Partners For Livable Communities in cooperation with the MetLife Foundation have identified 11 core components city planners can focus on to create a place where people want to grow old. The third core component is Public Safety and Services. Suggestions include:
Neighborhoods have regular informal contact with police and fire.
Local law enforcement is trained in elder abuse, neglect identification and prevention.
Neighborhood watch programs are in place.
Specialized training to help care for frail elderly is available.
Plans exist for evacuation of older adults in the event of a natural disaster or home land security event.
Local government has knowledge of where older adults reside in order for services to be provided in case of severe weather or other situations that prevents seniors from leaving home.
Partnerships between public services and private providers can facilitate help when needed.
Home Care Path http://www.homecarepath.com/ is a leader in the senior care industry serving south central Wisconsin. Choose from our elder care services:
- in home staffing for seniors
-inpatient advocacy for safe successful hospital stays
-transitional counseling when a more structured service may be needed
-downsizing home contents when stuff matters
Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an in home interview. Valueing home and human life.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Transportation and Mobility Livable Community MetLife Foundation
Partners for livable communities in cooperation with the MetLife Foundation have identified core components a city can focus on to create a space where seniors want to grow old. The second core component is transportation and mobility. Areas for planning include:
Public transportation is provided to and from senior centers, adult day services, grocery stores, faith communities, and cultural events.
Discounted taxi cab fares and public transportation are offered for older adults.
Dial a ride and door to door paratransit options are in place.
Road design is tailored to the needs of older drivers, meaning larger signs, left turn lanes, and road markings.
Side walks and street crossings are made safe and accessible, meaning bump outs, extended cross walk countdown, and island in middle of roadways.
Side walks link housing and essential services for walking residents.
Rides are available round the clock.
Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com is a leading provider of senior care services in south central Wisconsin. Choose from our elder care services:
-In Home Staffing For Seniors
-Inpatient Advocacy
-Transitional Counseling
-Downsizing Home Contents
Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an in home interview. Email us at seniorcare@homecarepath.com
Public transportation is provided to and from senior centers, adult day services, grocery stores, faith communities, and cultural events.
Discounted taxi cab fares and public transportation are offered for older adults.
Dial a ride and door to door paratransit options are in place.
Road design is tailored to the needs of older drivers, meaning larger signs, left turn lanes, and road markings.
Side walks and street crossings are made safe and accessible, meaning bump outs, extended cross walk countdown, and island in middle of roadways.
Side walks link housing and essential services for walking residents.
Rides are available round the clock.
Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com is a leading provider of senior care services in south central Wisconsin. Choose from our elder care services:
-In Home Staffing For Seniors
-Inpatient Advocacy
-Transitional Counseling
-Downsizing Home Contents
Simply call 608-432-4286 to schedule an in home interview. Email us at seniorcare@homecarepath.com
Monday, October 24, 2011
Health Wellness Recreation Livable Communities
Partners for livable communities in cooperation with the MetLife Foundation have established core components planners can focus on to make the city a place where people want to grow old . The first core component is Health, Wellness and Recreation. This involves:
Seniors have access to health care options that meet a variety of needs. County planners foster the development of services that can support (http://www.homecarepath.com/) the ability of seniors to best utilize the medical system.
Preventive screenings (blood pressure, mammograms) are provided free of charge in accessible locations.
Nutritional classes for specific health related needs are provided.
Informational workshops for insurance and financial services are provided by independent consultants.
Communal events that include food and fun are hosted at recreation or elder centers.
Seniors have access to in home staff who can prepare meals (http://www.homecarepath.com/) or home delivered meals.
Seniors have access to exercise and wellness programs tailored to disease specific needs like heart disease or diabetes.
Local parks and other exercise venues are accessible through multiple modes of transportation.
The reccurring theme is options (several providers of service), access (valid pay source), ability to get there (transportation), and connectedness. Home Care Path http://www.homecarepath.com/ coordinates elder home care assistants who help with meals, grocery shopping, dressing, bath set up, medication reminders, light housekeeping, plant care, scheduled toileting, memory loss, sorting mail, reading books, pet care and more. The focus is on supporting the seniors strengths to maintain independence and keep them safely at home.
Seniors have access to health care options that meet a variety of needs. County planners foster the development of services that can support (http://www.homecarepath.com/) the ability of seniors to best utilize the medical system.
Preventive screenings (blood pressure, mammograms) are provided free of charge in accessible locations.
Nutritional classes for specific health related needs are provided.
Informational workshops for insurance and financial services are provided by independent consultants.
Communal events that include food and fun are hosted at recreation or elder centers.
Seniors have access to in home staff who can prepare meals (http://www.homecarepath.com/) or home delivered meals.
Seniors have access to exercise and wellness programs tailored to disease specific needs like heart disease or diabetes.
