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Spring 2010 | A Resource for Those Who Care About Seniors
When Too Much Stuff Becomes a Household Hazard
You enter your dad's home and can't believe the stacks of stuff that have accumulated on every flat surface: piles of newspapers and mail everywhere, the medicine cabinet overflowing with 10 years worth of hair spray (despite his being bald), heaps of dirty laundry on the bed so there is no place for him to sleep. You wonder how it got this bad.

The tendency to accumulate possessions isn't limited to seniors, but those who can't or won't give up their stuff may be putting themselves and their homes at risk. The hazards are many, from slipping on loose papers to the threat of fire to the health effects of mold. read more

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Strategies for Helping Seniors De-Clutter
Getting rid of possessions is actually a two-step process: sorting and deciding, on the one hand, and disposing on the other. But convincing seniors can be a challenge that requires a measured approach.

Katherine "Kit" Anderson, CPO-CD, president of the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD), and Vickie Dellaquila, certified professional organizer and author of Don't Toss My Memories in the Trash, offer these strategies for helping seniors let go.
 
  1. Arrange and cheer small victories.
  2. Conduct an "experiment."
  3. Gently approach the idea of health and safety.
  4. Draft an agreement. Consider the control issue.
     

For more information, download "If Your Senior Won't Let Go" (529 K PDF) from Home Instead Senior Care.

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How to Spot "Clutter Creep"
If you notice the following characteristics about seniors or their homes, clutter could start creeping up on them.
 
  • Piles of mail and unpaid bills
     
  • Difficulty walking safely through a home
     
  • Frustration trying to organize
     
  • Difficulty managing activities of daily living
     
  • Expired food in the refrigerator
     
  • Jammed closets and drawers
     
  • Compulsive shopping
     
  • Difficulty deciding whether to discard items
     
  • A health episode such as a stroke or dementia
     
  • Loneliness
     

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Emotional Attachments and Other Reasons Seniors Accumulate Clutter
Home Instead CAREGiverSM Betty Collins remembers the half a dozen strips of yarn she found on her client's rug. When she bent down to pick up and discard the yarn, her client stopped her with a resounding "no, no, no." "She told me that her daughter, who has since died, played with the yarn when she was little," Collins said. "She had to see that every day."

Seniors hang on to their possessions for a variety of reasons from sentimental attachment to health issues that stand in the way of home upkeep and even safety. "In addition, older adults are often set in their ways and everything to them becomes important," Collins said. "Junk to us is their life. That builds up and some seniors just don't know what to do with it. A lot of older adults walk with a walker and live by themselves. They just set things aside and then become overwhelmed."

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These online discussions can provide helpful hints and tips.

Simpler Living is a blog written by Naomi Seldin, who decided to get rid of clutter in her life and document the process on the blog.
Organized Home invites you to "Live clutter-free with clutter-busting articles, tips and resources. Learn the basics of cutting clutter, discover your clutter personality, and bring order to every room of your organized home."
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The National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization
NSGCD) is a non-profit organization serving professional organizers and related professionals who are interested in the study and methods of serving chronically disorganized people.

Organization Rules is the Web site of Vickie Dellaquila, certified professional organizer and author of Don't Toss My Memories in the Trash. In addition to offering organizing services and products, the site includes tips, articles, and a newsletter.

The National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) is a not-for-profit, professional association of organizations dedicated to assisting older adults and families with the physical and emotional demands of downsizing, relocating, or modifying their homes.
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In This Issue:


Tips for Keeping Seniors Active
The Good News About Aging
Signs of Declining Health in Aging Adults
Help from Get Mom Moving
Video: Meet one senior fighting frailty



Tips for Keeping Seniors Active
It's easy to look on aging with fear; there's plenty at stake. Mom worries about falling in her home — maybe breaking a hip — and losing her independence. Of course you worry, too. Both of you know that growing frailty and loss of independence can be the beginning of a downward spiral. In fact, new research conducted for the Home Instead Senior Care® network confirmed that 90 percent of seniors put loss of independence at the top of their list of aging worries. It's a valid concern... read more

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The Good News About Aging
While staying physically active may be a challenge for seniors, getting Mom and Dad moving can help prevent and even reverse signs of frailty. That's according to Stephanie Studenski, M.D., M.P.H., one of the nation's foremost authorities and researchers of mobility, balance disorders, and falls in older adults. "Through activity," Dr. Studenski, says, "seniors build both physical and mental reserves that can help their bodies better tolerate problems that come with aging... read more

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Signs of Declining Health in Aging Adults
As a family caregiver, how can you tell if your loved one is in trouble? A number of conditions — from a heart attack or stroke to falls and weight loss — can result in frailty. Here are some of the warning signs that an elderly person is becoming frail.

