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How Do You Create Emotional Quality of Life in Homebound Seniors?

August 14, 2019

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Homebound seniors are miserably isolated and lonely with a devastating emotional quality of life.

 AARP has estimated the there are 19.6 million in the US. This can be deadly to their quality of life. There are many answers  new approaches throughout the US. One is called Virtual Senior Centers. These game-changing idea magically allow older people, who cannot get out, to use technology or the phone to enhance their emotional and physical quality of life. This is a brilliant idea
Senior Center Without Walls, another approach has been around since 2004. Each week, homebound seniors can access ,over 70 groups by phone or online, all from the comfort of home. Nancy Lynn Jarvis a mystery writer living in Santa Cruz reads each of her mysteries, as they are published live on the telephone to an entire group of homebound seniors in the San Francisco Bay area. Isolated seniors can access a wide breadth of fun and games the isolated seniors can find- just by joining

The Virtual Senior Center really opens up the world for homebound senior enhancing their emotional and intellectual quality of life. It also elevates the quality of life of the caregiver because it gives them a respite and the comfort that their loved one is experiencing a program that offers joy- the joy that comes from joining a community, making new friends and learning new things you choose to be part of, an amazing benefit for homebound seniors.

We’re Still Here an art exhibit is presently in Santa Cruz California and will travel to other museums in the state, addresses the plight of lonely and isolated seniors . Art and community organizing about the lives of lonely seniors are the thrust of this exhibit , for the  the 70,000 visitors  expected to attend this year in its run from April to September. They can to pick cards that offer one lonely senior a visit, a ride a chances to interact with a visitor. This exhibit will travel counties throughout California through other art museums, spreading the message that lonely isolated seniors need help- all through art. The exhibit was spearheaded by Nina Simon  who is now world famous museum director and author who builds and teaches  community driven museums.

Quality Of Life in Geriatric Care Agencies

Sage Eldercare Solutions a geriatric care management agency is Millbrae , California, developed a brilliant program , called  Hummingbird designed by Nina Herndon a geriatric care manager with a passion for quality of life for seniors.The innovative idea  engages clients through one-on-one activity sessions, carefully planned outings, and individualized Therapeutic Activity Kits that can be used by family members, care providers, and other care team members at any time to engage clients in a range of meaningful and stimulating activities. Sessions might include memory or sensory games, memoir writing, armchair travel, gardening, creating art or crafts, or special outings to a place connected with a client’s past or special interests.

Lifespan a 35 year old  geriatric care agency in Santa Cruz, California recently opened their Well- Being program , another quality of life program that which encourages activities to enhance emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual quality of life for seniors living in the community. Through a Well-Being Assessment of functional, psychosocial and general quality of life, a professional Lifespan Care Manager will identify areas that may promote the older person’s sense of well-being

If you are a geriatric care manager and  think of adding a quality of life program that can enhance not just quality of care but the joy you give isolated seniors in your community, check out the quality of life  Concierge Companion service included in my Geriatric Care Operations Manual

 

Filed Under: Aging, Aging Life Care, Aging Life Care Assocaition, aging life care manager, care manager, case manager, Dementia and Spirituality, Emotional Quality of Life, Families, Geriatric Care Management Business, geriatric care manager, Geriatric Care Manager, geriatric social worker, nurse advocate, nurse care manager, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for elders, Reminiscence Therapy Tagged With: aging life care manager, aging parent, aging technology, ALCA, assessing for quality of life, care plan, elders emotional quality of life, Formal Supports of an older person, Functional Assessment, geraitric assessment, geriatric care management, geriatric care manager, geriatric social worker, increasing quality of life, isolation and quality of life, National Assocaition of Geraitric Care Managers, New Old Age, nurse care manager, parent care, psychosocial assessment- social connections, quality of life and geriatric care management, quality of life and technology, quality of life assessment, senior centers, virtual senior centers

How Reinventing Senior Centers Boosts Boomers Quality of Life

March 27, 2019

Senior Centers have a whole new face in 2019.

