue
Conversation on Care in Bergen County
Mark nodded, tapping his pen on a folder. "Often, families try to do it all themselves first," he noted. "Family care is familiar and filled with love, but most aren't trained for complex medical needs. Eventually, the 'sandwich generation' burns out. The daughter becomes a nurse, and the son becomes a driver, losing the chance to just be a child to their parent." https://youtu.be/Yyq62EC4-nk
National Nutrition Month Tips for Seniors
From our Care Blog
This National Nutrition Month, we focus on helping seniors overcome barriers to getting nutritious meals. Here’s how you can help.
Serving Glen Rock with Purpose What makes a person good? What makes a community strong? Is it success, comfort, or individual achievement? Or is it something deeper? Maybe a shared commitment to serve one another with open hands and open hearts? Here in Glen Rock, we are more than neighbors. We are a gathering of individuals seeking purpose. And often, that purpose is found not in what we receive, but in what we give in service to others. Service begins with belief, belief in ourselves, definitely! Also, a belief in something greater. When we serve, we step beyond our own...
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