Tips To Prevent Loneliness

A whole lot of active adults don’t like the idea of going to live in places just like Assisted Living Decatur. To them, this assisted living Decatur arrangement is not the ideal method to live, simply because they have a belief that it is a very lonely and also isolated method to exist. Well, we think otherwise. We say that loneliness is a state of mind. You don’t have to be lonely if you don’t want to, yet it’s up to you to take those necessary measures and reach out to others. In a place just like Assisted Living Decatur home, we’ll show you what to do to throw loneliness out the window!

1. Make an effort to talk to your fellow residents – There’s a saying that goes, share a seat and win a friend. Well, this ought to be your mantra. You’re a lot more than sharing a seat, you’re also sharing a whole new home, hence there isn’t any reason on earth why you can’t be...READ MORE HERE

Each week starting this next week, I will be uploading blank FORMS that you may find useful in your Adult Family Care Home Business. I will upload at least one a week. You may download these forms to use as you wish in your business. They may be forms for admission, charting, Policies, etc. These are all forms that I created for my business and have been used by many others that I have networked and shared with.
Stay Tuned :)
I look forward to sharing useful tools and info with all of you business owners ♥
If you want to make sure to get in on receiving these "Forms", you can send me an email at afhwa@yahoo.com and put 'Forms" in the subject line :) I will send you each form as I publish it :)
Be sure to tell your AFH friends and associates about the FREE forms and other Helpful tools and info I will be posting weekly.

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News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 22, 2012


Contact: HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343
Health insurance rate hikes in nine states deemed excessive by HHS

Secretary Sebelius calls on insurance companies to drop unreasonable rate hikes

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that health insurance premium increases in nine states have been deemed “unreasonable” under the rate review authority granted by the Affordable Care Act.

"Thanks to the Affordable Care Act consumers are no longer in the dark about their health insurance premiums," said Secretary Sebelius. "Now, insurance companies are required to justify rate increases of 10 percent or higher. It’s time for these companies to immediately rescind these unreasonable rate hikes, issue refunds to consumers or publicly explain their refusal to do so."

Secretary Sebelius also released a new report today showing that, six months after ...Read More Here

Patients can be discharged from a hospital because of many different reasons, such as having been determined to be medically well enough to leave, or they may also be discharged because of being transferred to another facility. Additionally, there are some instances when patients may request to sign themselves out against doctors orders. No matter what the reason a patient is being discharged, they are usually given explicit medical instructions which will help continue their medical care once they return home. Sometimes when a person is being discharged there will have to be special arrangements made, such as physical therapy appointments or possibly home health care visits.

For an elderly patient many of the standard medical issues with discharge are raised to a much higher level of concern, since the elderly person may have no one to help them after they have returned home. It is important when an elderly person is leaving the hospital that a full assessment of what the elderly person will need once having left the hospital is made, and relayed to the...Read More Here

A Fun Activity for Elderly

Pride in the home: Flower arranging

Residents can create floral displays for the entrance (for those with any experience in flower
arranging this will be easier). Those who struggle can do posies for the dining table. This
activity can grow with residents taking an interest in what colour schemes and which flowers
to choose. Residents can even plant bulbs for the spring, which then gives even more
activities ideas, such as selling planted bulbs for charity, giving planted bulbs to family and
friends as gifts and entering local spring flower shows.

Equipment needed
 Flowers
 A vase
 Flower arranging tools, such as wire, wire cutters and pedestal.




Instructions

1. Start with leaves and arrange them to create some structure.
2. Then add the largest flowers first. A general rule is add odd numbers of flowers as
this makes arranging easier.
3. Once you’ve added fully open flowers add buds that are not yet open.
4. Finally, add any others bits of grass and other items to make the arrangement look
good.

A great Activity For the Elderly

Super Smells

A perfect game to reinvigorate the senses. Super smells is the ideal for people with sensory
or memory problems as it helps people reminisce about pervious trips/experiences.
Equipment needed
Paper cups
Blind fold (a dark scarf would be sufficient)
A variety of strong smelling flavors
Pen
Paper

When selecting the strong smelling ingredients try to think about the certain theme
or memory. For example using Vinegar and Vanilla could provoke a memory of a
seaside holiday.


Instructions

1. Place a different strong smelling ingredient in each cup
2. Blindfold each person then get them to record their answer.
3. Then allow them to smell all the pots again with their eyes open.
4. See if the answers have changed then reveal the results

Fun Activities for Those With Limited Mobilities