Change: Mom has always been interested in talking to the neighbors, reading the newspaper, or volunteering but is withdrawing from those interests. Suggest she see her doctor.

Inactivity: Dad is suddenly much less active than usual. Spend some time with him to investigate possible causes... read more

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Help from Get Mom Moving
The challenges that seniors face staying active prompted Home Instead Senior Care to develop the Get Mom Moving program, with a variety of resources to help keep seniors engaged and fit. These offer information and activities in three categories — Mind, Body and Soul. All of the activities are easy for seniors of varying abilities to participate in, ranging from doing routine tasks in a new way, to planting an indoor garden, to using common clothing items to help improve balance and movement. Why not encourage your senior loved ones to try some of the Get Mom Moving activities? They're available on the Get Mom Moving Web site as a downloadable activities booklet, or you can request a set of Activity Cards from your local Home Instead Senior Care office.

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The Canadian Caregiver Coalition is the national voice for the needs and interests of family caregivers. They are a bilingual, not-for-profit organization made up of caregivers, caregiver support groups, national stakeholder organizations and researchers.

The Alzheimer's Foundation for Caregiving in Canada Inc. (AFCC) is a sister organization to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, offering education and advocacy support to improve quality of life for individuals with Alzheimer's, and to their families and caregivers.

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CARP, Canada's largest association for the 45+ is offering its members a special discount on all services provided by Home Instead Senior Care, as well as a complimentary in-home care consultation and a no-cost home safety check.

50plus.com along with its affiliate web site, www.carp.ca, is the leading Canadian Internet portal for Zoomers — the 14.5 million Canadians who are 45+.

The AARP Fat 2 Fit Online Community is a free online community that helps individuals get fit and lose weight by providing inspiration, information and support. Participants have fun, make friends and win prizes as they work toward achieving their fitness goals. Carole Carson serves as coach; all ages welcome, and membership in AARP is not required.

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News Release


Seniors fear that lack of activity may threaten

their health and independence

Study shows that seniors most concerned about losing their ability to get around


SUDBURY, JANUARY 25, 2010 – Losing the ability to get around is a big concern for seniors, and also a big concern of the adult children who care for them. This is according to a national survey of seniors and adult children commissioned by Home Instead Senior Care, a seniors’ care provider with 26 locations across Canada. Lack of activity can lead to a downward spiral of poor health resulting in frailty, which is a condition that threatens the mind, body and social life of older adults, according to senior-care experts.

“We see many seniors who are trapped in their homes because they are too weak to perform the activities they must do to remain safe and independent,” said Lisette Wirta of Home Instead Senior Care in Sudbury. “That’s why staying active is a prerequisite for healthy aging, but addressing these issues can be a challenge for many families.”
The national Home Instead Senior Care survey of Canadian seniors aged 65 and older found that the two top challenges seniors face are: maintaining their independence (66 percent rated this no. 1) and staying physically active (65 percent rated this no. 1). Other challenges such as managing finances, eating a healthy diet, and keeping socially engaged, while all important, were further down the list.
The problem of inactive seniors has prompted Home Instead Senior Care to develop a public awareness program designed to help keep seniors engaged and fit, and to fight frailty arising from inactivity. The program includes Get Mom Moving activity cards and the website www.getmommoving.com.

The research showed that being active also correlates to a ‘happiness’ factor for both seniors and caregivers. In the survey, 93 percent of the seniors surveyed said their biggest source of happiness is being able to get around as they choose, and 89 percent said it stems from remaining active. The survey was conducted online with 358 seniors aged 65 and over, and with 407 adult caregivers aged 35-62, along with a telephone survey among current Home Instead Senior Care clients and care recipients.

Adult caregivers who took part in the survey were asked about the biggest challenges facing the seniors they look after: 79 percent said the biggest challenge was helping them maintain their independence, and 71 percent said it was helping them stay physically active. When asked what made their seniors happy, 92 percent of the adult caregivers said it was being able to get out and around as they choose. This was tied with maintaining good health and spending time with family, and ranked ahead of financial security, living independently, and spending time with friends.