Local parks and other exercise venues are accessible through multiple modes of transportation.
The reccurring theme is options (several providers of service), access (valid pay source), ability to get there (transportation), and connectedness. Home Care Path http://www.homecarepath.com/ coordinates elder home care assistants who help with meals, grocery shopping, dressing, bath set up, medication reminders, light housekeeping, plant care, scheduled toileting, memory loss, sorting mail, reading books, pet care and more. The focus is on supporting the seniors strengths to maintain independence and keep them safely at home.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
MetLife Foundation Partners for Livable Communities
So, they got us living longer but now what? Partners for livable communities in cooperation with the MetLife Foundation have described the core components. This is a list of 11 areas to focus on as a way to accomidate the rapidly aging population in your community. Things communities can look at as a way to make their city a place where people want to grow old.
1. Health, wellness and recreation. Look to options that would meet a variety of needs.
2. Transportation and mobility. Stable, safe transportation throughout the day and night.
3. Public safety and services. Neighborhoods have regular informal meetings with police, fire, and maintenance.
4. Housing. Housing codes accomidate elders needs.
5. Finance services. Tax relief, and accurate information about financial lending.
6. Workforce development, life long learning. Flexible look at job opportunities.
7. Civic engagement and volunteer opportunities. Available intergenerational volunteer opportunities.
8. Aging and human services. projects between area agencies.
9. Design and planning. Universal design is the new buzz word.
10. Local leadership and policies. Leadership promotes interaction between all generations. Connected, supported.
11. Arts and culture. Cultural institutions partner locally to enhance participation.
Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com coordinates elder home care assistants who help with meals, grocery shopping, bath set up, dressing, medication reminders, sorting mail, scheduled toileting, plant care, reading books, light house keeping, pet care and more. Temporary respite care is available to help ease the stress of primary care givers. Staff are available to provide an adult day care like service for your senior while you are working.
1. Health, wellness and recreation. Look to options that would meet a variety of needs.
2. Transportation and mobility. Stable, safe transportation throughout the day and night.
3. Public safety and services. Neighborhoods have regular informal meetings with police, fire, and maintenance.
4. Housing. Housing codes accomidate elders needs.
5. Finance services. Tax relief, and accurate information about financial lending.
6. Workforce development, life long learning. Flexible look at job opportunities.
7. Civic engagement and volunteer opportunities. Available intergenerational volunteer opportunities.
8. Aging and human services. projects between area agencies.
9. Design and planning. Universal design is the new buzz word.
10. Local leadership and policies. Leadership promotes interaction between all generations. Connected, supported.
11. Arts and culture. Cultural institutions partner locally to enhance participation.
Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com coordinates elder home care assistants who help with meals, grocery shopping, bath set up, dressing, medication reminders, sorting mail, scheduled toileting, plant care, reading books, light house keeping, pet care and more. Temporary respite care is available to help ease the stress of primary care givers. Staff are available to provide an adult day care like service for your senior while you are working.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The Population Is Aging
Within the next 10 years for the first time in recorded history the number of persons older than 65 in the world will be greater than the number of children age 5 and younger. The baby boomer also called the aging boomer consist of persons born between 1946 and 1964. Since January 2011 approximately 10 thousand baby boomers will turn 65 every day for the next 20 years.
Seniors now live longer. The life expectancy of a person born in 2010 is 78.3 years. A longer life expectancy means a larger number of persons age 65 and older will populate the planet. 2010 reports indicate approximately 131 thousand seniors age 100 and greater reside in the United States.
As of 2010 the largest growing group as a percentage of the total population is age 55 to 64. Wisconsin census figures as of 2010 demonstrate approximately 777, 314 seniors age 65 and over. The number of individuals age 45 to 64 is 1,573,564.
Columbia County Wisconsin in 2005 listed 7,679 seniors age 65 and over. In 2010 Columbia County Wisconsin lists 8,126 seniors age 65 and older. Sauk County Wisconsin in 2005 listed 8,377 seniors age 65 and older. In 2010 Sauk County Wisconsin lists 9,160 seniors age 65 and older.
Recall the baby boomers about 36 percent of the total population began turning 65 as of January 2011. 2011 minus the first year the baby boomers were born 1946 gives us the senior age of 65. This means larger numbers of retired individuals will be populating our communities.
Communities are now being challenged to create a space where people want to grow old. Home Care Path http://www.homecarepath.com/ coordinates elder home care workers who help the senior with meals, grocery shopping, medication reminders, dressing, bath set up, scheduled toileting, plant care, reading and sorting mail, pet care and more.
Seniors now live longer. The life expectancy of a person born in 2010 is 78.3 years. A longer life expectancy means a larger number of persons age 65 and older will populate the planet. 2010 reports indicate approximately 131 thousand seniors age 100 and greater reside in the United States.
