tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38251307962589373382024-03-19T05:38:40.455-07:00Stay At Home Modification Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184630155868767349noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825130796258937338.post-3089123597635152922016-04-14T15:36:00.001-07:002016-04-14T15:36:52.460-07:00Hi-Tech and Hi-Touch Transportation System for Elders<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Company's Goal to Offer Quality Transportation to the Senior Community</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ridestc.org/images/hiringdrivers03012016.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://www.ridestc.org/images/hiringdrivers03012016.png" style="line-height: 1.38;" width="200" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.ridestc.org/images/PDClevelandCom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="http://www.ridestc.org/images/PDClevelandCom.jpg" style="line-height: 1.38;" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Something that STC offers that you won’t get anywhere else is a safety net system they have in place with their drivers. “The Hi-Touch part of the service is that driver the high level physical assistance as well as taking note of that individual's condition that day. We have a responsibility to </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">report things if we know them. We have connections in the community, if our driver notices something with an individual that may not be quite right we always ensure there is a follow-up.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here at Stay At Home Modifications, we make your well-being our priority. Our interview series goes hand in hand with that effort, and we hope you find it helpful! For more information on how we can help you make your home a home for life, visit us at </span><a href="http://www.stayathomemodificationsinc.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.StayAtHomeModificationsINC.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or call me (Brian Pritchard) at 216-212-7531.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184630155868767349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825130796258937338.post-70267580369516532032016-04-14T15:14:00.001-07:002016-04-14T15:14:53.193-07:00Planning for People not Property<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Estate Planning does not have to be a scary word anymore.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.bereaohiolaw.com/wpimages/wpb926c763_05_06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="119" src="http://www.bereaohiolaw.com/wpimages/wpb926c763_05_06.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you hear “estate planning” you may be thinking of what a millionaire will do with their home and </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">what they will do with all their money when they pass. This is something that Margaret Karl, estate planner and elder law professional of 13 years, gets all the time and she explains why that is not the case. “They have the misconception that if I don’t have millions or a lot wealth then I don’t need to be concerned about it”. She adds that “Things like power of attorney, living wills, designating your wishes. Who is going to take care of my stuff if I can’t, who is going to pay the electric bill if I can’t or who will talk to the doctor. Those are all things people need to be concerned about.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are a number of cases where people do plan ahead though, and are able to be prepared for life events. A client's son, explains Margaret, “had been put on permanent disability, and every program for disability provides a max on how much income and assets a person can have. We made some modifications so when the time came and his dad passed away, the money would be put in a trust in order to provide for him.” She says that in a case where they had not met, the money would be paid directly to the son and would have caused some major conflicts with his benefits he would be receiving from disability.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpVfHMdAzr9AR2-JNivQvoW-DSBRdaR20-Wqcoi9O92L5esl_sn4eae85psYyVfGoxtL_vGTy-9quu0b3iuMSsS4vFys7ylwveNxj-YkSGWZndMBseBAHge16_2LZ7ZGHbWkKcwxmORiS/s1600/writing-1149962_1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpVfHMdAzr9AR2-JNivQvoW-DSBRdaR20-Wqcoi9O92L5esl_sn4eae85psYyVfGoxtL_vGTy-9quu0b3iuMSsS4vFys7ylwveNxj-YkSGWZndMBseBAHge16_2LZ7ZGHbWkKcwxmORiS/s200/writing-1149962_1920.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sometimes it might be difficult to tell if you need to sit and talk with an estate planner, it is not something most of us think about very often. Margaret offers advice on when is the right time to sit and talk with a professional. “If you have never done any kind of planning, if you have no will, no power of attorneys, nothing, or if it has been more than four or five years since you have even looked at anything. The other reason would, like we discussed earlier, if you had something happened, somebody passed away or life changing event, certainly we want to speak during those times.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here at Stay At Home Modifications, we make your well-being our priority. Our interview series goes hand in hand with that effort, and we hope you find it helpful! For more information on how we can help you make your home a home for life, visit us at </span><a href="http://www.stayathomemodificationsinc.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.StayAtHomeModificationsINC.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or call me (Brian Pritchard) at 216-212-7531.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184630155868767349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825130796258937338.post-63754141531298713012016-04-12T12:08:00.004-07:002016-04-12T12:08:43.036-07:00Giving Voice to Our Soldiers: The Music of Jimmy Flynn<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">Local Songwriter Puts Soldiers and Veterans In the Spotlight</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";"><span style="font-size: large;">Jeremy
Cares is a nonprofit organization based out of Cleveland suburb Avon Lake,
Ohio. In 2008, Vice President and cofounder Mary Kellick’s best friend found
out that her son has leukemia and Mary decided to help any way she could.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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best friend in life,” Mary said, “her name is Debbie George … and her son came
down with acute t-cell lymphoblastic leukemia. … Some girlfriends and I rallied
together and just started fundraising to help the family, because we didn’t
know what else to do. There was nothing else we could do, but we thought, okay,
we can help to relieve some of the financial burden. We printed t-shirts and we
sold t-shirts. We filled up a mezzanine at Progressive Field. … It was filled
with orange t-shirts. Everybody was there for Jeremy, which was wonderful.
There was a great outpouring from the community. … When Jeremy thankfully went
into remission, [Debbie] wanted to pay it forward.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";"><span style="font-size: large;">Jeremy
Cares became an official nonprofit in 2010. “Our mission is that we create
moments of joy,” said Mary, “for families who have children who are going
through a medical crisis.” The organization has partnered with Ronald McDonald
House to sponsor a room at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital so that a
family can stay there free for an entire year. Jeremy Cares is now also doing
work with Cleveland Children’s Hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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year at Christmas time, the Jeremy Cares organization goes to Rainbow Babies
& Children’s Hospital to the immune-compromised ward, where most of the
cancer patients are cared for, to give out presents. “We get crazy,” Mary
shared. “It’s anything that they want, within reason. We’ve given laptops and
Casio keyboards and digital cameras, and the family gets kind of a wish list,
you know? Put down what you would like, and we try to get those members of that
family anything that they want.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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2015 Christmas delivery is coming up, and anyone can participate in helping to
make the holiday special for these children. Simply visit </span></span><a href="http://www.jeremycares.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "cambria"; font-size: large;">www.JeremyCares.org</span></span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";"><span style="font-size: large;">, find the Giving tab at the
top of the page and select Wishlist underneath it. This will take you straight
to an Amazon page where you can buy gifts that were handpicked by the families Jeremy
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interview series goes hand in hand with that effort, and we hope you find it
helpful! For more information on how we can help, contacts us at </span><a href="http://www.eldercareofohio.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">www.EldercareOfOhio.com</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, for questions on how to make your home a home for
life, visit us at </span></span></span><a href="http://www.calldontfall.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000e3; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: large;">www.CallDontFall.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "cambria";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #161616; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> or call me (Brian
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connect with Jeremy Cares, visit them on the web at </span><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.jeremycares.org/"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><span style="color: blue;">www.JeremyCares.org</span></span></a></span><span style="color: #161616; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, or
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If you face vision problems in the greater Cleveland area, there is a powerful local resource that should definitely be on your radar. We sat down with Tom Sawyer from the Cleveland Sight Center to learn more about how the group supports our community.<br />
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"[We] help people to use the vision that they have left to remain as independent as possible in their home, workplace, community or school," said Tom. "We look at different low-vision products and how people might use or want to use different things and match them up, essentially." The program offers sight support to people of all ages and all levels of compromised vision. "Cleveland Sight Center has been around for going on 110 years," Tom went on, "and we have everything from preschool to the oldest individual I've worked with to date is 104."<br />
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Making Vision Support a Reality</h3>
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Often times, people come to the Cleveland Sight Center at a crossroads. "[People] find out that they've ignored the problem and they can't ignore it anymore if they want to stay independent or if they want to have any kind of quality of life," Tom shared. "There are people that just sit in a dark room all day, every day. They don't know of the opportunities that are available to have equipment or people come alongside them to encourage them and empower them to do the things to be the whole person that they once were. It may be in a different way, it may have different accommodations, but they can still be very vibrant and full of life and successful and do daily living activities at the very least."<br />
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The center also supports people who were born with compromised vision. They have a program that empowers youth as they prepare to transition from living at home to going out on their own into the world. "We have had students who are going off to college or going into the world of work," said Tom. "They may have been protected … from all of the outside influences, but now Mom and Dad understand that they need to help their child grow and move to the next phase. So, they come here sometimes six to eight weeks, depending on the program, and they'll stay here. We help them assess where they are. We help them go and look at different employment possibilities or schools and mobility issues and assess their capabilities to use technology and introduce them to new technology. … We have residence centers with peers where they stay. They do shopping, they go bus ride, there's just a number of things that they do."<br />
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"We also have a camp," Tom continued, "the oldest and largest in the country, I believe. … In-ground pools, indoor camping--it helps them build skills [like] communication, socialization. It encourages them to work together. It's intergenerational as well because there are a number of other people--not just kids or young people--it's every age just about."<br />