The survey also asked seniors for advice they might give themselves if they were 20 years younger. Frequent comments had to do with getting more exercise and staying active, and not waiting until retirement to do these things.

“Physical activity helps prevent mental decline,” says Dr. Ian Cohen, an Associate Professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Physical Education and Health. Dr. Cohen is physician to the U of T’s men’s football and hockey teams, former physician for the Canadian Football League Toronto Argonauts, and is associated with the Toronto Memory Program, an independent medical facility specializing in diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.

Says Dr. Cohen: “The benefits of physical activity in older adults are extensive and small gains can have a major impact on their quality of life. Regular exercise has been shown to decrease anxiety and depression, which are both common to this population. Naturally occurring decline in muscle mass can begin in the early to mid-50s, but with seniors, strength programs can slow the rate of decline and even add muscle mass. In patients with osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, combined strength and flexibility programs have resulted in significantly decreased pain, increased walking distance, and improved quality-of-life scores.”

The Alzheimer Society of Canada has just released its own study called Rising Tide: The Impact of Dementia in Canada. Recognizing the urgent need to start turning the tide of dementia, it described four potential intervention scenarios, one of which involves increasing physical activity.

Canadian data published in 2001 in the Archives of Neurology (Laurin et al, Physical Activity and Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Elderly Persons. Arch Neurol. 2001;58:498-504) showed that, in a population of adults aged 65 and over, followed over six years, physical activity was associated with lower risks of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer disease, and dementia when compared to a population with no exercise.
Erin Billowits, owner of Vintage Fitness, is dedicated to energizing the lives of the 50-and-up group with physical activity, and does workshops for Home Instead Senior Care. The older adults she works with have such ailments as osteoarthritis, Parkinson’s, and other mobility challenges. Billowits says less than ten per cent of Canadian seniors do any type of strength training – even with very light weights – and that such activity provides the greatest benefit.

“For many older adults, being active is the difference between living independently and living in a long-term care facility,” she says. “When working with older adults, we stress that they have an emotional goal and a physical goal. For example, one woman didn’t have enough flexibility to paint her own toenails and another was fearful about not being able to get up off the floor after a fall, so this becomes the goal.”
There is an increasing body of research on the benefits of exercise as we age. A 1999 study at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina looked at 156 older adults diagnosed with major depression, and found that those who exercised showed significant improvement over those who took anti-depression medication alone.

In Canada, Home Instead Senior Care has 26 independently owned locations in seven provinces. In addition to Sudbury, there are 15 in Ontario – nine in the Greater Toronto Area, as well as in Ottawa, Peterborough, London, Waterloo, Windsor and Kingston. Five are in B.C. – Kelowna, Port Coquitlam, Vancouver, Victoria and White Rock. There are also locations in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Halifax, and Charlottetown. Services include companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and escorts for errands and shopping. Home Instead Senior Care services are available at home or in care facilities from a few hours per week up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Home Instead Senior Care is the world’s largest provider of non-medical home care and companionship services for seniors with more than 850 independently-owned-and-operated locations in Canada, the U.S., Japan, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the U. K., Spain, South Korea, Austria, Finland, Switzerland, Puerto Rico and Taiwan. For more information about the company and its owners visit www.homeinstead.com .

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact:

Mary Ann Freedman

Freedman & Associates Inc. for Home Instead Senior Care

Tel: 1-866-453-6824

Email: mafreedman@freedmanandassociates.com





Look and See, Signs of Frailty

In a women’s study released last summer, researchers at Columbia and Johns Hopkins Universities discovered the important role activity plays in the fight against frailty and shed new light on what causes the condition.



Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, and scientists found that frailty is the result of a systems failure in older adults, rather than a specific problem, disease or even chronological age. Data from women ages 70-79 led researchers to discover that half of those frail had three or more systems at abnormal levels, compared with 25 percent of the pre-frail and 16 percent of the non-frail population. Among the physiological factors that were assessed included anemia, inflammation and fine motor skills.



Solutions to address frailty including medications and hormone replacement are unlikely to prevent frailty unless they are designed to improve multiple systems, Dr. Fried noted. “This may explain the importance of approaches such as remaining physically active as we get older, since activity improves many aspects of biology and overall health.”