As of 2010 the largest growing group as a percentage of the total population is age 55 to 64. Wisconsin census figures as of 2010 demonstrate approximately 777, 314 seniors age 65 and over. The number of individuals age 45 to 64 is 1,573,564.
Columbia County Wisconsin in 2005 listed 7,679 seniors age 65 and over. In 2010 Columbia County Wisconsin lists 8,126 seniors age 65 and older. Sauk County Wisconsin in 2005 listed 8,377 seniors age 65 and older. In 2010 Sauk County Wisconsin lists 9,160 seniors age 65 and older.
Recall the baby boomers about 36 percent of the total population began turning 65 as of January 2011. 2011 minus the first year the baby boomers were born 1946 gives us the senior age of 65. This means larger numbers of retired individuals will be populating our communities.
Communities are now being challenged to create a space where people want to grow old. Home Care Path http://www.homecarepath.com/ coordinates elder home care workers who help the senior with meals, grocery shopping, medication reminders, dressing, bath set up, scheduled toileting, plant care, reading and sorting mail, pet care and more.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Halloween Time For Superstition
Superstition has everything to do with a fear of the unknown. The mind is unsettled when confronted with a fear of the unknown. Superstition is simply a fear, an unknown, and a ritual you perform to settle the mind.
The three ingredients to a superstition are the fear, the unknown, and the ritual. I would hate to lose the foot race (fear), lots of good runners participating (unknown), I will take my lucky (ritual) coin. The persons mind feels unsettled because they are unsure of who will win the race. Form (the physical body) follows thought. The lucky coin (ritual) gives the illusion of control resulting in a calming effect. This allows the person to go on and compete in the athletic event.
Disease in the human body has always been a subject of superstition. Many individuals in the community will seek to place blame on the cause for a disease as a way to calm an unsettled mind. The blame a community places on a disease process can usually be broken down to the three pieces of superstition. The fear, the unknown, and the ritual.
The neighbor died (fear), everybody always said he had heart trouble (unknown), pretty sure it is cause his house is by the tall radio station tower (ritual). The person is fearing death themselves. This is natural, as they share the same community, and live a similar life. The person does not understand the complicated matter of a medical heart condition. To compensate the person decides to label the tall radio station tower as the culprit. The unknown is now made known and the person has a good, safe, state of mind. Because the mind communicates good, safe thoughts to the body, the person has an I am on the right track sense of themselves. Both mind and body are in unison and the benefit is a good, safe feeling.
The neighbor died (fear), everybody said they had multiple sclerosis (unknown), positive it is from all those years of working at the filling station and eating out of the vending machine (ritual). The person is fearing death themselves. The person does not understand the complicated matter of a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. To compensate the person decides to label employment at the filling station and eating from a vending machine as the culprit. The unknown is now made known and the person has a good, safe state of mind.
Try using this formula on some of your conversations related to health. See if you can identify a fear, an unknown, and a ritual. The anatomy of a superstition. Home Care Path http://www.homecarepath.com/ encourages seniors and family to consult with their primary doctor to clarify any health related questions.
The three ingredients to a superstition are the fear, the unknown, and the ritual. I would hate to lose the foot race (fear), lots of good runners participating (unknown), I will take my lucky (ritual) coin. The persons mind feels unsettled because they are unsure of who will win the race. Form (the physical body) follows thought. The lucky coin (ritual) gives the illusion of control resulting in a calming effect. This allows the person to go on and compete in the athletic event.
Disease in the human body has always been a subject of superstition. Many individuals in the community will seek to place blame on the cause for a disease as a way to calm an unsettled mind. The blame a community places on a disease process can usually be broken down to the three pieces of superstition. The fear, the unknown, and the ritual.
The neighbor died (fear), everybody always said he had heart trouble (unknown), pretty sure it is cause his house is by the tall radio station tower (ritual). The person is fearing death themselves. This is natural, as they share the same community, and live a similar life. The person does not understand the complicated matter of a medical heart condition. To compensate the person decides to label the tall radio station tower as the culprit. The unknown is now made known and the person has a good, safe, state of mind. Because the mind communicates good, safe thoughts to the body, the person has an I am on the right track sense of themselves. Both mind and body are in unison and the benefit is a good, safe feeling.
The neighbor died (fear), everybody said they had multiple sclerosis (unknown), positive it is from all those years of working at the filling station and eating out of the vending machine (ritual). The person is fearing death themselves. The person does not understand the complicated matter of a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. To compensate the person decides to label employment at the filling station and eating from a vending machine as the culprit. The unknown is now made known and the person has a good, safe state of mind.