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Best Practices for Vision Challenges</h3>
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If you want to do what you can to navigate the world with the vision you have left, Tom had some specific tips to share:<br />
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<b>Make the Most of Light Sources:</b> While the sun can be a challenge to sight when you are facing it directly, you can turn your face away from it and allow it to shine on your reading material to help you read. The same is true for overhead lighting sources; point them as much as possible directly at the task you are undertaking and you will see what you are doing more clearly. You don't want light shining in your eyes; it should be behind or above you to illuminate your tasks.<br />
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<b>Bump Dots or Spotlight Paint:</b> When people are beginning to lose their eyesight, often times something called a "bump dot"--a sticky adhesive dot--can be attached to certain things, such as a number on the microwave, a setting on the washing machine or a key that is used frequently. Spotlight paint is another such solution that will allow visual distinction even with advanced vision deterioration.<br />
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<b>Use a Bold Pen:</b> Writing with a gel pen or even a Sharpie marker can help make writings more readable.<br />
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<b>Natural Daylight Lightbulbs: </b>Bulbs calibrated to produce light equivalent to natural daylight support vision indoors.<br />
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<b>Go for High Contrast:</b> A great example of this is, when cooking, if you're cutting a tomato, you would want to use a white cutting board, not a dark-colored board. On the other hand, if you're cutting onions, you would want to use a dark cutting board. The Cleveland Sight Center sells a white/black cutting board that you can turn over to use the side you need to see your task best.<br />
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<b>Protect Your Eyes: </b>Twenty or thirty years ago, you'd see everyone over 70 wearing these huge, bulky black frames over their glasses. These days, there are plenty of more palatable options for people to choose from to protect their eyes from bright sunlight.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184630155868767349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825130796258937338.post-75660036494610590912015-09-28T06:28:00.002-07:002015-11-22T14:51:23.107-08:00Dancing Wheels: Living without Limitations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When we see someone dance, we have the chance to witness the emotions of the heart translated into the physical motion of the body. Dancing Wheels Company & School in Cleveland, Ohio creates performance pieces and educational opportunities that embrace all those who wish to express themselves in the form of dance, no matter their abilities or perceived "disabilities". Founder and Artistic Director Mary Verdi-Fletcher shares the story of how dance became a part of her life.<br />
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"From as far back as I can remember," Mary said, "I always wanted to be a dancer. … I had braces and crutches when I was growing up, and my mother was … a professional dancer prior to my being born. She always instilled the idea of music and movement from the time I could remember anything. I remember that she took me to this shrine, because my family was very religious, too, and we were visiting with the nuns and she said, 'Show them how you know the Mexican Hat Dance.' And they put a hat down and I was doing the dance on my braces and crutches, and they just really loved that. It was kind of the first time I was actually doing a little impromptu performance, so I remember that. I was probably about three years old."<br />
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Enjoying Her Dancing Wheels</h3>
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Mary won several singing competitions in her school-aged years, but didn't have the opportunity to do much dancing, as dancing classes for someone in a wheelchair didn't exist at that time. After high school though, she reconnected with an old friend from her school days in Perry, Ohio and began dancing at local clubs in Cleveland. "I became real popular in the clubs," said Mary, "because I was the only one in a wheelchair dancing." Her friend's then husband became Mary's first dance partner and they decided to enter the <i>Dance Fever </i>dance competition. "I signed up and I didn't tell anybody that I was in a wheelchair because it didn't occur to me," Mary recalled.<br />
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"Our first big performance was [the <i>Dance Fever</i>] competition at a dance club in Willoughby," Mary went on, "and there were 2,000 people in the audience because there were all these other competitors. … We entered the dance floor [and there] was an entire hush over the audience; 2,000 people and you could've heard a pin drop because they were awestruck that there was a person in a wheelchair in a dance competition. … And then we broke into dance, and we did 'It's Raining Men' by The Weather Girls. … We just went all out. My girlfriend had made our costumes."<br />
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"[My dance partner] was quite athletic and I had an older-style wheelchair. I mean, it was new then, but they looked like the hospital ones now where they're heavy and clunky and all that, and they have big armrests. So, our finale was that he took a flying leap and jumped on my armrests and jumped over my head, and people went crazy over it. We were chosen as alternates to go to California to be on the show, and we got a standing ovation that night and it was covered by the media tremendously. That was the very beginning of Dancing Wheels. We named it Dancing Wheels that night … and from that time, we were picked up by Disney to do a national television show. It was called <i>Up and Coming</i>. … Then we started getting calls from all over the nation to go and perform. We did 72 shows our first year." That was 1980.<br />
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In 1990, Dancing Wheels became associated with The Cleveland Ballet. It was also at this time that Mary formed the Dancing Wheels School. "I had access to working in the school of The Cleveland Ballet and learning from their techniques, their training," said Mary. "I was able to develop relationships with choreographers and have a pool of professional ballet dancers to work with."<br />
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"The company is versed in … classical styles of dance [like] ballet [as well as] modern [dance]. I personally love story ballets[.] … We have <i>Alice In Wonderland</i> like you've never seen before. We have <i>Pinocchio</i>. We have <i>Babes In Toyland</i>. We have <i>The Snowman</i>. And we have <i>Helen Keller: A Tribute to Her Teacher</i>."<br />
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Dance with a Message</h3>
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"We'll do two things," Mary said. "We'll either have a call to create a piece specifically … [such as when we recently developed] an educational program [based on Newton's Law] that included dance [and] was a mix of science and movement. … Then there are other dances that we've done, for instance <i>Daring to Be Dumbo</i>, which was based on the story of the elephant with the big ears … [in] a modern-day setting. So there was still a Dumbo, but Dumbo was a Junior-High-School student and was a female who had big ears [and] she was teased for how she looked. Once that ballet was created, we decided to take it further and excerpt it and develop an outreach program based on anti-bullying."<br />
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"[In] the original story of Dumbo, Dumbo was bullied for being an elephant [whose ears were] with too big[.] … [Then] he found a way to take that disadvantage and make it an advantage so he could fly with his big ears. We're always looking for themes that fit within the curriculum of the schools and that also might relate to social issues."<br />
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Embracing Limitless Potential</h3>
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The Dancing Wheels motto is "The Human Body Has No Limitations," and Mary's worldview is very much in alignment with that statement. "I've always been a person that would take on opportunities that were presented," she said, "or challenges! It's more like, 'Why not?' than 'Why?'. By doing that, I have met Presidents and Popes. … I always say that the disability is society because they've imposed the stairs and the stereotypical views and the perceptions of someone who has a different body. That's society. Me, as a person, I'm a free spirit, so I don't place those limitations on me. They come from the outside in sometimes, but I've learned that I've become a much stronger force having broken through those barriers. … You become stronger with each of those barriers that you've pushed through."<br />
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Max Compton, creator of the <i>Senior Comfort Guide</i> got his start through his work as a psychological counseling provider to longterm care facilities. It was there that he began to notice a pervasive issue amongst residents. "The number one issue that comes up in counseling sessions," he said, "is adjustment. The resident [feels] they are in the wrong facility or not getting the right services that they need. The reason for this is that they are admitted to the hospital--through the emergency room, usually--and then when they're discharged, they only have a day or two … and they can't go back home. They're placed at a facility, or they need services they weren't getting prior to admission into the hospital, and they've got to make quick decisions. Sometimes [with] those quick decisions, you don't always choose the right company or the right service; you just choose a service or a facility. … A patient can lose their timing, lose their health, lose their well-being just from not getting [into] the right facility[.] That's what got me thinking, hey, we've got to make a tool that's an easy tool, comprehensive, unbiased, that has everything in it. We started off with a web guide and now we've moved on to the print guide."<br />
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"<i>Senior Comfort Guide</i> is a helpful, complete tool for senior services and senior facilities for the geriatric population of Northeast Ohio," said Compton. "It's a spring-bound guide that lists [everything] from hospitals to senior centers to home healthcare to all the service providers. Then, in the back of the guide, it has a list of all the nursing homes, assisted living and independent living [facilities] throughout [the area]."<br />
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The guide is useful not only to elders and their family members and caretakers, but it also has proven to be incredibly helpful for area facilities when it comes to having a quick place to turn to for any senior services they may need to call upon. "A lot of the healthcare providers have been telling me that it's basically their little 'bible' that they keep in their bag or on their desk," Compton shared. "The goal is, we provide it to the providers and the case managers of hospitals and we put it in the right places so that the seniors and their loved ones can find it and pick up a copy so that when it's time for them to make a decision, they have all the information [they need] in their hands."<br />
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What they have found, Max said, is that people often have only heard of some of the big-name care facilities and providers when they go to look for options. In such cases, they often feel that these major players are their only choices. However, there are a wide variety of excellent smaller facilities and providers that may suit the individual or the family better. The <i>Senior Comfort Guide</i>, therefore, was created to be a comprehensive listing of the many options available to seniors in Northeast Ohio, with no favor being paid to the larger, better-advertised companies. "The point of making a comprehensive guide," he said," is to show loved ones and family members and aging people that there are options out there, and there are many options out there."<br />
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No one can deny, dealing with dementia is a challenge on all fronts. It's challenging for the individual suffering from it, for their family members and for the staff and caregivers who choose to play supporting roles for those with the condition. Certified coping and stress-management coach and 30-year occupational therapy assistant Roberta Stack has created a helpful support system and educational program around coping strategies to help those who support individuals with dementia.<br />
