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If you are a caregiver, you may feel overwhelmed or a bit lost at times. You may just want some advice on how to make your caregiving experience a bit less stressful. The following workshops are available to help you meet other caregivers, share your experiences and learn tips and tricks to provide the best […]
New Years Resolutions: Caregiver Edition
When the clock strikes midnight on the first day of the new year, many of us decide to make a resolution or two. Much of the time, our resolutions are based on lifestyle decisions and changes that will benefit us physically, emotionally, or how we interact with others. They are promises to ourselves to become […]
Oxnard Family Circle ADHC’s Veteran’s Celebration
On Monday, November 11th 2013, Oxnard Family Circle Adult Day Health Care Center held our annual Veteran’s Day Celebration. We are proud to honor our veterans for their service every day at Oxnard Family Circle, but we felt that it was very important to commemorate these individuals on their special day. Our guest speakers included […]
Empowering the Caregiver Resource Fair
Empowering the Caregiver Resource Fair: On Saturday, October 26th 2013 we held our annual Empowering the Caregiver Resource Fair at Oxnard Family Circle Adult Day Health Care center. Over 100 participants and their family members joined us to gain valuable information on dementia care, home health, adult day health care, hospice care and legal matters. […]
Different Forms of Dementia: What Type Is Affecting Your Loved One?
Dementia and Alzheimer’s have become much more prevalent in older adults within the past decade, and awareness about dementia is slowly but surely growing. While Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia (and one of the main focuses in the fight to find a treatment for dementia), many people cannot distinguish the difference between […]
Aggression in Dementia Individuals: Why It Happens and How to Cope
Once a month, Oxnard Family Circle ADHC has an Alzheimer’s Cafe group for caregivers who are taking care of dementia individuals. I attended the group recently and sat next to a man who is providing care for his wife, who has Alzheimer’s. The man told me that he had attended the Alzheimer’s Cafe group in […]
Caregivers, You Are Not Alone: Programs to Help Caregivers and Their Loved Ones
Josephine* spends a lot of time and energy caring for her husband, who is a participant at Oxnard Family Circle Adult Day Health Care Center. Her husband, a veteran who was once an IT tech, suffered a severe stroke and can hardly operate a remote control.
Nature’s Therapeutic Qualities Can Help Dementia Patients
There is a well proven bank of evidence that suggests that “nature is good for us”. Most of our parents insisted that we go out and “get some fresh air” as children instead of staying inside. Despite the association with nature being therapeutic for people of all ages, until now the term “green exercise” had […]
Breakthrough for an Alzheimer’s Patient Gives Others A Reason To Persevere
As of this year, it is estimated that as many as 5.1 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. As our population ages, the disease impacts a larger percentage of Americans. The number of people age 65 and older will more than double between 2010 and 2050 to 88.5 million or 20 percent of the population. In addition, […]
Dining Tips for Seniors with Dementia
Seniors with dementia need a lot of assistance, especially around mealtimes. Dementia can lead to reduced food and fluid intake because of decreased recognition of hunger and thirst, weakening perception of smell and taste, problems swallowing, inability to make out dining utensils, loss of physical control and depression. While your loved one may find eating […]
