Here is a press release from the Association for Psychological Science about the negative effects of lonliness. And this isn’t just for seniors - everyone can be impacted by isolation.
The press release, from the APS, shows the importance of having a caregiver i the home for the elderly because being left alone for long periods of time [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Loneliness is Bad for Your Health
Posted in Aging, Caregiving, Elderly, Health, Home Instead Senior Care, Life, MI, Psychology, adult day care, home care, home health, medical on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Just for Fun: Jokes On Us
Posted in Humor, Jokes on October 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A man is reminded for days before his anniversary by his wife that she is desperately wanting a new car to celebrate their 25th year of marriage. “I want a fast one, sweety,” she would demand. “One that goes zero to 200 in six seconds!”
This went on for several nights. The evening before their anniversary, [...]
Local Senior Care Company Hosts Open House: Lunch Provided
Posted in Business, MI, Walled Lake, home care, home health, michigan on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Walled Lake, MI office of Home Instead Senior Care® in Oakland County, Michigan, the world’s largest provider of non-medical home care and companionship for seniors, will celebrate the opening of its new office on Tuesday, October 30, 2006. The company’s owner, Shannon Wygant, will host the event at the new location, 109 Legato Drive, in [...]
Be A Santa To A Senior Program Begins in October: Community Ornament Parties Scheduled at Area Senior Centers
Posted in ACO Hardware, Aging, Be A Santa To A Senior, Caregiving, Christmas, Dignity Funeral Homes, Elderly, Home Instead Senior Care, MI, Milford, National City Bank, South Lyon, Troy, Waterford, Wixom, home care, home health, michigan, senior care on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Local Senior Care Company, Area Agencies and Retailers Play Santa to Overlooked Seniors: Community help Needed
A local senior care company, along with area retailers and seniorcare agencies, are bringing Santa to the lives of seniors who may have been overlooked in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.
Three area offices of Home Instead Senior Care® [...]
Are You Prepared for an Emergency?
Posted in Aging, Caregiving, Disasters, Elderly, Health, Terrorism, home care, michigan, tagged Biological, Bomb, Emergency, Natural Disasters, Nuclear, seniors, Terrorism on October 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A recent article from the NewsMax.com website showed that a town in Alabama is beginning the process of reopening its fall-out shelter, a building once only used during the Cold War when a nuclear attack was greatly feared. So why reopen the shelter fifteen years after the federal governemnt stopped funding such causes?
Fear, perhaps. But [...]