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"[I educate] caregivers and staff working with the elderly," said Roberta, "specifically [those with] dementia. I also try to work with caregivers and staff--especially social workers--on coping skills, coping [with being] a caregiver, coping with any losses, stress management techniques to be able to cope better. [I offer] dementia training to try to [help staff and caregivers] face some of the fears that [they] have… things you don't know, things you don't know how to deal with, facing those fears and giving them some idea of how to help individuals with dementia[.]"<br />
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Better Understanding Dementia</h3>
Many people aren't clear about what exactly dementia is and how varied it can be in its expression among those who suffer from it. People think of dementia and they think of Alzheimer's. While Alzheimer's certainly is a form of dementia, it is not by any means the only form.<br />
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"A lot of people hear the word dementia and they think it's always Alzheimer's," Roberta said. "There are so many different types of dementia, and there's reversible and irreversible. We get a lot of residents who start forgetting things and they have signs of dementia. Well, it could be a urinary tract infection. It could be that they're dehydrated. It could be medication causing it. It could be a brain tumor that could be removed and they could be fine. Then there are irreversible types of dementia like Alzheimer's [or] like Lewy Body, which is a very quick type of dementia. There are so many kinds, and they don't always know what kind it is, and technically you can't really diagnose it until after death."<br />
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Since some forms of dementia are temporary and curable, Roberta highly recommends that people not take an initial diagnosis at face value. "You want to exhaust all possible means of it not being irreversible [dementia]," she asserted. "Are they dehydrated? Is their diet okay? Do they have a UTI? Is there something going on? [Get assessments] to make sure that it isn't some type of reversible [dementia.]"<br />
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Facilitating a Change</h3>
Unfortunately, the eldercare industry has a notoriously high turnover rate for employees. According to a 2013 <a href="http://seniorhousingforum.net/blog/2015/4/12/low-staff-turnover-rate-possible" target="_blank">report</a> produced by the American Health Care Association, the national turnover rate for skilled nursing facilities was about 44%, while the turnover for CNAs in particular was about 52%. Assisted living rates were slightly lower at about 32%. Roberta believes this is largely because people haven't received proper training and education to best navigate particularly challenging cases, such as dementia.<br />
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"There is a large turnover… and I feel, honestly, it's lack of education. Staff doesn't always know how to deal with, especially again, people with dementia and it's very frustrating. … You can't rationalize with someone with dementia as you would with the average person on the street. It's very stressful. It's a stressful job and people are getting burned out. That's why I'm trying to educate them on what [they] can do to make working with these people easier and more rewarding for [all involved], but also keeping [themselves] healthy in the meantime so that, again, [they] can take better care of [those with dementia]. … We're starting to see as we're educating staff that they're learning techniques that they're saying are actually helping release some of that tension, and we're hoping that the turnover gets to be a little lower and a little lower… so there will be more continuity of care."<br />
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To learn more about Roberta Stack's work or to contact her directly, you may visit her on the web at <a href="http://www.robertastack.com/" target="_blank">www.RobertaStack.com</a> or reach her by phone at 440-759-9178.<br />
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July 26, 2015 is the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and we sat down with Shannon Monyak and Kathy Foley from Services for Independent Living, Inc. based out of Euclid, OH. Shannon is the Director of Programs at SIL, and Kathy is the Director of Advocacy. They shared a bit about how SIL works to trumpet the cause and awareness of the ADA through supporting both individuals and communities. <br />
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"As a center for independent living," said Kathy, "our whole goal is to help people with disabilities of all kinds to remain in the community of their choice. So, we have a number of services and supports that are available … along with community education and advocacy efforts[.]"<br />
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A Variety of Services</h3>
With specifics varying from service to service, SIL cares for people of all ages who are dealing with disabilities, from newborns in NICU to elderly people in the final stages of life.<br />
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"We have independent living skills training," Shannon shared, "peer support, advocacy and information referral, which are four core services. We're now adding a fifth, which is transition [where] we do nursing home relocation through the Ohio Department of Medicaid. We're also starting youth transition where we … partnered with a specific school district in the southwest area of Cleveland."<br />
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"The other thing that we do," Kathy added, "is that we have a program called the ADA inaccessibility services. It's really a two-part program for individuals with disabilities and for the community. For individuals, we have a small fund that can help with minor home modifications [such as] … widening doors, adding grab bars, that sort of thing. We can help with that. Or, if we don't have the funding, we can help identify where funding can be found[.]"<br />
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"On the community side," Kathy went on, "we can help community agencies, colleges, businesses, hospitals [and other community entities] with understanding what their requirements and obligations are under the Americans with Disabilities Act. We can also go in and do an ADA survey of the physical facility [as well as] their business practices. [We] do a lot of community education around ADA. For example, we just did a disability awareness and ADA [presentation] as it pertains to hospitals[.]"<br />
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Helping People Help Themselves</h3>
Through the various programs SIL offers, from peer support to education to transition into independent living, the organization aims to help people to obtain the life skills and confidence they need to thrive.<br />
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"Individuals are being taught how to become better self advocates," Kathy said. "[They're learning] how to speak up for their rights, how to speak up for their wishes. That, I think, is what sets us apart."<br />
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With their new transitions program, they are not only helping people move out of nursing homes, but they are helping young people to live on their own for the first time, learn how to balance a checkbook, learn how to do their laundry. The SIL's array of services goes beyond simply addressing ADA law and advocacy to addressing the whole person and helping them to learn necessary life skills, many of which aren't taught anywhere else.<br />
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Housing, transportation, employment and healthcare accessibility issues are big ones when it comes to those who are living with a disability. SIL helps people to navigate these major areas while also working with companies, systems and communities to create more accessible choices.<br />
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"We do an awful lot of work on the systems change side of the fence," said Kathy, "because the reality is that while we envision a society that's accessible to all, we don't have that yet. We're moving towards that, but we're not there yet. So, we bring the voice of the consumer to the table on systems chance efforts, whether it's local, state or federal."<br />
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"Housing is huge," she went on. "Being able to find affordable, accessible and safe housing is a huge challenge, especially with … people that are trying to transition out of nursing homes. And housing ties in with employment and healthcare and transportation. We're working a lot on transportation advocacy right now to build a more equitable transportation system that is more responsive to on-demand. Right now, people needing specialized transportation, lift equipment transportation, usually it's five days to a week ahead that they have to plan, whereas you and I can say, 'Oh, I'm going to hop in my car or I'm going to grab the mainline bus and I'm going to go visit my friend.' Folks that we work with can't always do that."<br />
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If you would like to find out more about the programs offered through Services for Independent Living, Inc., you can find them on the web at <a href="http://www.sil-oh.org/" target="_blank">www.sil-oh.org</a> or reach them by phone at 216-731-1529.<br />
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July stands out to us here at HandyPro for a number of reasons. July is the month we celebrate Independence Day and honor our military veterans, but today is also Disability Awareness Day and we are quickly approaching the 25th anniversary of the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) being passed into law. To pay homage to all of these, we sat down with disabled veteran David Cox, the man behind the <a href="http://www.americanmilitarybenefits.org/" target="_blank">AmericanMiltaryBenefits.org</a> website.<br />
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"I want to be clear that I am a supporter of the VA administration and what they can do," Cox went on, "but a lot of times their hands are tied and/or they don't have the capability of helping these military people when they come back from war or from wherever. You have so many military people out there who have PTSD or traumatic brain injury or all this stuff, and to be honest with you, we're not prepared for it. We don't have the education for the doctors to help these individuals. We don't have the programs to help these individuals, and we have people that sit at the front door to greet you and they don't know what to do. They're turning these veterans down for help. They're sending them back home. And just [for] example with PTSD, that's why we have such a high rate of suicide of American Military people at this time."<br />
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"Right now," he went on, "what I do personally is I know people in the area, like I've got a gentleman who does free plumbing as far as he does the labor, they pay for the parts. I've got an auto store that pays for labor, [the vet] pay for parts. Those are the types of things I'm speaking of that will really help veterans get through their day, get through their month, get through their year. … HandyPro goes out of their way to help veterans get what they need as far as construction within their homes for, let's say, getting into a shower or getting into a bath or making the doorway wider for them to get inside with their wheelchairs. … I need HandyPro's help. I can't do it all on my own. … I need the local VFWs, American Legion. I need my networking where I connected with guys that specifically find out where a veteran's benefits are and whether they can push them through or not for them. … It's networking; everything is networking." </div>
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healthcare providers from community-acquired infections, germs, bacteria,
viruses, mold and odors. The BioSweep business focuses primarily on air-born
contamination with a sub-specialty on removing odors[.] ... The Ecosense
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brett has made it his mission to ensure that his
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responsibility[.] For one, a solution has to be effective. It has to accomplish
what we're trying to do if we're trying to kill a particular type of odor or
destroy some sort of smell or bacteria. Secondly, it has to be environmentally
friendly. Fortunately, we're at the point right now where there are wonderful
types of solutions that allow us to be able to achieve high-level results and
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invested in ownership of the requisite tools and technologies so that the end
consumer doesn't have to do so themselves. This, Davis explained, saves the
customer money, as all anyone has to pay for is application of the solution
rather than all of the equipment and accessories necessary to achieve it.
