Dodge Park Rest Home Dementia/Alzheimer's Support Group for Spouses

Join other spouses for this unique monthly support group for spouse of individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's and or Dementia. You are not alone. Join us and learn a new coping skills to better care and understand your loved while still at home.

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep 05, 2011 - Dodge Park Rest Home would like to invite you, the spouse, and/or the caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease to take part of our monthly support groups. The spousal support group is meeting on the first Tuesday of each month, and the children support group is meeting on the second Tuesday of each month. The meeting is taking place at Dodge Park Rest Home which is located at 101 Randolph Road, Worcester, MA between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Both support groups are FREE and open to the public.
Participation in a support group can be an empowering experience. The groups are designed to help members feel better prepared to cope with their unique situation. Support group members report feeling less alone, more able to confront their daily problems, and more hopeful about their future.
The Support Group at Dodge Park Rest Home is a safe place to learn, offer and receive helpful tips, and meet others coping with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. The Support Groups are facilitated by Elaine Kapperman LICSW, a trained professional and community member.
Support group members are typically the spouse, adult child, other family member or friend of someone with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia.
The atmosphere of the Dodge Park Rest Home Support Group is one of sharing and caring friendship. The environment is a confidential and non-judgmental place to share ideas, frustrations, anger and joy. Members receive positive reinforcement.
Refreshment will be provided. The next spousal support group will take place on Tuesday September 6, 2011. The next support group for children is on Tuesday September 13, 2011.
For more information, please contact Dodge Park Rest Home at (508)853-8180 or visit our web site at www.DodgePark.com
# # # Dodge Park Rest Home is a licensed sixty (60) bed residential care home specialized in caring for the frails and those diagnosed with dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease in our community offering all the amenities of a modern facility. Licensed nursing staff and a medical director, who are available 24-hours a day / 7-days a week, allow Dodge Park to provide a very unique level of care for those who need more care but who are not yet ready for a nursing home.

Dodge Park Rest Home allows your loved one to stay as a resident when personal funds run out. (Many other facilities and assisted living in the area will not!!!). Your loved one’s stay at Dodge Park, once all money was spent down on care, will be paid by the EAEDC (Emergency aids to the elderly, disabled and children benefits). This important benefit does not exist in assisted living facilities nor the level of care at Dodge Park Rest Home. This benefit will give you a piece of mind that your loved one will be well cared for.

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Cancer support finally catches up with the social networking age with IHadCancer.com

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 27, 2011 – NEW YORK – While there are countless websites devoted to cancer education, fundraising and advocacy, finding practical information about living with cancer and making connections online can be difficult. With the launch of www.IHadCancer.com, cancer fighters, survivors and supporters can now tap the full power of social networking to connect with others who have been in their shoes.

Those shared experiences can be powerful – and essential – sources of hope, support and information.  A recent Pew Internet & American Life study found that while people turn to professionals for an accurate health diagnosis, they’re more likely to turn to nonprofessionals (50 percent to 30 percent) when they’re searching for emotional support.  Moreover, older Americans – those most likely to get cancer, according to the American Cancer Society – were almost twice as likely to use social networking sites in 2010 as they were the year before, Princeton Survey Research Associates International found.

But cancer strikes people of all ages, including IHadCancer.com founder Mailet Lopez who was 33 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008.  At the time, the co-founder of New York’s Squeaky Wheel Media found herself overwhelmed and in need of talking with someone who had been in her situation.

“I had wonderful doctors and plenty of support from family and friends.  But I was missing the connection to someone who shared my same experiences — someone who was my age, with my type of cancer… even someone who lived in my neighborhood,” Lopez said.  “I had questions that only someone who has gone through cancer would be able to answer… questions like “how do I tell the people I work with” or “what are the best ways to keep my energy up and stress down.”

IHadCancer.com uses the most advanced social networking functionalities supported by usability standards people have come to expect with online experiences.  Users will be able to create a profile, share their story, build a circle of friends, participate in discussions — and even send cancer a message via the “Dear Cancer” tab.  Additional functionality will soon allow members to promote cancer-related events and fundraisers, and give nonprofit organizations ways to share their resources.  Site members will have the opportunity to recommend additional enhancements.

While the name IHadCancer.com intentionally draws on Lopez’s focus on hope and a positive attitude, the site can be a resource for those who serve as caregivers to people diagnosed with the disease, as well.  “Four in 10 Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes.  When you add to that number all of the friends, family and other people who surround those battling the disease you quickly realize that almost everyone has a story to share,” she added.

Share your story at www.IHadCancer.com.

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