For details about East Idaho’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s, listen here. Details below. If you cannot make the walk, you can donate here. Though not listed, 1 Assist Care has donated $1500 to the event. We are trying to raise another $2000 with the help of supporters.
Got nothing to do on Saturday, September 10?
Sure you do. You literally have lives to save.
Please join 1 Assist Care in the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
Click the image above to help join in the fight to end Alzheimer’s.
Here are the details. If you cannot make the walk, you can donate by clicking here.
Time:
Registration at 10:00am
Ceremony at 11:00am
Walk at 11:30am
Route Length: ~1 mile
Location:
Russ Freeman Park
1290 Science Center Dr
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
What secrets do your last name keep?
Ancestry.com has created an exciting new tool that allows you to find out the history of your last name and what it might reveal about your ancestors.
To check this tool out, go to Ancestry.com’s site here.
ps – A little bit of a hint, try entering other family names you may know in your family history.
1 Assist Care’s Caregivers not only help with things like cooking and cleaning, they can also help the seniors they care for do their family history, giving those receiving care with a sense of purpose and accomplishment.
RootsTech 2016, the largest conference in the world focused on family history technology is all wrapped up.
FamilySearch, the conference’s organizer has published a set of 7 lessons you can use for “Family History Breakthroughs.” Some are obvious, like “Family History is for Everyone.” Some are not so obvious, like how to make your family tree public.
To read the entire list, check out the post here.
Did you know 1 Assist Care has helped our client’s do family history with them while providing care? It has helped our clients feel a sense of purpose as they work towards a goal and service while in their homes. Call us for more information! 208-557-4215
Get everyone involved in family history.
$110 for a dining set that looks like it is straight out of Ikea!?! Yup, and worth every penny.
Sure today is only the end of August, and sure, it was in the mid 90’s in normally cool headed East Idaho, but Christmas may just have come early. At least for those who are suffering from Alzheimer’s it has. Well, for those whose loved one’s plan on leaving them this awesome dining set in their stocking.
According to Foodbeast, When designer Sha Yao’s late grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, the young designer felt helpless and wanted to do more for her loved one. Yao spent time volunteering in senior care facilities that care for patients of Alzheimer’s and other impairing conditions.
The colors, shapes, design were all thought out with Alzheimer’s patients in mind. It even uses scientific research to help stimulate the appetite of someone suffering from Alzheimer’s.
Her design got noticed. In 2014, it won the Stanford Design Challenge out of 52 teams from 15 countries.
Don’t let robodialers give you a headache. Stop them in their tracks with these four steps.
Have you ever picked up the phone from an unknown caller and heard silence on the other end?
Hang up!
Turns out it could be a company trying to collect your information so you can be victimized.
There are companies all over the world trying to collect people’s phone numbers so they can sell them to others who can use it for nefarious reasons.
If the call is legitimate, they will call you right back. If not, the “robodialers” have moved on to their next batch of numbers to call.
Here are five steps you can follow to reduce your risk of being a victim:
The phone is your friend! It allows you to reach people, to communicate with others, and to stay safe. Don’t let robodialers ruin your phone freedom!
For more information, here is the NPR article. Or you can listen below.
As we approach the coming winter and the semester ends, seniors in the community are needing some added help. So we are hiring for a number of positions again!
There are seniors in the Idaho Falls and Rexburg areas who are looking for some help.
For more information, check out our page that LISTS OUR CURRENT POSITIONS.
We hope to hear from you soon!
The VA is proposing changes to the Aid and Attendance program. It is an attempt to streamline the system to award it faster while preventing those without economic or physical need from receiving it.
In January of this year, the Department of Veteran Affairs made some suggested changes to programs that it offers to veterans in need, including the Aid and Attendance program.
You can find the proposed changes in their entirety here. The changes come because of a 2012 report issued by the GAO.
Reasons for the change:
Proposed Changes:
We at 1 Assist Care have seen veterans and their spouses struggle as they have had to wait for approval for a program. Anything the VA can do to speed up the process, we are highly in favor of.
Are we really giving away two free tickets? You bet we are. Scroll down to find out how you can get them!
Want two free tickets? Like us on Facebook for the chance to win them!
Two free tickets?!?
Absolutely. And we will give away more.
Once we hit 150 likes on Facebook, we will randomly select one person to receive two free tickets.
If we get to 500 likes, we will choose two more people to get two tickets each!
Go ahead and like us and enter the drawing!
Did you see this? PBS’s Frontline produced a phenomenal, thought provoking coverage of end of life.
1 Assist Care has had the opportunity to work with a number of clients as they prepare for the end of life in their homes, so seeing Dr. Atul Gawande’s book produced for the small screen was fascinating.
Watch the story below.
To find out more about how 1 Assist Care partners with Hospice to allow people to die with grace in their home, give us a call at 208-557-4215.