Try using this formula on some of your conversations related to health. See if you can identify a fear, an unknown, and a ritual. The anatomy of a superstition. Home Care Path http://www.homecarepath.com/ encourages seniors and family to consult with their primary doctor to clarify any health related questions.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
When Your Elder Is Hospitalized
Understand that with being in the hospital feelings of fear and confusion are normal. Privacy laws and regulations that reward high speed can cause the hospital stay to be traumatic for the whole family. Emotions can run loud, and their is a constant need to remind yourself to stick to the facts of the situation.
For admission if available have copies of the seniors proof of insurance, living will, durable power of attorney, and durable power of attorney for health care. Hospital staff will attach copies to the elders medical chart.
Ask the medical staff:
1. Is my family member in an urgent, dangerous condition requiring immediate care?
2. What is the diagnosis, and how to you explain the medical problem?
3. What are the symptoms and short term effects related to the need for hospitalization?
4. What are the long term consequences to delaying treatment?
5. Will my family member be staying over night in this hospital?
6. What new medications are being adminsitered and prescribed?
Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com encourages family and friends to spend time with the senior during the hospitalization. Family support brings physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual sustenance to help insure a healthful discharge back to the home setting.
When the senior is being sent home from the hospital ask the medical staff if assistance in the home will be needed. Ask what type of help, and for how long. Ask where the help will come from. Try to understand the elders disease process and determine a recovery time.
For admission if available have copies of the seniors proof of insurance, living will, durable power of attorney, and durable power of attorney for health care. Hospital staff will attach copies to the elders medical chart.
Ask the medical staff:
1. Is my family member in an urgent, dangerous condition requiring immediate care?
2. What is the diagnosis, and how to you explain the medical problem?
3. What are the symptoms and short term effects related to the need for hospitalization?
4. What are the long term consequences to delaying treatment?
5. Will my family member be staying over night in this hospital?
6. What new medications are being adminsitered and prescribed?
Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com encourages family and friends to spend time with the senior during the hospitalization. Family support brings physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual sustenance to help insure a healthful discharge back to the home setting.
When the senior is being sent home from the hospital ask the medical staff if assistance in the home will be needed. Ask what type of help, and for how long. Ask where the help will come from. Try to understand the elders disease process and determine a recovery time.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Reedsburg Fermentation Fest Food Art Farm Fun
From October 7 to October 16 Reedsburg Wisconsin will host visitors for the Fermentation Fest a food and farming festival. Traditions evolve to display functional means to an appreciated quality of life. Modern day art coexists with a rural life style producing a sum much greater than the individual parts.
Family sustaining practises of growing, cooking, canning, compliments an active community of art and poetry. Big art installed for the viewers access in local woodland fields. Natural material that forms the beautiful Sauk County landscape is incorporated in to the artistic displays.
Sale of fresh produce is accompanied by varied live performance's in local pastures. Rural sages reveal strategies for supporting the natural area in a way that helps feed the community. Scheduled during the fall color change, makes it a photographers dream come true.
Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com encourages readers to check out the Farm Art D Tour !
Family sustaining practises of growing, cooking, canning, compliments an active community of art and poetry. Big art installed for the viewers access in local woodland fields. Natural material that forms the beautiful Sauk County landscape is incorporated in to the artistic displays.
Sale of fresh produce is accompanied by varied live performance's in local pastures. Rural sages reveal strategies for supporting the natural area in a way that helps feed the community. Scheduled during the fall color change, makes it a photographers dream come true.
Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com encourages readers to check out the Farm Art D Tour !
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Fear The Deer Its Mating Season
October through December in Wisconsin is deer mating season. The secretive white tail buck is no longer cautious during the mating season. A buck will chase a doe across a Wisconsin road way seemingly unaware of the speeding motorist.
The deer population has sustained its numbers and adapted to the expansion of small town settings. it is not uncommon to see a deer running through the streets in town. Motorists can expect to see a deer alomost anywhere in Wisconsin.
Don't be tricked. Motorsists often brake and successfully dodge the doe only to strike the following buck. Sometimes the deer hits the side of the vehicle, seemingly unaware of the cars presence.
Once darkness falls, the deer have eyes that reflect the head light beam of light. Pairs of shining eyes in the Wisconsin night signal slow down. Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com encourages families to be extra observant on the roadway during the next few months.
The deer population has sustained its numbers and adapted to the expansion of small town settings. it is not uncommon to see a deer running through the streets in town. Motorists can expect to see a deer alomost anywhere in Wisconsin.
Don't be tricked. Motorsists often brake and successfully dodge the doe only to strike the following buck. Sometimes the deer hits the side of the vehicle, seemingly unaware of the cars presence.
Once darkness falls, the deer have eyes that reflect the head light beam of light. Pairs of shining eyes in the Wisconsin night signal slow down. Home Care Path www.homecarepath.com encourages families to be extra observant on the roadway during the next few months.
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