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The Euclid Public Library welcomes people from all over the community to come in and enjoy their books, music, movies and events, but they also offer a special service for those in the city who cannot physically come into the library. Jennifer Lottes, Supervisor of Outreach Services and long-time Euclid Library employee, took some time with us to explain the program:<br />
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"Our department offers library service to residents who are unable to come into the library," Jennifer said. "If you can't come to us, we bring the library to you. [We] mostly focus on serving homebound residents, although we also have a special service for young children who are in preschools and daycares in the city. Basically how it works is, if you're unable to get out, we come every month. We make deliveries right to your home. We pick up your old materials and we bring you new things, either specific things that people request or we can select items for folks to fit their personal taste. It's a very simple service to use, and it's really a great service if you're unable to get out."<br />
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One of the joys of the library is being able to browse around and choose something that piques your interest. For those who are homebound, the Outreach Services program has a solution that's the next best thing. "You know," Jennifer said, "you come into the library and you like to browse around and find something that catches your eye. Well, if you can't come in, you don't really have that. So, we take people newsletters, movie lists, magazines. They can get ideas that way. Or, people can just tell us the kind of things they like. We have a conversation with them. We help them articulate what they're looking for and we bring materials to them, not necessarily based on a specific title or a specific author, just based on the kind of things [they have expressed that] they'd enjoy reading or watching."<br />
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Having spent nearly 20 years working at the Euclid Library, Jennifer Lottes knows the system in a deep way and is able to navigate it on behalf of the Outreach Services recipients to help them find exactly what they're looking for and what interests them most. "It's not about me; it's about you," she said. "My personal tastes, my interests, that doesn't really matter. I stay familiar with what's available for folks out there, with what's popular, what kind of trends are going on. I do a lot of keeping up with journals and blogs ... for books and for movies, even sometimes music, so that when someone tells me, 'Oh, I just read <i>Gone Girl</i> and I loved it,' I can find six other books for them." This monthly service is absolutely free to permanently or temporarily homebound members of the Euclid community.<br />
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Memorial Day is a time when we stop to reflect on the sacrifice so many thousands upon thousands have made to fight for our country. Some of these brave soldiers suffered severe injury, including lost limbs, during wartime, and they return with a need for compassionate and thoughtful care to support them in returning to life back home. Whether you or a loved one lost a limb in wartime or through another injury or illness, Leimkuehler, Inc. offers the highest quality prosthetics and orthotics to all who need them. Jim Leimkuehler sat down with us to tell us a bit more about his family's business.<br />
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"Leimkuehler, Inc. was started by my grandfather, Paul Leimkuehler, in 1948," Jim said. "He came back from World War II as an amputee. He lost his leg above the knee in the Battle of the Bulge. ... Then he was at Walter Reed Medical Center and there were a lot of amputees at that time, so he helped out making his prosthesis, his artificial leg. When he got back to Cleveland, he bought an existing prosthetic business and started Leimkuehler, Inc. ... My father and uncles [later] bought the business, and we're still at the building in Cleveland where my grandfather moved [the company] in the late '60s. My brother and mother and father and I all work in the business and we have three offices: Cleveland, Lyndhurst and North Royalton."<br />
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The process for being fitted with prosthetics begins with the client and their personal doctor. The doctor will typically write a fairly open-ended prescription citing the location where a prosthetic device is needed, and then the Leimkuehler, Inc. certified specialists will custom create an appropriate device for the client. To do this, they first get to know the client's needs and goals.<br />
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"Everybody is different," Jim shared. "Everybody's unique, especially with an amputation. There [are] no two residual limbs that are the same. First of all, we look at their activity level before the amputation and their motivation and what they want to accomplish with the device. ... [Next] the practitioner will take a cast of their residual limb just like you'd put a fiberglass cast on a broken arm, but then they pull that off and ... pour it with plaster and use it as a model to then have an exact copy of the patient's residual limb." From there, the Leimkuehler, Inc. specialists craft a unique item for the client, taking into account logistics regarding balance and weight bearing to create a device that suits the client's needs.<br />
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Depending on how active the client used to be prior to the amputation, the team will "They select components based on talking with the patient, what they want this device to be capable of and what the patient was capable of before. And then they'll pick out the foot, the knee, [or whatever body part is needed] based on those requirements."<br />
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A Network of Support</h3>
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Dealing with an amputation and adjusting to life with a prosthetic is an ongoing process. That's why the team at Leimkuehler, Inc. connects their customers with others who are navigating similar circumstances. It can help people, to have faith in their own process, to see what others have been able to accomplish with prosthetics. "If we have a patient that ... isn't sure what their potential [with the device] might be, we have kind of a peer network. We have some current patients and patients from the past that are willing to meet with a new patient or even a prospective patient. ... We facilitate that meeting. We say, 'Here's a phone number of somebody that is a current amputee that could speak with you about what your options and possibilities are in terms of the device and just everyday function.'"<br />
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"It's huge for a new amputee to speak with an existing amputee that can just reassure them that, if you're motivated enough, you'll be able to get right back to your life," Jim went on. "With some modifications, but you're able to do just about anything. And to that point, we have a supplier partner that has a basketball team, an all-amputee standup basketball team. They came out and played Baldwin Wallace just as a demonstration to show people what's possible. ... It's really neat to see these guys that are able to play standup basketball against college basketball players that are able bodied, and they were very competitive, so the sky's really the limit."<br />
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That said, the Leimkuehler, Inc. team also makes sure to match people appropriately with peers who have similar interests and/or activity levels. "We try to match up people that are going to be at a similar function level," said Jim, "because sometimes that can be overwhelming for somebody that's a new amputee to speak to a standup basketball player that's an amputee. We have a wide enough resource group base that we can match people up appropriately, and that does go a long way."<br />
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If you or a loved one has any needs in the realm of prosthetics or orthotics, Leimkuehler, Inc. has an amazing array of choices for those who are exploring their options. Consult with your doctor to determine what prescription would best suit your needs, then get in touch with local experts Leimkuehler, Inc. to create a lasting relationship with a company that truly cares about its customers.<br />
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WellFit Rehabilitation & Aquatics in Westlake, OH offers physical therapy to people of all ages who are experiencing discomfort from illness or injury, including those recovering from a surgery. Their onsite SwimEx Therapy Pool gives people the option of undergoing land and water therapy treatments. The facility also offers dry needling, which is similar to acupuncture but reaches the muscles on a deeper level to facilitate healing. We sat down with owner and physical therapist Jonathan Schauss to find out more about what they do and how they support our local community.<br />
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We've all been there, whether it's working out in the yard and pulling a muscle, rolling your ankle walking off a curb, or some other incident of injury that leaves you in pain. For some people, long-term pain is a problem. Perhaps you've been dealing with back or neck pain for more years than you can count, or an old injury never fully healed. Whatever the case, WellFit Rehabilitation & Aquatics welcomes people with acute or chronic pain to schedule an appointment to start feeling better. In fact, they recently started accepting walk-ins when possible!<br />
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The Benefits of the SwimEx Therapy Pool</h3>
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Exercising in a water environment is a great way to get a good workout while minimizing strain or pressure on the joints. As Schauss shared, having a therapy pool at the WellFit facility was a natural choice: "It's a fantastic modality for a lot of people that have difficulty exercising on land. ... For example, if someone had a total hip replacement, a total knee replacement, a shoulder surgery, the pool is a great modality. [It's] easy to get into, easy to get out of. We have a lift chair if we need to use that for someone to get them into the water. ... The pool can be anywhere from no resistance, like a regular pool at the YMCA... but our therapy pool has a big turbine in it, which actually can generate a current, a resistive current, and the client is working against that resistance[.] We can control whether that's very mild or get it going so fast that Michael Phelps couldn't even keep up with the current!"</div>
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The WellFit staff can help to guide people in undergoing a healthy exercise regimen to heal strained or injured areas of the body using the SwimEx Therapy Pool. "There [are] different exercise stations within the pool--because it's specially designed just for physical therapy--for the patients to do leg exercises, arm exercises, back exercises, whether that's as simple as walking all the way up to aqua-jogging or actually running in the water on those variable speeds that we can set the pool at."<br />
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Dry Needling for Pain Relief</h3>
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The dry needling treatment is effective for people with a variety of conditions, though it is unusual to find a physical therapist who specializes in the painful jaw condition known as TMJ (temporomandibular joint dysfunction). "We can use the dry needling pretty much anywhere that there's a muscle and a trigger point in the body. It works great for the neck and back muscles, leg muscles... I do specialize in treating TMJ patients also, which is kind of rare, and we can do the dry needling to help get the jaw muscles to relax to open up the jaw space so patients aren't experiencing as much pain in the TMJ joint, which is a very painful condition."<br />
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In addition to their pain management therapies, WellFit Rehabilitation & Aquatics also offers nutritional counseling and support with an ongoing exercise plan through their personal trainers. "The long-term question," said Jonathan, "is how can we keep the pain away and how can we empower the individual to maintain [their wellness]. We like to empower patients with not just the exercises but with lifestyle changes[.] ... You get good nutrition in [and then] the body has the building blocks for good DNA [and] healthy cell replication. You can [lead] a more active, fit lifestyle and be stronger."<br />
