AllCare Received Business of the Year!

The 2014 Business of the Year winners were announced at the 2015 Economic Forecast Luncheon & Annual Meeting presented by MWV.

Business of the Year with 51 and greater employees - Winner: AllCare Living Services, Inc.

We are a private duty, in-home care agency that has proudly served the beautiful Lowcountry and Midlands of South Carolina since 1998. We are locally family owned and operated and provide exceptional care and companionship for individuals throughout Charleston and the surrounding areas.

It's our staff and dedication to serving our community that sets up apart.

FREE Dementia Dialogues at Pinewood House

We've partnered with Pinewood House to bring you Dementia Dialogues. These classes will be held on Tuesdays, Feb. 3 - Mar. 3, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at Pinewood House, 101 Centennial Blvd., Goose Creek, SC 29445

Dementia Dialogues is a five-session training course designed to educate individuals who care for persons who exhibit signs and symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias. This class may also be of interest to individuals in the early stages of a memory-related disease. If you are an individual who has been diagnosed with dementia, please call the instructor to ask which class is best for you. Training is provided at no cost to participants. Each session lasts approximately one and a half hours.

http://allcarelivingservices.com/Registration.html

AllCare Living Services join Charleston Chapter of NAIPC

AllCare Living Services joins the Charleston Chapter of National Aging in Place Council. NAIPC is an informational resource to help you remain active and healthy throughout your retirement years. NAIPC has established a network of professionals from the private, public and non-profit sectors who can help you plan for your future housing and care needs.

"Let's Talk Boomers" 1/17/15 topic is Skin Care

Listen tomorrow to "Let's Talk Boomers!" at 11AM on 943WSC as host Rebecca Imholz will talk about getting our skin in shape along with our health for 2015.    After all, we don’t want to feel older than we are and we most definitely don’t want to look older either!  But let’s face it, there are numerous skin product lines on the market.  But how do we determine which ones are best for us?  Tomorrow's guests are Nan Brown and Lil Bogdan, RNs and authors of the book, Nurse Your Skin to Health.  They’ll give us valuable information about skin care and share their journey to forming their own skin care company, L’Athene.  And they have a great giveaway as well! You don’t want to miss this show!Let's Talk Boomers is sponsored by AllCare Living Services.

"Let's Talk Boomers!"

As a New Year begins, many of us make resolutions to get healthier and meet fitness goals, like running the Bridge.  But how many of us think about our eye health?  Most Boomers rank vision as the most important of the five senses, but we tend to worry less about vision health than, for example, heart health.   Yet if we truly want to maintain our independence as we age, we need to pay attention to our eye health.  Tomorrow's guest, Dr. Thomas Mirabile, owner of 3 D Optometry, will talk about how often we should have an eye exam; what an eye exam should include; how we can help prevent eye diseases through behavior modification including nutrition; and the latest technology in eye care.  So tune in tomorrow 11AM to 94.3 WSC FM! 

"Let's Talk Boomers!" is presented locally by Kelly Williams of AllCare Living Services.

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8 Ways to Soothe Someone With Dementia Who Says, "I Want to Go Home"

1. It doesn't help to argue. Offering up rational responses, such as "But you are home!" or "This is your home" are ineffective with someone with dementia because their intellectual capacity to reason is gone.
2. Say something like, "You really miss home. Tell me about home." Then just listen.
3. Try being agreeable: "Okay, let's go." Take a drive around the area and when you get back to where you started, announce, "We're home!"
4. For someone who has moved a lot, ask, "Which home do you mean?" This may be enough to trigger reminisces that are calming.
5. Don't feel insulted. Adult children who have taken in a parent with dementia often feel that Mom or Dad is complaining that they haven't been made to feel at home. It may be that your loved one is feeling uncomfortable or doesn't have enough privacy, but that's not the same as an indictment of your intent to welcome the person into your home.
6. Don't go out of your way to engineer a trip back to a former home or hometown. Taking the person to visit a past home usually doesn't help because it's not remembered. (Earlier in dementia this may work, but it may also be confusing if the person doesn't quite remember the circumstances of leaving.)
7. Realize that "home" may refer to childhood. Invite the person to talk about favorite activities or places "back home."
8. Try going "home" with photos: "We can't go home today, but look at these pictures I found. They can help us plan a trip back there sometime." Then distract with the images.