So how do family caregivers know what to look for? Following, from Stephanie Studenski, M.D., M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh geriatrician and researcher, and Home Instead Senior Care, are the signs that a senior might be becoming frail:



Change. If a senior has always been interested in talking to the neighbors, reading the newspaper or volunteering and is withdrawing from those interests, suggest your loved one see a doctor.

Inactivity. If your senior suddenly becomes less active, investigate what could be the cause.

Slowing down. If grandpa always used to have a bounce in his step and now, suddenly, trudges along, that’s a bad sign.

Loss of appetite and weight. A senior who always had a healthy appetite and doesn’t any more should be of concern to their loved ones.

Unsteadiness. Loss of balance comes with aging but an increasing unsteadiness is a sign that something could be wrong.



To find out how you can help keep a senior active, contact Home Instead Senior Care for a free Get Mom Moving Activity Calendar: “Activities for the Mind Body and Soul.”



Senior Fear Factors . . . . .



Many of the fears that seniors experience relate to the biggest challenge they say they face: staying active. According to a recent survey conducted for Home Instead Senior Care, seniors have these fears about the future, beginning with the greatest fear and in descending order:



Loss of independence.
Declining health.
Running out of money.
Not being able to live at home.
Death of a spouse or other family member.
Inability to manage their own activities of daily living.
Not being able to drive.
Isolation or loneliness.
Strangers caring for them.
Fear of falling or hurting themselves.


For more information about how to help seniors at home, contact Home Instead Senior Care Sudbury.

Lisette Wirta lisette.wirta@homeinstead.com



 

 
Be a Santa to a Senior program delivers gifts to seniors in Sudbury



Home Instead Senior Care’s annual Be a Santa to a Senior program provides holiday gifts for isolated and needy seniors. It is the first year it is being launched in Sudbury. The Be a Santa to a Senior program encourages holiday shoppers to pick up an ornament at a participating local retailer, buy items on the senior's wish list and return gifts unwrapped to the store with the ornament attached.



On Thursday December 17 at 10:00 am, Lisette Wirta of Home Instead Senior Care, together with her staff and community volunteers will wrap the donated gifts at a Wrapping Party held at The ParkSide Centre located at 140 Durham Street. Mayor John Rodriguez will also be attending to help wrap gifts. This year Be a Santa to a Senior expects to collect and distribute more than 75 gifts in Sudbury.



Home Instead Senior Care provides non-medical care and companionship services for seniors from 15 locations in Ontario. For more information about the Be a Santa to a Senior program, visit www.beasantatoasenior.com


Home Instead Senior Care

kicks off Be a Santa to a Senior campaign




Gifts will be delivered to seniors during holiday season



SUDBURY, DECEMBER 1, 2009 – Home Instead Senior Care has launched its first Be a Santa to a Senior campaign in Sudbury. The organization, which provides home care and companionship for seniors, expects to collect and distribute 75 gifts to local seniors, according to Lisette Wirta of Home Instead Senior Care.



Home Instead Senior Care has 15 locations in Ontario and 25 across Canada. It makes Be a Santa to a Senior a reality by partnering with local retailers, non-profit agencies, and volunteers from the community. This year retailers such as Hart Store, The ParkSide Centre and Zellers are taking part in the program along with other organizations such as the Big Brother and Big Sister Association.



According to Statistics Canada’s General Social Survey of 2003 (from 2001) almost two-thirds of seniors aged 85 and over (65.3 percent) were either living alone or in an institution. As well, one-third of seniors aged 75-84 (33 percent) were living alone. As the population has continued to age, it is expected that these figures have increased. According to the 2006 census, more than 1.1 million Canadian seniors aged 65 and up were living alone, and 28 per cent of all seniors in private households were living alone. Lisette Wirta, who runs Home Instead Senior Care in Sudbury, said there is no shortage of seniors who would benefit from Be a Santa to a Senior.



“At holiday time, there are many seniors with no families and many whose families are far away,” Wirta said. “And when it comes to gifts, we naturally tend to think of kids, but this program means a lot to thousands of seniors. That’s why it is so successful. The seniors who receive these gifts are an important part of the community, and we think it’s great that retailers, offices, and volunteers from the community have stepped up like this to support the program.”