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Here at HandyPro, we make your well-being our priority. Our interview series goes hand-in-hand with that effort and we hope you find it helpful! For more information on how we can help make your home a home for life, visit us at <a href="http://www.stayathomemodifications.com/" target="_blank">www.StayAtHomeModifications.com</a> or call me (Brian Pritchard) at 216-212-7531.<br />
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If you'd like to learn more about WellFit Rehabilitation & Aquatics, you can call 440-250-8895 to schedule an initial consultation, or visit them on the web at <a href="http://www.wellfitrehab.com/" target="_blank">www.WellFitRehab.com</a>.<br />
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People with special needs and those who are elderly are familiar with the challenges of finding suitably accommodating vehicles, homes, stores, and more as they navigate the world. Well, thanks to Helen Hebert, a global travel specialist operating out of our own Northeast Ohio branch of Cruise Planners, planning the perfect vacation no longer needs to be a burden.<br />
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Cruise Planners is the largest travel franchise in the world, and as you may have guessed by their name, they do indeed help people to plan cruises. That's not all they do, however, Helen said: "Cruise Planners is a full-service travel agency, so [in addition to cruises] we handle driving tours, land vacations, all-inclusive vacations, just about anything you could think you'd want to do on a vacation."<br />
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One of the great programs offered through Cruise Planners is called Special Needs At Sea. The idea is to make sure that, no matter your current level of mobility, you can enjoy a wonderful vacation. "I come from a family where we travel together," Helen shared. "Every year, we take some kind of a family vacation, and there are people in my family ... that have gotten older, some temporarily disabled, some permanently disabled, or even just the person like myself that as you get older you become what they call a slow walker. You're the one who slows down the people in the group. You tend to stay back because you don't want to slow the rest of the group down. There's no reason why slowing down means quitting the things you want to do, which includes travel and having a great enjoyment in life. So, Special Needs At Sea helps with that by providing ... any kind of equipment or materials that a person needs to make their travel experience more comfortable and more enjoyable."<br />
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The accommodations go far beyond just wheelchairs and scooters to include even medically necessary equipment like oxygen tanks and more. "Some people sleep in a recliner because of some sort of digestive issue, so they can place recliners at your destination or on your ship. And they deliver the equipment to the ship. It can be [oxygen] tanks, walkers, any type of chair mobility, whether it be transport, scooters, [or] power chairs. ... We can do different types of cushions for people that sleep slanted. I know some people sleep in a bed that has to be slanted, and they'll go in and adjust the bed. They can deliver adjustable beds, patient lifts, lifts for the beds--all that type of equipment that you would have at home but you're not going to pack that to bring it. They can deliver it to the ship, have it set up, and they will come and pick up everything once the ship docks back at the embarkation port."<br />
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For those who wish to include land adventures in their vacation, Cruise Planners can also arrange for appropriate accommodations and transportation every step of the way. "There are several options for excursions [and] helping out in hotels," said Helen. "Unfortunately, where Europeans are ahead in many ways--explorers for alternative medicine and things like that--they are not at the same level as we are in the United States for making places accessible for those with special needs. So, the special needs group [that we provide] can assist with making a non-traditional place more accessible for one who needs the access." When exploring the Cruise Planners website and trip list, you can look for the trips that include a small handicapped symbol to easily see which are most accessible to those with special needs.<br />
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Perhaps the best feature of all is the dedicated personal planning offered by Helen, Evan and their support team at Cruise Planners. When someone on the trip has a special need, they will make absolutely sure that those needs can be met at each leg of the trip so that everyone can relax and enjoy their vacation. "Being a special needs agent," said Helen, "I would plan with the traveler to make sure that their whole trip is mapped out where it would fit the need to be able to take full advantage of what they like to be doing. ... [We] pick an itinerary that works for them, that can make the most of their vacation."<br />
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From mementos and knickknacks to old lamps and pieces of furniture we no longer need or want, most of our homes have their fair share of clutter. For some, the clutter is relegated to a basement or attic. For others, the clutter begins to infringe upon the actual living space of the home, making it more challenging to navigate, particularly for the elderly. Whatever the situation that applies to you or someone you love, local Cleveland, Ohio company JunkAway is a great solution to get rid of those unwanted items in a clean and professional manner. We had the chance to sit down with JunkAway's Jerry Deliberato and find out more about how the company helps people downsize and declutter.<br />
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"I believe we transform people's lives by removing unwanted items, clutter, from their homes so that they can eliminate stress and gain valuable space from their home," said Jerry. "Our motto is you point to it, we remove it. ... It could be one item; it could be a full-house clean out where everything needs to be removed[.]"<br />
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There are many reasons that someone might need a junk removal service, some of which include:<br />
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<li>Addressing safety hazards for home navigation for those who wish to stay in their homes</li>
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<li>Organization projects that result in paring down possessions</li>
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"Sometimes you've got to recognize that things [have] just got to go," Jerry said. "You've just had so much stuff over the years, you've collected it. We all do this, and we tend to drive it down to the basement. Then you realize you don't have any space in the basement, and the funny thing is most of the stuff that's in people's basement--I'd say more than 50% of it--they don't even know what's in the boxes! So, we try to make sure that the family members and the people living in the house have gone through their stuff, have gone through the drawers in the furniture they want us to move, have gone through and taken pictures and the different things that they want to pass on to the family[.] When we get there, when they call JunkAway, they've already done that and they now say, okay, here [are] some things that we want you to take out. We encourage people to make sure they do that because we don't want anything that should be going to a family member. We're very good about sharing that with our clients and their family to ensure that they've taken what they need, what they want. And the rest of it, we're going to help them take that away and ease the stress of dealing with all that clutter throughout the house."<br />
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The team also regularly collaborates with professional organizers to clear away unwanted items after a home organization project. Those items that don't fit into the newly organized space can easily be handled by JunkAway.<br />
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A Business That Gives Back</h3>
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All profits from JunkAway's Cleveland branch go towards funding Koinonia Homes Inc., a nonprofit that serves the needs of adults with developmental disabilities. They are also a green company, recycling more than 70% of the items that they collect.<br />
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Here at HandyPro, we make your well-being our priority. Our
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helpful! For more information on how we can help you make your home a home for
life, visit us at <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://www.stayathomemodificationsinc.com/" target="_blank">www.StayAtHomeModificationsInc.com</a></span> or
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Kenny Gilder got his start as a DJ nearly 40 years ago in 1976 when the owner of a nightclub he frequented asked him to fill in for their regular guy. The rest, as they say, is history. Kenny loves the feeling of bringing joy to a crowd through music, and has been DJing ever since.<br />
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In the spring of last year amidst his other gigs at bars, restaurants, and clubs, Kenny received an interesting phone call. He was asked to call bingo numbers at a local senior center. He agreed to the gig, with one caveat: He wanted to be able to play music while calling out the bingo numbers. The center managers agreed, and while doing standard bingo calling to music, Kenny got the idea to take things even further and create a bingo game that was actually based on music. And so, Music Bingo Ohio was born, and the response was incredible. "The first time that I worked," said Kenny, "and saw the faces, the smiles... chair dancing... toe tapping, hand tapping to the music I knew I was onto something because they were really, really enjoying the music."<br />
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Music Therapy Meets Bingo</h3>
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Among the arts, music is unique in the way that it accesses the deep recesses of our emotions and memories. That's what Kenny and his crew aim for when doing Music Bingo. "There's nobody that has any knowledge of the elder industry that does not realize that music therapy is one of the most successful therapies there is," Kenny said. "Even someone that is way beyond the ability to carry on conversations, they exist in a world of their own... if you play a song that connects with them, it's unbelievable to watch what happens. So, we're using that music therapy, which creates cognitive memory recall, which is what's important about music therapy because it takes them back to a time that they remember."<br />
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Kenny engages the audiences not only with the bingo game itself, but also by interacting with them around the music. Many will recognize the song but not know its name or who performs it, but often one or two in the group will and Kenny invites those people to share. He also keeps the energy of the room going by visiting people at their tables, dancing, and helping to make sure that everyone who plays comes away a winner.<br />
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If you've been wondering what exactly a reverse mortgage is, how it differs from a home equity loan, and whether or not it could be a good fit for you or your loved ones, read on for some great information from our friend Ray Antonelli, a local expert who has been helping to educate people on the subject of reverse mortgages since 2005.<br />
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Many have heard the term "reverse mortgage," but most don't really understand how it works or how it is different from the more commonly used home equity loan option. "It is different from a home equity loan," Ray Antonelli shared. "That's a common misconception. A home equity loan basically is a loan that you typically qualify for just like any other loan. So, that means you have to have good credit and you have to make payments on that loan, and you have to have good income as well to support those payments... and you have to prove all of this to the lender before a home equity loan can be originated."<br />