Senior Centers, now provide revamped, hip classes and exciting structured events for elders.   On top of that,

Seniors Having Fun In The Community Center

they still offer old fashion opportunities to increase the quality of life for older adults , like dances and trips. But these new innovative programs can include new-age activities for older people. Adaptive yoga, for example, can increase physical  health and at the same time offer social interactions that may lead to  emotional and physical connections for elders

In Santa Cruz California, a city famous for it’s surfing, Lifespan 35-year-old care management agency, has added a game-changing program, called “Well Being” . To enhance clients quality of life. Well Being begins with the quality of life assessments to discover how the client wishes increase the emotional, physical, spiritual or intellectual quality of life. What they look for is what will bring the older person joy again. Older people are often lost in retirement, having left the world of work and trying to fill the void with new friends and new ways to spend their time and finding joy in each day. If they have problems doing this on their own, it can result in depression, self-isolation, loneliness, and physical problems.

Lifespan’s Well Being Program care manager designs a care plan for each Well Being Client that takes their interests, physical and mental abilities and wishes for new things to do or old favorites to resurrect and designs a activities plan that uses among other resources in the community use seniors centers. Seniors centers in Santa Cruz, California, offer innovative programs that seniors are excited to join like Tai Chi, Qui  Gong, boomer yoga, meditation and mindfulness, senior downsizing and much more.

If you are a geriatric care manager or an aging professional, think of adding senior centers and quality of life to your plan of care. Find this need through a quality of life assessment You will create a win-win care plan- for both the elder and the adult children’s emotional quality of life— Really – for the whole aging family.

Filed Under: aging life business, Aging Life Care, aging life care manager, Blog, care manager, case manager, elder care manager, Geriatric Care Management Business, geriatric care manager, Geriatric Care Manager, geriatric social worker, innovative new senior centers, nurse advocate, nurse care manager, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for elders, quality of life in senior centers, Senior centers Tagged With: aging life care manager, care manager, case manager, elders emotional quality of life, friendship and quality of life, geriatric care manager, geriatric social worker, increasing quality of life, nurse advocate, nurse care manager, quality of life and senior centers, senior centers

Enhancing Quality of Life Through Senior Centers

May 29, 2018

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Senior Centers have a whole new face in 2018

Senior Centers , now provide revamped, hip classes and exciting structured events for elders,   On top of that they still offer old fashion opportunities to increase the quality of life for older adults. These innovative programs can  include new/age for older people adaptive yoga,  to increase  physical  health and at the same time social interactions that may lead to  emotional and physical connections for elders

 

In Santa Cruz California, a city famous for it’s surfing, Lifespan 35-year-old care management agency, has added a game-changing program, their Well Being product. To enhance the quality of life they offer the services of personal assessments to increase the emotional, physical, spiritual or intellectual quality of life of an elder. Older people are often lost in retirement, having left the world of work and trying to fill the void with new friends and new ways to spend their time and finding joy in each day. If they have problems doing this on their own, it can result in depression, self-isolation and physical problems.

Lifespan’s Well Being Program care manager designs a care plan for each Well Being Client that takes their interests, physical and mental abilities and wishes for new things to do or old favorites to resurrect and designs a activities plan that uses among other resources in the community use seniors centers. Seniors centers in Santa Cruz, California, offer innovative programs that seniors are excited to join like Tai Chi, Qui  Gong, boomer yoga,

 

If you are a geriatric care manager or an aging professional , think of adding senior centers and quality of life to your plan of care.Find this need through a quality of life assessment You will create a win-win care plan- for both the elder and the adult children’s emotional quality of life— Really – for the whole aging family.

Filed Under: Aging, Aging Family, Aging Life Care, aging life care manager, care manager, Care Plan, case manager, Geriatric Care Management Business, Geriatric Care Manager, geriatric care manager, geriatric social worker, nurse advocate, nurse care manager, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for elders Tagged With: aging family, aging parent care, aging parent crisis, Area Agency on Aging, assessing for quality of life, care monitoring, care plan as saftey net, care planning, case manager, elders emotional quality of life, Geriatric Assessment, geriatric care managers, Quality of Life, quality of life assessment, reminicence and elder, senior centers, senior centers and intergenerational programs

How Do You Create Emotional Quality of Life in Homebound Seniors?

