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Monday, April 12, 2010

Stress and the Elderly in San Diego CA

Stress and the Elderly

Contrary to what we’ve been led to believe, senior living isn’t always the way it’s portrayed in glossy sales brochures and magazine advertisements. Rather than being a carefree period of life spent on the golf course and traveling around the world, for many of today’s seniors those “golden years” are incredibly stressful times.

What causes seniors so much stress? Change is a huge trigger for stress and seniors definitely experience plenty of change. It can be in the form of declining health, death of friends and loved ones, moving, a bad financial investment, and the list goes on. Here are some other reasons why senior living is stressful.

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If you are seeking more information regarding care for your senior loved one, please visit us at www.inhomecaresandiego.com.

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Via: Always Best Care Senior Services – San Diego California (CA)

In San Diego CA, How To Know if Mom Should Be Living Alone

Should Mom Be Living Alone?
Jacqueline Marcell

Recently I received a call from Michelle, an exasperated adult daughter asking if there was any legal way to get her elderly father to stop yelling, screaming and berating her, and to accept a caregiver so she could move out of his house. She had moved in to help him after her mom passed, but was now trapped as he refused to move to assisted living or accept live-in help.

Michelle started to cry, saying she had just called an agency where a man “laughed at me,” saying her father could do whatever he wished in his own home short of physically abusing her. Since I have survived the same situation with my own father, I knew the misery she was going through.

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Please visit us at www.inhomecaresandiego.com if you need help caring for an aging parent in the area.

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By: Always Best Care Senior Services – San Diego California (CA)

Welcome to Our New Home Care Blog for San Diego, California Seniors and Families!

Diane Mathis is a nurse of 25 years and runs all of our caregiving services.  She interviews, hires, tests, trains and places our caregivers in all of our clients homes.  Bill Mathis is a Certified Residential Care Facility for the Elderly Administrator and has been involved in Information Technology and health care for the past 25 years.  We are committed to providing the best care and service to our communities families and seniors. Our passion is to help no matter what it takes.

Contact Us:

278 Town Center Parkway Suite 201

Santee, CA  92071

(p) 619-757-1114 ext 1

(f) 619-448-8078

www.inhomecaresandiego.com

Proudly serving the California areas of Santee, San Diego, El Cajon, La Mesa, Winter Gardens and Bostonia.

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By: Always Best Care Senior Services – San Diego California (CA)

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

By working with case managers, social workers, discharge planners, doctors and families, Always Best Care Senior Services of San Diego provides affordable, comprehensive solutions to the challenges that are often presented when an aging family member requires additional physical and personal support. The hallmark services of the company’s business portfolio include:

Home Care - With the assistance of a professional geriatric care specialist chosen to specifically meet their unique goals, local seniors can maintain their independence while living at home. Family members are encouraged to take part in the free personal consultation, where Always Best Care Senior Services will create a detailed, written care plan and work with insurance providers to coordinate billing procedures.

Assisted Living - Free of charge, this service presents seniors with options for choosing the most appropriate living facility to suit their needs. “We drive our clients to and from the facilities, and can carry a mobile database to the client’s bedside. We work with all budgets as well. I can promise that our company will never exhaust another family with a “list”, or give clients anything but our personal attention,” said Mathis.
Personal Response - Through a partnership with ResponseLINK, Always Best Care Senior Services provides personal response systems to seniors. Over 100,000 Americans have improved their lives with ResponseLINK medical and medical emergency monitoring systems.

"Whether a loved one is living with Alzheimer’s, cancer or Parkinson’s disease, or simply needs assistance making a weekly grocery trip, Always Best Care Senior Services of San Diego has the capability to enhance the life of the area’s seniors," said Mathis. "Our range of services can be tailored to meet a client’s particular needs, whether they require just a few hours of assistance a day or constant care 24 hours a day, seven days a week."

For more information about Always Best Care Senior Services of San Diego, please contact Bill Mathis at 619-757-1114 x 1.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Stress and the Elderly

Contrary to what we’ve been led to believe, senior living isn’t always the way it’s portrayed in glossy sales brochures and magazine advertisements. Rather than being a carefree period of life spent on the golf course and traveling around the world, for many of today’s seniors those “golden years” are incredibly stressful times.

What causes seniors so much stress? Change is a huge trigger for stress and seniors definitely experience plenty of change. It can be in the form of declining health, death of friends and loved ones, moving, a bad financial investment, and the list goes on. Here are some other reasons why senior living is stressful.

To continue reading, click Here.

If you are seeking more information regarding care for your senior loved one, please visit our website, Always Best Care San Diego.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Great article on Seniors and Computers. http://bit.ly/cbEKOR

Computers and Seniors

According to research, computer savvy senior citizens have fewer symptoms of depression than those that do not get connected.

In an ongoing research study, data is being collected regarding computer use and depression to determine the changes over time in physical health, mental health and social activity of older adults.

Researchers wanted to look into the impact of the growing use of computers and the thought that those using computers would report fewer depressive symptoms than non-users. “Given the social and informational nature of older adult’s computer practices, e-mail, chat rooms and health information gathering, for example, it seems likely that this would be beneficial to an individual’s overall mental health.”Triche said.

In the study, it was determined that seniors who were computer users reported significantly fewer depressive symptoms that non- users. Researchers also found that computer users tended to be among the younger members of the study group and had higher annual incomes while also reporting higher functioning in activities of daily living.

Study conducted by Edward Cisek, PHD, and Kathleen Triche, DSW, CSW