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"A reverse mortgage is a completely different animal," he went on, "because there are never any payments on a reverse mortgage on the part of the senior, and only seniors can qualify for a reverse mortgage. So, they have to be 62 years old or older, they have to be on title on the home--they have to own it in other words, they just can't be renting it--and in addition to that, they have to have paid their mortgage balance down to at least 50% or less of what the appraised value of the property is. So, that's the primary difference between a reverse mortgage and any other type of mortgage that you have on a property, whether its a first mortgage, a second mortgage, or a home equity line of credit or what have you. There [aren't] any payments. The credit on behalf of the borrower doesn't have to be anything special because there's no credit qualifying[.]"<br />
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Sounds almost too good to be true, right? The beauty of it is, though, according to Antonelli, that it is genuinely as simple as it sounds. "Think of a reverse mortgage as a CD, a certificate of deposit," said Ray. "When someone goes to a bank or an insurance company and takes out a certificate of deposit, typically they give the bank or insurance company a sum of money and then the interest on that CD accrues until maturity. Then, the client goes to the bank and can withdraw all the funds, including all of the interest that has been accrued. Basically, the bank is doing the same thing with a reverse mortgage. It's lending money on the equity in the home and it waiting for the payments. There is never any payment due on a reverse mortgage until the home is sold[.]"<br />
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One of the biggest misconceptions about reverse mortgages that Antonelli hears from seniors is that they fear it means that the bank owns their home in the process. Not so, he assured us: "[Seniors] think that the bank takes over their home, [that] the bank wants their home. The bank doesn't want their home; they just want to be paid back for the loan at some point. The senior is still on title on the home, they're still required to pay the taxes and the insurance and maintain the home. And when it comes time to pay off the mortgage, for whatever reason, it's just a mortgage. Just like any [regular] mortgage that gets paid off when the house gets sold, [a reverse] mortgage gets paid off when the house gets sold, as well, and the heirs [or seniors, if still living] get whatever is left over."<br />
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Who can benefit from a reverse mortgage, and what is the most typical situation that mortgage lenders see? "About 85% of the reverse mortgages I originate," Ray said, "are for seniors who are literally going backwards every month. They're running out of money before the month ends, and they're either attacking their retirement savings or they're going out on their credit cards to meet normal monthly expenses. If they have paid their home off, or at least have paid it down to less than 50% of the appraised value, I can originate a reverse mortgage for them and it basically fixes that problem more or less instantly because it provides them tax-free cash--because this is a loan, it's not income. It's a loan that they can use to pay their monthly living expenses."<br />
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What About Social Security? Medicare? Medicaid?</h3>
Understanding how financial options such as a reverse mortgage affect other benefits such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is an ongoing concern for seniors who are exploring their options. "Social Security and Medicare payments are not affected at all by the reverse mortgage proceeds" Antonelli said. "The reverse mortgage proceeds are treated as a loan, so there's no tax implication. [Seniors] don't have to pay taxes on the proceeds of the reverse mortgage because it's loan money. It just doesn't have to be paid back right away, which is what makes it so attractive. Medicaid is a different story. Medicaid is asset based. Even though the funds are a loan, that is an asset of the estate and that would affect Medicaid benefits. So, the senior does need to consult with a CPA or an attorney that specializes in senior financial situations to advise how best to handle that." Typically, however, Medicaid comes more into play when transitioning into an eldercare community or assisted living situation, so that may not apply to many seniors who are interested in a reverse mortgage.<br />
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International home care company Right At Home is making a huge difference for elders and adults with disabilities all over the country and the world. The local branch, which serves the Greater Cleveland area, is managed by Shalom Plotkin and Elise Braverman-Plotkin. We had the chance to sit down with Shalom and get a snapshot of the great work he and Right At Home are doing for the community.<br />
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"Our goal is to help maximize the quality of life for those we care for. We do that by helping our clients to stay right at home, which is typically where they want to be," Plotkin said. "We provide non-medical, private-duty, private-pay home care. We [offer] companion care, which might be keeping someone safe at night, [or] making sure someone doesn't fall out of bed or wander. We do personal care, which could be anything from helping somebody to have a bath or a shower, or even to look after toileting ... grooming, hygiene. We also do some light housekeeping. It could be turning the laundry over [to us] ... to washing the dishes if people can't stand on their feet too long, or other things to help them stay independent in their homes."<br />
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Right At Home has statistically reduced the re-hospitalization rate for their clients by 57%. That is a number that deserves our attention! They are currently partnering with the Harvard Medical School to track 20,000 of their clients across the country in an effort to make home care even better and more reliable for everyone. "Were working, for example, to reduce falls," Plotkin said, "which tend to be more frequent in colder weather when there's ice on the ground. We're tracking regional and national trends seasonally. It's a far-reaching study, and [Harvard Medical School is] partnering with us and with the software that we use as a franchise, called ClearCare, so we're able to collect all the data. We know that we're able to reduce hospital readmission rates by 57% because we have it quantified. ... Primarily, we're doing that by talking to people so that they're less lonely and they're more engaged, and that tends to lead to less anxiety, which means less emergency room visits, which means less tests. ... So, just being there, having somebody to be with you, makes a significant difference in reducing the hospitalizations."<br />
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Not all clients, Shalom shared, need regular care. Others need around-the-clock support. Right At Home will meet a client's needs exactly where they're at and come up with a customized plan to do so. "What we do is we make a custom care plan and it starts from there. So, I'll go and I'll meet our client in their home, wherever they call home, and it'll be a detailed assessment. After that initial meeting, we put the plan together. We have some of our staff back at the office--some of our nurses--look it over, and then we match up a caregiver. So, we're looking at their interests, at their personalities, at the services that they need, and we can pretty promptly put somebody in place. ... Then we go back and we see, how is that match working? ... We have supervisory visits. We come by periodically to make sure things are going well, make sure the providers are following the specifics of the custom care plan. We talk to our clients frequently, as well as our caregivers."<br />
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Shalom went on to describe the process by which caregivers get to know their clients, gauging their interest in things like going out or staying at home, and recognizing that, in some cases, it is just the ability to choose to go out that feels most important to people, whether or not they actually want to go. Often times, people are just looking to connect, from a nice conversation to sharing stories while looking through a photo album. "The caregivers do become almost like family to our clients," Shalom said. "Sometimes those bonds can develop fairly quickly. What our clients like to know, though, is that they don't have a contract. There's no maximum or minimum number of visits or hours. They can choose the schedule that works best for them." From a single hour appointment to help out with bathing, to full-time, day and night companionship, Right At Home tailors their service to the client's needs and wishes.<br />
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"It's humble work, but it's very rewarding. We're keeping a lot of people safe at home, wherever they call home. Some of [our clients do], in fact, live in assisted living facilities and we'll look after them there as well if they need a little bit more one-on-one attention to just stay in place. ... Our caregivers love doing this job. They love it. If they [didn't] love it, it would show right away, for example, in our interviews or in our supervisory visits. They have passion to help improve the quality of life for our clients, for those we serve. What that means is that that family has some peace of mind, and that is ... invaluable."<br />
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While the services offered by Right At Home are non-medical and, therefore, non-reimbursable by medical insurance, their rates are extremely competitive and doable for many families at $19.50 per hour for a single caregiver on as an-needed basis and around $10 per hour for a live-in caregiver. Their services are covered by longterm care insurance and some veterans benefits, as well, and they are committed to doing what they can to help people find a way to afford the care they need.<br />
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If you’d like to learn more about Right At Home, visit <a href="http://www.rightathome.net/Cleveland">www.RightAtHome.net/Cleveland</a> or call Shalom Plotkin at (216) 752-2222.<br />
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More and more people are choosing to remain living at home as they age. For the adult children and caregivers, it can be incredibly challenging to take on the hours and hours of research to track down professionals who can support aging seniors in their own homes. Luckily, one local man saw this need through the eyes of his own experience helping his aging parents to remain in their home and set about to create an organization of professionals that could serve others in doing the same. That man is Patrick Manning, and the organization is called Aging In Place Professionals, or AIPP.<br />
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"My folks were approaching 90 years old," Patrick shared. "They were living at their own home. My dad was an old sailor during the war, and the captain of the ship, as he reminded us growing up. And he said, 'The only way I'm leaving this house is feet first on a gurney,' and by golly, he got his wish. ... We respected his wishes, as my family had done for generations, in helping our parents live out their lives in their home. And that's basically what aging in place means. It's those that opt to live in their homes for the rest of their life."<br />
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Supporting his parents through this time, Patrick found himself doing a lot of research and legwork to find local companies who could help his mom and dad remain safe and comfortable at their home. "I had to access a lot of resources to help my folks age in place," he said. "Anything from companies that do accessibility work to help modify my mom and dad's bathroom ... [to making] sure there was an accessible shower in there so they would have daily hygiene. ... So, I researched the different companies that made accessibility modifications. ... At the end, we also had companion care come in. That's non-medical care. Eventually, we had a nurse come in, so that was medical care, and then we had hospice come in ... as somebody who understood end of life. ... As the need came up to take care of my parents, I realized that there were a lot of resources in the greater Cleveland area, and I knew the demographic so I knew there was a lot of folks out there that needed all this help. That's why I started the Aging In Place Professionals five years ago."<br />