Be a Santa to a Senior is also run every year by many Home Instead Senior Care offices around the world. Over the past five years, more than one million gifts have been presented to some 700,000 seniors in the program. Here is how to get involved:



1. Visit the website www.beasantatoasenior.ca.  Enter your postal code to find the location of a participating store.

2. Remove an ornament, which has a gift idea printed on the back, from the Christmas tree in the store.

3. Purchase a gift.

4. Give both the gift and ornament to a store employee.



On December 17th from 10am to 4pm, Home Instead Senior Care will be hosting a gift-wrapping party involving volunteers from the community and their own staff who will prepare gifts for delivery to seniors. Be a Santa to a Senior is made possible with the help of local retailers, non-profit agencies, and a host of volunteers.



In Canada, Home Instead Senior Care has 25 independently owned locations in seven provinces. In addition to Sudbury there are 14 in Ontario – nine of them in the Greater Toronto Area – and five in B. C. – Kelowna, Port Coquitlam, Vancouver, Victoria and White Rock. There are also locations in Calgary, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Halifax and Charlottetown. Services include companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and escorts for appointments and shopping. Home Instead Senior Care services are available at home or in care facilities from a few hours per week up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Services are available in English and French in Sudbury.



Home Instead Senior Care prepares its caregivers to look for signs of abuse in the elderly and provides caregiver training that is unmatched in the industry. Recently, Home Instead Senior Care received the Best Employer Award for 50-Plus Canadians from The Workplace Institute. Home Instead Senior Care also offers an Alzheimer’s training program to its caregivers; this training program is the first of its kind for non-medical caregivers.



Home Instead Senior Care is the world’s largest provider of non-medical home care and companionship services for seniors with more than 850 independently-owned-and-operated locations in Canada, the U.S., Japan, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the U.K., Spain, South Korea, Austria, Finland and Taiwan. For more information about the company and its owners visit www.homeinstead.com.





For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact:



Mary Ann Freedman

Freedman & Associates Inc. for Home Instead Senior Care

Toll Free: 1-866-453-6824

Email: mafreedman@freedmanandassociates.com


 

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Home Instead Senior Care opens in Sudbury



SUDBURY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 – Home Instead Senior Care, the world’s leading non-medical, home-care service for seniors, has opened in Sudbury. The office opened on August 17th at 1984 Regent Street, Suite 124, and will serve Sudbury as well as Elliot Lake.



Home Instead Senior Care Services include companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and incidental transportation for appointments and errands. The services, which are available at home and also in care facilities, can range from a few hours per week up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Sudbury office is the 26th in Canada, and the first to serve this part of Ontario.



Operator Lisette Wirta, who has lived in Sudbury for 35 years, got into the business because of a personal experience. Two years ago, her husband was in a snowmobile accident that left him with severe injuries to his arm and leg. Wirta was floundering around looking for a care provider, and quit a management job to become her husband’s full-time caregiver.



“The despair that one feels when something like this happens is unreal,” she says. “I was looking for a caregiver and our insurance company couldn’t recommend anyone. They said to put an ad in the newspaper. There was no other option so I did it myself, but I got a good understanding of how it feels to need help and not be able to find it. It made me understand what it must be like when a senior is in crisis and the family suddenly needs help.”



Wirta studied Human Resources, and has a diploma in accounting and business administration. Before her husband’s accident, she was an executive with a company that ran a string of fast-food franchises throughout several Ontario communities, including Sudbury. She was responsible for 450 employees, but all that went out the window with the snowmobile accident.



The experience left an indelible impression on her. When she was able to return to work, she wanted to do something that involved helping people. She chose Home Instead Senior Care.



“Never in my life have I worked for an organization that helps you the way they do,” she says. “They are very professional and friendly, and it was clear from the outset that they are looking for people who are passionate about providing care for seniors.”



Later this fall, Home Instead Senior Care offices will embark on their annual Be a Santa to a Senior campaign. This is a community program that collects and distributes gifts to needy and isolated seniors during the holiday season. Wirta plans to run a campaign in Sudbury, and will be assisted by her daughter. Her daughter recently entered a local radio contest that had asked listeners to write in about doing good deeds. She wrote about Be a Santa to a Senior and obviously made an impression because she won.



About Home Instead Senior Care



In Canada, Home Instead Senior Care has 26 independently owned locations in seven provinces. In addition to Sudbury, there are 14 in Ontario – nine of them in the Greater Toronto Area – and five in B.C. – Kelowna, Port Coquitlam, Vancouver, Victoria and White Rock. There are also locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Halifax and Charlottetown. Services include companionship, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and escorts for appointments and shopping. Home Instead Senior Care services are available at home or in care facilities from a few hours per week up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.



