Author Archives: Mary Scagliarini

Senior Services Conference Comes to Connecticut

As a proud sponsor and participant of Shoreline Eldercare Alliance, we would like to invite you to the 3rd Annual Celebration of Healthy Aging on Wednesday May 9, 2012 from 3:00pm – 7:00pm at Owenego Beach & Tennis Club – …

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Connecticut Home Care Agency Goes to College

On Tuesday April 17, 2012 we delivered a presentation to two large Occupational Therapy (OT) classes at Quinnipiac University.  The goal was to provide the students with information about Connecticut home care and the growing use of technology in home …

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Connecticut Homecare Agency Announces New “Care Plus” Program

Introducing CarePlus Assisted Living Services, Inc. (ALS) recently announced that we have developed a program called CarePlus which blends both care and technology to better serve Connecticut’s elderly or disabled population.  “We did a significant amount of research and we …

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Connecticut Caregivers – Sign the Alzheimer’s Petition to the President Now!

The country is desperately in need of a strong National Alzheimer’s Disease Plan and families dealing with Alzheimer’s can’t wait. You can help. Alzheimer Disease is the most common form of dementia. It is the six leading cause of death …

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Connecticut Seniors and Cataracts

A cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye , most often related to aging. Half of Americans have had either a cataract or cataract surgery by the age of 80. One does not need to be a …

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Keep an Eye on Changes in Your Elders This Holiday Season

Holiday Visits may end up not at all what we expected. This is the time of year children often come home to spend time with their families. They have been conversing with their parents and everything seems like it is …

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5 Must-Read Connecticut Home Care Articles You May Have Missed

Since June of 2010, we have been writing about a lot of important issues related to home care and elder care here in Connecticut. So we took a look back at some of our best posts and thought we would …

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“The Art of Aging” Program Comes to Connecticut

The Shoreline Eldercare Alliance is presenting a free educational program entitled “The Art of Aging” on Sunday December 4, 2011.  The program will feature guest speaker Dr. Sherwin Nuland, a Yale University Medical School clinical professor of surgery and acclaimed …

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Caring For Connecticut Seniors at Home Requires Team Work [True Story]

The following is an Assisted Living Services, Inc. guest post from Geriatric Care Manager Bernadette DiGiulian of Elder Caring LLC. Families often enlist a Geriatric Care Manager when they are living at a distance from an elderly relative or when …

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Connecticut Seniors Don’t Like FALL

To all of our current and future home care clients – Happy First Day of FALL!  September is Fall Prevention Month. Preventing a fall can be one way to remain at home and independent. Falls and the injuries they cause …

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