Community Education - June 8th

Please join us for a Community Education Program Wed., June 8th at 1 PM. in the Bluffton Public Library. We will be discussing the 40/70 Rule & 5 Wishes. Sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care of Savannah and Hospice Care of the Lowcountry. Please call (843)706-2296 for more info. or to reserve your seat.  We look forward to seeing you there! (For directions)

Moment by Moment...Creative Approaches in Dementia Care Conf. Thursday!

Are you a family caregiver or a friend, neighbor or colleague of someone with dementia? Don't miss this opportunity to attend this conference for caregivers, presented by Memory Matters. A panel of experts will present information on:  How to Make Tough Decisions - What are the options. Medicaid and Medicare - What is the difference and what do they pay for. Getting your Affairs in Order - When and Where do I start?  What are the legal issues. Keynote speaker is Teepa Snow - dementia expert and nationally recognized keynote speaker.


The conference will be held Thursday, May 26, 2011at Hilton Head Beach & Tennis Resort, 40 Folly Field Rd., Hilton Head, SC.

Registration begins at 8 AM. Conference begins at 9. Fee is $45 and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. There will be door prized and over 40 exhibitors. CEU's are offered for $65.  To register or for more information contact Memory Matters at 843-842-6688  or E-mail: karen@memory-matters.org 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Lori Hogan inspires women

Women attending an annual conference for women business professionals in Omaha listed Lori Hogan, co-founder of Home Instead Senior Care, among their most-admired female leaders in the community. More than 1,800 women attended the ICAN 2011 Women’s Leadership Conference on April 7th at the Qwest Center Omaha. (ICAN stands for Institute for Career Advancement Needs.) Lori was one of the women attendees named, when asked to identify female leaders in the community they most admired. Others also listed included CEOs, a Nebraska Senator and an executive director of a non-profit organization. When attendees were asked what characteristics they admire most in a leader, they ranked the top five in the following order: inspirational, supportive, authentic, intelligent and flexible. At last year’s ICAN conference, Lori on behalf of Home Instead, Inc. accepted the Best Places to Work for the Advancement of Women Award, which is given by Omaha’s Baird Holm, LLP and ICAN. The award recognizes companies that support and develop women in leadership roles and is based on a survey measuring employee engagement and perception of advancement opportunities. The recognition at both last year’s and this year’s ICAN conference shows Lori’s enduring influence as a thought leader and an inspiration in the Omaha community. Congratulations, Lori!

Caregivers need government help or they'll go broke

According to a recent USA Today article written by Gail Sheehy, a national expert on aging, “Three quarters of caregivers work for a living as well as look after family members who are chronically or seriously ill, or lingering with dementia.” The story, entitled “Caregivers Need Government Help or They’ll Go Broke,” asserts that, “Forty-seven percent of working caregivers say the increases in caregiving expenses have caused them to use up all or most of their savings ... Women who are family caregivers are 2½ times more likely than non-caregivers to live in poverty and five times more likely to receive Supplemental Social Security Income (SSCI).” Sheehy also writes that “40 percent to 70 percent of family caregivers have clinically significant symptoms of depression.” Read more.

A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer's

At Home Instead Senior Care, we are working to be proactive in the fight against Alzheimer's.  Knowledge is key and we want to share as much as possible. 

Welcome to A Woman's Nation - Women are half the work force, raise our children and care for our elderly. Now there's a new pressure on this Woman's Nation: Alzheimer's disease. Maria Shriver and the Alzheimer's Association—the leader in Alzheimer care, support and research—released The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's on Oct. 14 to highlight the epidemic's effect on women as caregivers, advocates and people living with this disease.

 http://www.shriverreport.com/about.php

Life expectancy surpasses 78!

Here’s even more proof that Home Instead's services will be needed into the future. Life expectancy in the United States increased to just more than 78 years, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control ‘s (CDC’s) National Center for Health Statistics. The estimate of 78.2 years is for a baby born in 2009 and is up from 78.0 years in 2008.

The CDC also said that the age-adjusted death rate for the U.S. population fell to an all-time low of 741 deaths per 100,000 people in 2009 — 2.3 percent lower than the 2008 rate.  This marks the 10th year in a row that U.S. deaths rates have declined.

The findings come from "Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2009," which is based on death certificates provided to NCHS through the National Vital Statistics Reporting System from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.

Other highlights of the report include:

• Death rates declined significantly for 10 of the 15 leading causes of death in 2009: heart disease (declined by 3.7 percent), cancer (1.1 percent), chronic lower respiratory diseases (4.1 percent), stroke (4.2 percent), accidents/unintentional injuries (4.1 percent), Alzheimer's disease (4.1 percent), diabetes (4.1 percent), influenza and pneumonia (4.7 percent), septicemia (1.8 percent), and homicide (6.8 percent).
• Overall, there were 2,436,682 deaths in the United States in 2009 – 36,336 fewer than in 2008 (1.5 percent decrease).

The full report is available at www.cdc.gov/nchs.

Our caregivers have FUN!

CAREGiver Janelle Brown (on right) is sporting her spring bonnet while accompanying Tom and Judy Hutchinson to the Spring Bonnet Fashion Show.

Alzheimer's - Get to Know the Numbers

Home Instead Senior Care is focused on being proactive through education in addressing the growing demands on the families of our aging population created by the Alzheimer's epidemic. The current numbers are scary and continue to grow. This new ad by the Alzheimer's Association tries to put it in perspective.Alzheimer's Association 2011 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures

ASA Web Seminars

Home Instead Senior Care has teamed up with ASA to present a series of web seminars that address pertinent caregiving issues. This family caregiver support series features a variety of topics that will help caregivers navigate the many issues that arise while caring for an older adult. Pre-registration is required to attend the live or recorded webinars. Join us May 11th at 1 PM for Long Distance Caregiving webinar.Family Caregiver Support Web Seminars