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A Special Day in the Park at Center City Park for Pink in the Park

[caption id="attachment_2839" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Pink in The Park September 26, 2013 Center City Park, Greensboro, NC[/caption] Come on out and show your pink ! From 10:30am-1:00pm at Center City Park, Pink in the Park, to honor, remember, and show support, for those we have lost to breast cancer and to survivors! A huge thank you to all of our home care nurses, in-home aides, and companions, who make such a big difference every day in the lives of our patients, clients, families, and family caregivers! Thank you!

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Always Be Prepared: What To Do When A Natural Disaster Strikes

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Did you know that September is National Preparedness Month? Being prepared for any type of emergency or natural disaster is important for everyone, but is especially important for seniors. Because each senior’s needs are different, it is essential that each individual have a unique emergency plan that fits all of your needs. If an emergency or disaster occurred today, would you be ready? So, how can you prepare your loved one for an emergency? 1. Make an emergency kit This kit should contain basic essentials like food, water, a flashlight, a battery-powered or hand crank radio and a first aid...

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Helping Seniors De-Clutter

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Moving is hard under the best of circumstances. Moving your aging parents to an assisted living facility or retirement home takes on a whole new level of stress, because what you call “junk” are their prized possessions! Even downsizing to a smaller home can be traumatic. After living in one home for a long time, your senior parents have cupboards, closets and storage spaces overflowing. It can even look like a bad episode of Hoarders. Most of the heavy lifting and packing will fall to you unless you hire a small move specialist. The hardest part of the move is...

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Alzheimer's - World Awareness Month - Continues in October

While our team, The Hearthside Companions, gets ready to walk in the Memory Walk on October 12, please help us in this worldwide effort to address Alzheimer's Disease. Consider helping our team reach its fundraising goal by going to this secure link to the Alzheimer's Association: http://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk/NC-WesternCarolina?team_id=188056&pg=team&fr_id=3514 The Greensboro NC Memory Walk will be held at Center City Park, in downtown Greensboro NC. Come on out and show your support for the fundraising efforts of the Western Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.

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How Can I Age Healthier?

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It’s September. That means that this month is Healthy Aging Month, designed to help promote the positive aspects of growing older. Healthy Aging Month encourages individuals to take responsibility for their own physical, mental, social and financial health. Health is extremely important at any stage in life, but becomes even more essential as you begin to age. So, what can you do to take advantage of Healthy Aging Month? Head back to school. You are never done learning and, what better way to improve your mental health than expanding your knowledge? Take courses at a local college or university; you...

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Should Healthcare Cover Extended Families?

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With so much debate going on right now over Obamacare and extending health insurance benefits to same sex couples, it raises the question: when are healthcare benefits going to be offered to extended families? “With so many parents living with their children in their senior years, the idea of a ‘nuclear family’ has changed with many generations living under one roof,” says Jeff Bevis, CEO of FirstLight Home Care. “In the future, I hope we will see employers of the ‘sandwich generation’ extending healthcare benefits to more than just spouses and children.” Right now the only option for adult son...

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10 Things Seniors Can Do To Keep Up With Their Grandchildren

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For older adults, relating to young people can be a challenge. It may take time, observation and investigation to fully understand what your grandchildren are interested in. But, after investing the time to learn about them and their interests, grandparents are able to relate to their grandchildren. 1. Play video games. Video games, especially games on the Wii system, are a great way to have fun with grandchildren. Playing video games allow grandchildren to do something that they enjoy and also helps seniors to exercise their hand-eye coordination. 2. Teach your grandchildren how to do something you enjoy. This can...

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The Financial Toll Of Caring For Your Aging Parents

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Are you jeopardizing your own financial future and health by taking care of your aging parents? If you’re in the sandwich generation, your kids may be in college or thinking about going to college in the near future. You’d like to retire someday yourself, but your 401K is not as hefty as you’d like.  You’re also hoping to collect your own Social Security. This is the predicament many of the sandwich generation and baby boomers face. At FirstLight Home Care, we know it’s not about the money … caregiving for your parents is a labor of love, a payback for...

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A Beautiful Door - How Are You Improving Your Serve Today?

[caption id="attachment_2820" align="alignleft" width="225"] How Many Doors Will You Help Open This Week and How Many Doors Will Open For You This Week? How Are You Improving Your Serve Today?[/caption]

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Alzheimer's Awareness Month is September

Hearthside is committed to preserving the unique skills and abilities of each individual client, thereby meeting each client at his or her point of need. Family is important to everyone, and therefore, we are committed to preserving a sense of family and providing ongoing family support. Family members and friends are encouraged to remain actively involved as much as possible in their loved one's care. Hearthside offers ongoing support to families to help them understand and cope with the needs and changes of their loved one. We call this approach to our philosophy the Special Companion Program. Hearthside provides the individual with Alzheimer's and their family with what all of us need: love, compassion and respect.

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