March 7, 2018

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Homebound seniors are miserably isolated.  AARP has estimated the there are 19.6 million in the US This can be deadly to their quality of life. There is an answer called Virtual Senior Centers. These game-changing idea magically allows older people, who cannot get out, to use technology or the phone to enhance their emotional and physical quality of life. This is a brilliant idea.

Seniors Center Without Walls,  has been around since 2004. Each week, seniors can access over 70 groups by phone or online, all from the comfort of home. Nancy Lynn Jarvis a mystery writer living in Santa Cruz reads each of her mysteries, as they are published live on the telephone to an entire group of homebound seniors in the San Francisco Bay area.Their winter catalog shows you the breadth of fun and games the isolated seniors can find- just by joining

The Virtual Senior Center really opens up the world for homebound senior enhances their emotional and intellectual quality of life for seniors . It also elevates the quality of life of the caregiver because it gives them a respite and the comfort that their loved one is experiencing a program that offers joy- the joy that comes from joining a community, making new friends and learning new things you choose to be part of, an amazing benefit for homebound seniors.

Self Help, a remarkable senior agency for Hollacast victims in New York City, put an extraordinary Virtual Senior Center together by partnering with Microsoft.. They have grown since their beginning to spread to many other cities.. Classes are led by a volunteer, like an opera class lead volunteers from a NYC opera company-.

One of the participants talks about the sense of community they feel, Marie says. “When we see each other, we say, ‘how are you?’ And if someone is missing you wonder if he or she is sick and you find out. We have a nurse who is knowledgeable and whom you can ask health questions when you see her in the class. She connects us with information she’s learned from the Mayo Clinic.”

The Virtual Senior Center really not only  opens up the world for homebound senior  but enhances their  emotional and intellectual quality of life  and downright joy in every day 

SelfHelp has loaned many VCS participants all-in-one, simplified touchscreen computers with a senior-friendly interface, as well as providing free access to VSC programming and technical support, and internet access. new participants can join from all over the country and check up the website for further information.

If you are a geriatric care manager think of adding a personal assistant program that can enhance not just quality of care but the joy you give through quality of life care.

 

Filed Under: Aging, care manager, case manager, Geriatric Care Management Business, Geriatric Care Manager, geriatric care manager, geriatric social worker, nurse advocate, nurse care manager, Quality of Life, Webinar Tagged With: aging family, Aging In Place, aging life care manager, aging parent, aging technology, ALCA, assessing for quality of life, care plan, Formal Supports of an older person, Functional Assessment, geraitric assessment, geriatric care management, geriatric care manager, geriatric social worker, increasing quality of life, National Assocaition of Geraitric Care Managers, New Old Age, nurse care manager, parent care, psychosocial assessment- social connections, quality of life and technology, quality of life assessment, senior centers, virtual senior centers

PBS series ” Taking Care” Begins

May 31, 2013

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PBS series Taking Care – PBS News Hour Series on Long-Term Care in America on caregiving features excellent first segment  segment on mothers and daughters  showing why the Whole Family Approach is so important in aging.  The series is sponsered by the SCAN Foundation a-profit public charity devoted to transforming health care for seniors in ways that encourage independence and preserve dignity.

Filed Under: Aging Tagged With: aging parent, aging parent care, aging parent crisis, Aging Professional communication with adult siblings, Alzheimers, Area Agency on Aging, assessing the caregiver, care monitoring, care plan, care plan interventions, caregiver assessment, caregiver burnout, caregiver overwhelm, caregiver stress, Cognitive Assessment, Continuum of Care, cost of long term care, early Alzheimers, Geriatric Assessment, geriatric care managers, long term care, Medicare, National Association of Geriatric Care Managers, parent care crisis, PBS, PBS series Taking Care, SCAN Foundation, senior centers, Senior Information and Referral, stress and burden

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