Immediate full time opening for LVN Resident Care Supervisor in Atascadero, California

In a boutique upscale 15 bed Assisted Living RCFE -Residential Care Facility for the Elderly
Cozy home like atmosphere with respect and dignity for those who can no longer live alone.
Engaging activities that focus on maintaining and stimulating cognitive and emotional growth.

Ingleside Assisted Living in Atascadero

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Supervise 3 CNA’s
Medication (MAR) Management, for Elderly Residents
Create and implement Needs and Care Plans for residents

Compensation: Depending on experience
Participatory health care insurance provided after 90 days

Excellent opportunity to learn and grow in this fast growing industry using technology to increase the quality of life for elderly residents.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
California LVN License
At least 1 years supervisory experience
Computer skills for use in e-charting, e-assessments and e-MAR
Good communication skills with the ability to liaison between
management, families, doctors, home health agencies, and public
Confident, take charge personality
Ability to multi task

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please email your resume with your:
Salary history and salary requirements.

Successful candidates must provide a minimum of three personal and 3 industry specific references that will be contacted.

If you have ever been arrested for any reason or take narcotic medications please do not respond.

Extensive background check and drug screening is required for this position.

DOJ Fingerprints required

TB Test and Physical Required

Email Resume

Resumes can also be faxed to 805-773-6154

Here are three easy New Year’s Resolutions for 2012.  They work for all age groups

1.  Give yourself permission to relax
We all enjoy our lives more if we aren’t exhausted. Moments Count! Take a moment to  enjoy a hot cup of tea or hot chocolate or some other healthy drink. Sip slowly, Savor the Moment! Extra moments can be spent by putting up your feet for a while. Enjoy your favorite magazine article or book.

Indulge Yourself

2. Indulge Yourself
So you’re craving a cookie or chocolate? Indulge your craving and have A “really good cookie” or one piece of quality chocolate. Just don’t eat the whole box.
Studies have shown that severely depriving yourself of indulgences (like chocolate or french fries) will almost always lead to binge eating down the road. So allow yourself some treats in moderation, and even it out with a smart food choice, like a piece of fruit. You’ll be happier and most likely, it will lead to smarter diet choices.

3. Catch Up on Sleep
Allow yourself to sleep in…or go to bed early… or take an extended nap.
Lack of sleep has been linked to anything from disease to, moodiness, and childhood obesity. Resolve to squeeze in a few more hours of sleep a week ­ your body will thank you!

Every moment we have in life is precious. None of us know just how many moments we have left on the planet.
So cherish the ones that you have!

Click here to read 7 more easy New Year’s Resolutions

Source:  http://life.familyeducation.com
Click here to read some New year’s Resolutions for Seniors

(WASHINGTON-AFP) – The first shoes with built-in GPS devices — to help track down dementia-suffering seniors who wander off and get lost — are set to hit the US market this month, the manufacturer says.

GTX Corp said the first batch of 3,000 pairs of shoes has been shipped to the footwear firm Aetrex Worldwide, two years after plans were announced to develop the product.

The shoes will sell at around $300 a pair and buyers will be able to set up a monitoring service to locate “wandering” seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.

Andrew Carle, a professor at George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services who was an adviser on the project, said the shoes are likely to save lives and avoid embarrassing and costly incidents with the elderly.

“It’s especially important for people in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s who are at the highest risk,” Carle told AFP.

“They might be living in their home but they’re confused. They go for a walk and they can get lost for days.”

Carle said studies indicate more than five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, a number expected to quadruple in the coming years. He said 60 percent of sufferers will wander and become lost and up to half of those lost who are not found within 24 hours may die, from dehydration, exposure or injury.

Other devices such as bracelets or pendants can provide similar protection but seniors often reject these.

“The primary reason is that paranoia is a manifestation of the disease,” Carle said. “If you put something on someone with Alzeheimer’s that they don’t recognize, they remove it. If it’s a wristwatch and it’s not their wristwatch, they will take it off. So you have to hide it.”

The GPS system, which is implanted in the heel of what appears to be a normal walking shoe, allows family members or carers to monitor the wearer and to set up a “geofence” that would trigger an alert if the person strays beyond a certain area.

The shoes are being developed by GTX Corp., which makes miniaturized Global Positioning Satellite tracking and location-transmitting technology, and Aetrex. They received certification from the Federal Communications Commission this year for the system.

The makers say the market for such shoes is growing, given the soaring costs of Alzheimer’s.

“This is a significant milestone for both companies and while the $604 billion worldwide cost of dementia has become and will continue to be a significant fiscal challenge, the under $300 GPS enabled shoes will ease the enormous physical and emotional burden borne by Alzheimer’s victims, caregivers and their geographically distant family members,” said Patrick Bertagna, chief executive of GTX Corp.