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The group exists as a hub for professionals to come together, get to know one another and exchange referrals, get educated on what options are available in the area, and share those options with local seniors. "We bring in an industry expert every month to talk about some aspect of aging in place," Patrick said. "We have speakers come in from the Alzheimer's Association and talk about Alzheimer's and dementia. We had an audiologist come in and talk about hearing. We have people coming in and talking about finances. We had somebody talk about hoarding. All of these [are] different types of situations and issues that seniors are facing. So, we want to, number one, educate our members about that so they can learn more, but also, as they're sitting there with their peers, they can get to know the other professionals that are providing these services. And when they go into their [senior clients'] homes, now they have some information, some education, and are able to identify these other services that the senior may need. ... We're helping them live at home safely and comfortably."<br />
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As of this writing, the next scheduled event is Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 at 8:30 A.M. The topic for this event will be <em>Recognizing and Preventing Elder Abuse </em>and the speaker will be Anne Spelic (Director of Community-Based Programs for the Cuyahoga County Division of Senior & Adult Services). <br />
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The event will be at Sunrise Senior Living (21600 Detroit Road in Rocky River, OH) and we encourage you to call Patrick at 440-263-6882 with any questions. There are no membership fees, and the group meets monthly. <br />
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As always, you can reach me directly at 216-212-7531, by email at <a href="mailto:Brian.HandyPro@gmail.com">Brian.HandyPro</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">@gmail.com</a> or online at <a href="http://www.stayathomemodificationsinc.com/">www.StayAtHomeModificationsINC.com</a>. <br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Home Instead Senior Care is a national private duty homecare organization with the strength of around 1,000 branch offices behind them. From professionalism to that personal touch, they have a formula that really works when it comes to providing the highest level of compassionate service to their clients. We had the chance to sit down with Community Service Representative Nicole Pearch from the local Northeast Ohio office and learn more about what Home Instead Senior Care is all about.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">“Private duty,” Nicole shared, “is just another name for non-medical home care. Non-medical home care is where we come into the home and provide assistance with activities of daily living … [such as] getting up out of bed, getting a shower or a bath, getting dressed, getting something to eat—all those normal activities. … We’re really there to keep that senior safe, happy, and [to help them] live long in their home.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The company provides a variety of ADL (activities of daily living) support elements, including meal preparation. “We have some clients,” said Nicole, “that want us to just come in once or twice a week and cook a week’s worth of diabetic meals that somebody can get out of the freezer or the fridge and then heat up. So, meal prep, light housekeeping, … transportation to doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping, anything along those lines.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Home Instead Senior Care makes personal care their business. In fact, their motto is, “To us, it’s personal.” From bathing, to grooming, to safety, the company prides themselves on catering their support to their clients’ needs. “Personal care is [a] big need,” Nicole said. “I have clients that still want their own independence in the bathroom, but just want us there to make sure there’s not a fall. We can [also] do the bathing and the showering and grooming. [And something] that people may not think of is assisting with exercise. It’s very easy for seniors to sit all day in their lovely chair recliner and watch TV, but we can also do exercises while we’re sitting. So, it’s having somebody there to do those leg stretches with them. It’s always more fun I think overall, for anyone, to have somebody to work out with than exercising by yourself.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Physical safety and stability is a main reason that seniors or their family members seek out in-home care. This issue may be particularly front-of-mind for those who have recently had a fall or injury. “Another big piece is mobility assistance,” said Nicole, “and making sure that the senior is safe. If somebody had a recent fall and just came home from a stay at a rehab facility, it’s a [big] transition getting back [into the] home and moving around, [or] learning to use a different walker. We can be there to reduce the risk of falls. … [We also do] medication reminders. While we’re in the home, we’re making sure that they’re not missing those medications because we want to prevent a missed medication that will have a senior end up back in the hospital or the doctor’s office.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">What about quality assurance? We asked Nicole what kind of training and accountability Home Instead Senior Care guarantees with their staff. “At Home Instead Senior Care,” she said, “we only hire about 14% of the people that actually apply to work with us. [We] really go above and beyond to hire the best of the best. … Our caregivers have a lot of training that they’re given before they even go into the home, and then as they’re with us, there [are] still monthly education [sessions].”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Home Instead Senior Care is one of the few private duty homecare companies in Northeast Ohio to employ nurses in addition to their regular caregivers. “[We] have nurses on staff who go in and do quality checks [for] all of our clients,” said Nicole, “and that’s one way that we’re able to monitor what’s going on in the home. There [are] daily logs [where] our caregivers have to document what was done that day, so when the nurses come in to do their quality check, we’re making sure that what we’ve committed to the family is actually being done in the home. … We are one of the only non-medical homecare companies in Northeast Ohio that actually employs nurses. … The families can have access to call the office and actually talk to the nurse if mom and dad are not feeling well. That’s something extra; we go above and beyond.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Ah, the age old question: What does it cost? Sadly, non-medical home care is currently not covered by Medicaid. However, Home Instead Senior Care works with their clients to fund solutions. “There [are] a couple different options of how we help families pay for this service. [One] avenue they can use is VA benefits. If a senior himself or herself [is] a veteran or the spouse of a veteran, they can get a benefit called Aid and Attendance to help supplement for homecare assistance. … Another way is if they have long-term care insurance. We can submit a claim and work with their long-term care insurance company and then handle it all from there. And then lastly, one thing that people don’t realize [is that families can] apply for a grant from the Alzheimer’s Association. They do have funds available for certain circumstances, and we’ve helped two families recently get some funds. … So we really look at the families overall situation and then find the best avenue for them.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">We wondered how Home Instead Senior Care differentiates themselves from other private duty care options. “Number one,” Nicole said, “we specialize in Alzheimer’s and dementia, and we actually offer a lot of free family workshops … around [these two diseases], being that resource for the family. Our caregivers are trained and certified as Alzheimer’s and dementia specialists. They know ways and techniques to best work with that client. … [W]e put [our caregivers] through so much training, offer them so much education, to really give them the resources and tools that they need to be so successful. And when we hire our caregivers—one of the biggest questions we get asked by the families is do we do the background checks, and we do. We actually fingerprint our caregivers, and they are drug tested frequently; it’s not just once. … We pull their car insurance records and their driving records to make sure that it’s safe. … There’s a lot of extra attention to detail. And one of the best things is that we’re available 24/7. So, you can call on a Saturday afternoon and start services, or at 9 o’clock on a Friday night if Mom has fallen and needs help. We’re there for the families.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">While Home Instead Senior Care offers many helpful services, no one company does it all, but they aim to do all they can to help clients find the services they need. “We like to be a resource for families and the community,” said Nicole, “where they can call and ask if [there] is something we can help with. If we can’t, we definitely pride ourselves on giving resources for the families, other avenues that might benefit their needs. Call our office and we can come out and do a free assessment, or [we can] help somebody out over the phone.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Here at HandyPro, we make your well-being our priority. Our interview series goes hand-in-hand with that effort, and we hope you find it helpful! For more information on how we can help you make your home a home for life, visit us at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-stretch: normal; font: small / normal "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.stayathomemodificationsinc.com/">www.StayAtHomeModificationsInc.com</a> or call me (Brian Pritchard) at 216-212-7531.</span></span><br />
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Securing a long-term care option that is best for you or your loved one can seem like an overwhelming process. Where do you begin? What are your options? How do you know which facility is the right choice? Thankfully, there is a free local service that helps people answer these questions and sort out the details with patience and compassion. We sat down with Cilla Buck of the Northeast Ohio branch of Care Patrol to find out how they help seniors and their families find the right fit.<br />
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Care Patrol was started about 21 years ago in Phoenix, AZ by a social worker named Chuck Giovanni. There are now more than 100 locations across the country, including the local branch run by Cilla and her husband Kevin. “We help families of seniors find assisted living, independent living, memory care, or in home care,” said Cilla. “We try to match them by location, by their care needs, and how much they can afford. [W]e actually look at the care violations of the communities … to find the safest care options. We don’t just shotgun names out there; we actually tour with the families. We take them to about three or four different communities that would match what they’re looking for, much like a realtor shows families new homes. And best of all, we are a free service to the families, so they don’t have to pay us anything.”<br />
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People have a variety of needs and preferences, from wanting to bring a pet with them into assisted living, to dealing with limited private pay funds. Care Patrol works to match facilities with the needs of the their clients. “Maybe they have a pet,” said Cilla. “To seniors, their pets are like their children because their children are … grown up and moved out. If they have a pet, we only look at places that allow pets. Or maybe they only have three or four years of private pay. We will only take them to places that accept the Medicaid waiver after spend down. Those are some of the categories we look at.”<br />
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Memory issues are also, sadly, a common challenge that families face when looking at long-term care options. “If their mom or dad has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s,” Cilla shared, “or they have dementia and they’re not remembering, they need a secure memory care community. A secure memory care community is one where you have to press a number to get in and out. It’s locked down so, if they’re wanderers—and I’ve had calls from families where their mom or dad has wandered off out of the house and they found them down the street. … It’s very scary for the family members. Sometimes we say it’s like drinking from a fire hose, and we put it down into a drinking fountain. We walk them through the process, and we’re a free service.”<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Levels of Care Options</span></strong><br />
