How Can Adult Day Care Help You to Be a More Effective Caregiver?
Adult day care is important for your elderly family member, but it has benefits for you as well.
Join Us on Zoom! Oxnard Family Circle Meetings for Participants and Caregivers
Join us on ZOOM! Oxnard Family Circle is now conducting regular Zoom meetings for our participants and caregivers. Learn more.
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 Provides Additional Respite Care
At Oxnard Family Circle, we realize that caregiving is a full time job. We are happy to provide respite care during our usual hours (Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.) however, sometimes caregivers need more assistance. Many caregivers have additional jobs other than caregiving, or have families and outside matters to attend to. […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Activities for Dementia Patients: Getting Dressed
If your loved one has dementia, he or she may start forgetting where they have put their keys, or a doctor’s appointment here or there. Later on, they may forget the names of relatives they haven’t seen often or how to drive from the store to their house. Eventually they may forget your name, or […]
Preventing Caregiver Fatigue with Adult Day Health Care.
If you are a caregiver or know a caregiver, you probably understand how exhausting it can be. Despite the long hours and hard work that caregiving can bring, how frequently do you see caregivers put on a smile and act as though nothing is wrong? Despite how emotionally and physically caregiving can be, how frequently […]