Click here to read the article
SOURCE:  boston.com

Immediate Full Time opening for an Client Care Supervisor in Atascadero, California

In a boutique upscale Assisted Living RCFE -Residential Care Facility for the Elderly
Cozy home like atmosphere with respect and dignity for those who can no longer live alone.
Engaging activities that focus on maintaining and stimulating cognitive and emotional growth.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Supervise CNA’s
Medication (MAR) Management, for Elderly Residents
Create and implement Needs and Care Plans for residents

Compensation: Depending on experience
Participatory health care insurance provided after 90 days

Excellent opportunity to learn and grow in this fast growing industry using technology to increase the quality of life for elderly residents.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
5 years of caregiving experience with some RCFE experience
At least 2 years supervisory experience
Computer skills for use in e-charting, e-assessments and e-MAR
Good communication skills with the ability to liaison between
management, families, doctors, home health agencies, and public
Confident, take charge personality
Ability to multi task
Nursing experience would be very valuable

APPLICATION PROCESS
Please email your resume with your:
Salary history and salary requirements.

If you have ever been arrested for any reason or take narcotic medications please do not respond.

Extensive background check and drug screening is required for this position.
DOJ Fingerprints required
TB Test and Physical Required

Resumes can also be faxed to 805-773-6154

Reading this poem brought back memories of how the medical field  basically wrote my mother off.  My Mom was an intelligent and ingenious women and yet few took the time to SEE her.  You can change your perceptions.

Eldery Woman

Your education is critical with skills focused on seeing the PERSON, not the patient.

See Me

What do you see, nurses, what do you see?
Are you thinking, when you look at me –
A crabby old woman, not very wise,
Uncertain of habit, with far-away eyes,
Who dribbles her food and makes no reply,
When you say in a loud voice — “I do wish you’d try.”

Who seems not to notice the things that you do,
And forever is losing a stocking or shoe,
Who unresisting or not, lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding, the long day to fill.

Is that what you’re thinking, is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse, you’re looking at ME…
I’ll tell you who I am, as I sit here so still;
As I rise at your bidding, as I eat at your will.

I’m a small child of ten with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters, who love one another,
A young girl of sixteen with wings on her feet.
Dreaming that soon now a lover she’ll meet;
A bride soon at twenty — my heart gives a leap,
Remembering the vows that I promised to keep;
At twenty-five now I have young of my own,
Who need me to build a secure, happy home;
A woman of thirty, my young now grow fast,
Bound to each other with ties that should last;
At forty, my young sons have grown and are gone,
But my man’s beside me to see I don’t mourn;
At fifty once more babies play ’round my knee,
Again we know children, my loved one and me.

Dark days are upon me, my husband is dead,
I look at the future, I shudder with dread,
For my young are all rearing young of their own,
And I think of the years and the love that I’ve known;
I’m an old woman now and nature is cruel –
‘Tis her jest to make old age look like a fool.

The body is crumbled, grace and vigor depart,
There is now a stone where once I had a heart,
But inside this old carcass a young girl still dwells,
And now and again my battered heart swells.

I remember the joys, I remember the pain,
And I’m loving and living life over again,
I think of the years, all too few — gone too fast,
And accept the stark fact that nothing can last –
So I open your eyes, nurses, open and see,
Not a crabby old woman, look closer, nurses — see ME!

This poem was found among the possessions of an elderly lady who died in the geriatric ward of a hospital. No information is available concerning her — who she was or when she died. Reprinted from the “Assessment and Alternatives Help Guide” prepared by the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care.

Disaster situations, such as a hurricane or fire, have significant impact on everyone’s safety, but they can be especially upsetting and confusing for individuals with dementia.

Disaster Preparedness for Alzheimer’s Patients
Advance preparations
• If your loved one lives in a residential facility, find out about its disaster and evacuation plans. Ask if you will be responsible for evacuating your loved one.
• Whether your loved one lives with you, or you are a long-distance caregiver, make sure evacuation plans include his or her specific needs. Check your local Alzheimer’s Association and other organizations that provide services for the elderly to see if help is available.
• Prepare an emergency kit (see below for suggestions).
• Enroll in MedicAlert® + Alzheimer’s Association Safe Return®, a 24-hour nationwide emergency response service for individuals with Alzheimer’s or related dementia that wander or who have a medical emergency. Call toll-free at 1.888.572.8566 or visit www.alz.org.
• If you are already enrolled in MedicAlert + Safe Return, make sure your information is up to date.
If you know a pending disaster is about to occur:
• Get yourself and the person with Alzheimer’s to a safe place.
• If the need to evacuate is likely, do not delay. Try to leave as early as possible to minimize long delays in heavy traffic.
• Alert others (family, friends, medical personnel) that you are changing locations, and give them your contact information. Contact them regularly as you move.
• Be sure there are people other than the primary caregiver who have copies of the person with dementia’s medical history, medications, physician information and family contacts.
• Purchase extra medications.
• If your loved one uses oxygen, be sure to obtain portable tanks.

Emergency kit
Consider preparing an emergency kit in advance. Keep it in a watertight container and store it in an easily accessible location. Your emergency kit might include:
• Easy on/off clothes (a couple of sets).
• Supplies of medication (or minimally, a list of medications with dosages).
• Velcro shoes/sneakers.
• A spare pair of eyeglasses.
• Incontinence products.
• Extra identification items for the person, such as an ID bracelet and clothing tags.
• Copies of legal documents, such as a power of attorney.
• Copies of medical documents that indicate the individual’s condition and current medications.
• Copies of insurance and Social Security cards.
• Use waterproof bags to hold medications and documents.
• Physician’s name, address and phone numbers (including cell phone).

SOURCE: www.alz.org

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