Home Instead Senior Care prepares its caregivers to look for signs of abuse in the elderly and provides caregiver training that is unmatched in the industry. Recently, Home Instead Senior Care received the Best Employer Award for 50-Plus Canadians from The Workplace Institute. Home Instead Senior Care also offers an Alzheimer’s training program to its caregivers; this training program is the first of its kind for non-medical caregivers.



Home Instead Senior Care is the world’s largest provider of non-medical home care and companionship services for seniors with more than 800 independently-owned-and-operated locations in Canada, the U.S., Japan, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the U.K., Spain, South Korea, Austria, Finland and Taiwan. For more information about the company and its owners visit www.homeinstead.com.


For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact:

Mary Ann Freedman

Freedman & Associates Inc. for Home Instead Senior Care

Tel: 1-866-453-6824

Email: mafreedman@freedmanandassociates.com

 

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Notes from Thursday, April 2 Community Forum re: support services for seniors


WHO: Seniors and Family Members in Walden and Area Communities
WHAT: Community Forum – Support Services for Seniors



WHERE: Tom Davies Community Arena (Walden)



WHEN: Thursday April 2nd  1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.


As you may be aware, the Walden Home Support Program was recently disbanded and is no longer in operation. The North East Local Health Integration Network (NELHIN) would like to reinstate the program in the near future and continue the provision of valuable support services which enable seniors to live in their home settings.



Before this program can be relaunched – the NELHIN needs to know the specific needs and priorities of seniors so that it can allocate funding and resources accordingly. In this regard, a community forum has been scheduled for Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Walden Arena to hear directly from seniors about the types of community support services which would best meet their current needs.



This is your opportunity to have input in the design of the new community support services program for seniors in Walden & Area and it is hoped that all interested seniors, family members and community representatives will attend. Dave Paquette of Summit Consulting has been hired to facilitate the forum and prepare a summary of the feedback collected.



Please share this information with other interested individuals and we look forward to seeing you on April 2nd.

 


Canadian Red Cross, Sudbury Branch
Home Maintenance Program

The Sudbury Home Maintenance program of the Canadian Red Cross assists seniors to be independent by providing dependable, low-cost, home cleaning, snow plowing, and lawn care services within the City of Greater Sudbury.

This program is made possible through funding from the Ministry of Health and a user fee that is charged to the client to partially offset the cost of providing the program.

Services are provided by Canadian Red Cross, Sudbury Branch Home Help Worker, Seasonal Employees, and subcontractors. Normal hours of operation are 8:30am – 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Criteria:

• Individuals who are 60 yrs old or over.

• Individuals who are unable to complete their independent activities of daily living, or unable to do so safely.

• Individuals must require some assistance with independent activities of daily living services to remain in their own home.

Home maintenance services must be obtained through Community Care Access Center (CCAC) referrals.

Fees for Service:

• Home cleaning - $7.50 per hour.

• Grass cutting - $7.50 per hour.

• Snow Removal - $15.00 per plow.

Program Coordinator: Stephanie Bell
Contact info: stephanie.bell@redcross.ca
705-674-0737 ext. 214

 



Canadian Red Cross, Sudbury Branch
Seniors Transportation Program


The Sudbury Transportation program of the Canadian Red Cross assists seniors to be independent by providing dependable, low-cost, door-to-door transportation within the City of Greater Sudbury.

This program is made possible through funding from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, United Way, local fundraising projects and a user fee that is charged to the client to partially offset the cost of providing the program.

Services are provided by Volunteer Drivers using their own vehicles or the Aging at Home / Red Cross van. Normal hours of operation are 8:30am – 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. Transportation service may be extended beyond these hours and on weekends depending on the nature of the request and availability of drivers. Office hours are 8:30am – 4:30pm.

Criteria:

• Individuals who are 60 yrs old or over. – Exceptions have been made for individuals requiring dialysis who are 55 yrs old.

• Individuals who are not living in a Long Term Care Facility

• Individuals must be able to transfer in and out of a vehicle independently or may bring an escort to assist with their needs

• Individuals who are unable to access existing transportation options (transit) and are not currently driving


Program Coordinator: Nancy Leblanc
Contact info: Nancy.Leblanc@redcross.ca
705-674-0737 ext. 213

 

 


 



















           


        

 

 

 

 

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