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Some people want to stay in their homes. Others want the community and ease of living found in an independent or assisted care situation. Care Patrol works to help their clients find a safe and happy living situation that will best suit them. “We help them find in-home care providers if they’d like to stay in their home,” said Cilla. “Or, if they’re just not safe in their home, maybe they’re looking for independent living; they’re just tired of taking care of all the responsibilities of the home, getting the lawn mowed, getting your driveway plowed, shoveling, all those responsibilities. … We have a lot of seniors that are still driving, but they’re just tired of taking care of all the responsibilities of the home. [With independent living,] they have an apartment—sometimes it’s one bedroom, sometimes it’s two bedrooms, it might be even three bedrooms. It’s their apartment, but they’re still in a community where they get one or two meals provided. … But they’re still driving, they still have their independence, they can come and go as they please.”<br />
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Cilla went on to describe how assisted living offers a higher tier of personal support while still providing independence. “Then you have assisted living,” she said, “where maybe they need some help with those ADLs [activities of daily living]. They still have their apartment in a community, but there are now nurses [and] caregivers available. They can come into your apartment, they can help you get dressed, they can help you shower … and even get you down to the meals. And usually with assisted living, three meals are provided.”<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">An Ongoing Relationship</span></strong><br />
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One of the best things about Care Patrol besides the fact that they are a free service is that they stay in touch with their clients. “Even after they pick a community and they [move in],” Cilla said, “we stay in touch with the family … to make sure they’re happy with where they chose [and to see that] things are working out the way they had planned. … You might go into a community with a beautiful chandelier, but we want to know how they treat their residents.”<br />
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Here at HandyPro, we make your well-being our priority. Our interview series goes hand-in-hand with that effort, and we hope you find it helpful! For more information on how we can help you make your home a home for life, visit us at<br />
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If you’d like to learn more about Care Patrol or schedule a consultation with Cilla or Kevin Buck, you can reach them at 330-315-2895 or find them on the web at <a href="http://www.carepatrol.com/">www.CarePatrol.com</a> or Like them on Facebook at CarePatrol of Northeast Ohio.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";">As we age, it’s natural to consider downsizing, often for
ease of movement around a smaller square footage, sometimes for the purposes of
cost saving, and sometimes it is with the intention of moving into an assisted
living situation. Whatever your reasons for looking to move, one thing you can
now take off your stress list is the move itself thanks to local innovative
moving firm, Moves Made Easier. They’ll not only organize the heavy lifting,
they’ll also help you plan the move from start to finish so that you’re walking
into your new home with everything in its place, ready to be lived in. We sat
down with company owners Ted and Debbie Forthofer to find out exactly how it
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";">Moves Made Easier, shared the Forthofers, is what is known
as a senior move management company. “Senior move management,” said Ted, “is a
relatively new part of the industry. It’s a lot less like a traditional moving
company—like a Mayflower Van Lines, or someone like that—and it’s closer to
what a family member would probably do to help their parents when they’re in a
time of residential transition.” Moves Made Easier is with their customers
every step of the way, from planning a move through to when they step through
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";">“What we basically are,” Ted went on, “is a project manager that
can do, really, anything that needs to be done before and after the heavy
lifting of the move. What that means is [that we] plan a step-by-step process helping
determine what folks should be moving, and then get all those things packed up.
We hire and supervise the furniture movers, and then we unpack everything and
get it set up, all the way to the point of hanging pictures on walls and
connecting electronics and making sure they work. … We actually go the extent
of taking photographs of china cabinets and book shelves and large-volume
pieces of furniture so that we can set them up and put the things back in them
exactly where they were before they were packed in the first place, which is
really helpful. You’re in a new home and you want to know where things are
located, and they’re right probably where they were in the old home.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";">You’ve been collecting knickknacks and clothing and
kitchenware and more for years and years, and now it’s time to move to a
smaller place. But what to do with all that stuff? Moves Made Easier helps you
determine what you’re going to keep and what you’re ready to let go of. “It’s
usually easy to tell when you meet someone for the first time,” said Ted, “and
just by taking a tour of their home, what their interests are, what brings them
joy, what things contribute to their daily activities, [versus] the things that
collect the most dust that are maybe even left behind from when they were
raising children, or things that maybe they don’t really have as much use for
anymore. Once you talk to them, it’s easy to tell what things really mean the
most to them and what things don’t.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";">Moves Made Easier supports their clients in identifying the
wheat from the chaff, so to speak, and then they take care of what needs to
find a new home. “We ship things—either boxes or furniture pieces—out of town
to family members or friends,” Ted said. “We arrange for temporary storage, we
handle the donations to charities, and we also sell excess household items.”</span></span><span style="font-family: "cambria";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";">Sounds like a premium service, right? It certainly is that,
but the good news is that the cost is more reasonable than you might think. The
company’s services are billed hourly, so you are in control of how many hours
of their time you call in for support. “There are several things we can do to
keep costs down for our clients. … More planning up front—[to avoid moving too
much and having to pay to move some things back out to a temporary storage
unit, then possibly again to their final destination]—saves them that possible
cost in the long run. … Another thing we can do is sell their excess goods for
them. If they have things they don’t need anymore and no family member wants
them and it looks like there’s value in those excess items, we can certainly
arrange for them to be sold.” The money that comes back from such a sale helps
to defray the cost of the move.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";">Here at HandyPro, we make your well-being our priority. Our
interview series goes hand-in-hand with that effort, and we hope you find it
helpful! For more information on how we can help you make your home a home for
life, visit us at <a href="http://www.stayathomemodificationsinc.com/">www.StayAtHomeModificationsINC.com</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";">or
call me (Brian Pritchard) at 216-212-7531.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "cambria";">If you’d like to learn more about Moves Made Easier or
schedule an initial consultation with their team, you can contact them at
440-724-8965 or visit them on the web at <a href="http://www.movesmadeeasier.com/">www.MovesMadeEasier.com</a>. </span></span></div>
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Historically when it comes to those facing mobility challenges, driving a car has often been one of the first freedoms to go, but one local dealership is doing all they can to change that. Motorcars Mobility, part of the Motorcars family of dealerships, is dedicated specifically to helping those with mobility challenges stay safely behind the wheel.<br />
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“The community has supported us for a number of years,” said Jennifer Ross of Motorcars Mobility, “and as we are all aging, we’re realizing that there are special needs for individuals who are aging or who may have some mobility challenges. [So, we] decided to support the community [with] a service that would be inclusive to all, and that’s Motorcars Mobility. … Our philosophy is ‘customers for life,’ and as individuals age or may have different challenges, we want to be able to still support them. With Motorcars Mobility, we’re offering wheelchair-accessible vehicles, and also adaptive driving assistance to those who traditionally have not had a lot of choice in the marketplace.”<br />
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The focus is on personal attention and individualized action plans, Ross outlined. “The best thing someone can do,” she said, “is either call or come in and just engage us and we’ll have a conversation talking about, well, what type of needs to you have? What challenges do you have? And then we look for solutions specific to that individual. There may be a medical condition—maybe someone has Cerebral Palsy, or maybe someone has ALS or maybe multiple sclerosis—and they may be able to drive, they just may need some adaptive equipment, or they may need a vehicle to allow them the access they need with the adaptive equipment that they’re using. That’s what we focus on: finding the exact right solution for each individual.”<br />
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When it comes to investing in a customized adaptive vehicle, many people may not know exactly where to start. Then again, some people have dealt with mobility challenges long term and know exactly what they need. Motorcars Mobility serves people across the gamut, Ross said. “There are some people who have had <br />
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a need for years and come in and know exactly what they want. They have a specific prescription from their driving rehabilitation specialist. They know exactly what type of vehicle, [and] how many seats they’re going to need. They are basically just looking to fill their need. Then there are others who may be recently diagnosed or have some new mobility adaptive equipment and don’t know where to start. We can walk them through the entire process step by <br />
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Some of you may be wondering if any vehicle can be adapted to suit. Many can, but not all. “Someone can come to us with an existing vehicle and they might be able to pursue having that vehicle converted, but not every vehicle has that availability,” said Ross. “Generally, people are coming to us looking for a new or used vehicle that has already been converted. And what makes Motorcars really great is that we are the exclusive MV-1 dealer in Northeastern Ohio. That is a 100% American made, already converted, out of the factory mobility vehicle that has been specifically designed for a specific purpose.” <br />
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Temporary disability may also require adaptive driving needs, and Motorcars Mobility is about to launch a rental service to fill those needs. “Starting April 1st,” Ross shared, “we are going to have a rental fleet of mobility vehicles available to the general public fir short-term use.” To go a step further, the dealership also offers 24/7 roadside assistance to all of their customers. “We have an emergency line for any of our customers. If they become stranded, all they need to do is call us—24 hours a day, 7 days a week—and we’ll send help within a half an hour. … We make sure that when a family becomes a part of the Motor Cars family, we really take care of them.”<br />
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Motorcars Mobility will be at the Cleveland Auto Show through March 15, 2015 showcasing a selection of their MV-1 vehicles. You can also visit them online at <a href="http://www.motorcarsmobility.com/">www.MotorCarsMobility.com</a>, or call 216-932-2400.<br />
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