Care healthy living for seniors

We are so impressed by our Adult Day Services clients who recently celebrated National Golf Day. Check out the teamwork involved in designing, building and playing their very-own mini golf course. Three Links Adult Day Services provides social, creative, recreational, health and nutritional activities during daytime hours by trained health care professionals. Follow us: Website:  https://threelinks.org/

Clancy Dokmo recently joined us on a tour of our newly remodeled break room in the Care Center. After Clancy’s mother Dorothy was a resident in the Pathway’s area, he and his sister, Jane Landsuerk, wanted to give back to the employees who cared for their mother. They chose to have the employee break room updated which included new flooring, furniture and fresh paint on the walls. Wall colors were voted on by employees. Thank you Clancy and Jane for your generosity. Pictured: Angie Ebeling-Director of Life Enrichment, Clancy Dokmo and Brad Kmoch-Director of Development Visit Three Links for more information!

You have grown up with active, energetic parents. They have taken care of you and your family their entire lives. Now that your parents are aging, you begin to notice that every day tasks that were once undemanding are now becoming more difficult. You realize it is time to initiate the conversation about residential assisted living and a plan of action for the future. How will you go about this and what is the proper way to bring up the topic? It is important that you talk to your parents about long term elderly care before a major illness or crisis occurs. It is a lot easier to discuss scenarios and act on logic when your parents are still in good health. If you choose to wait, you may miss your opportunity. When initiating the conversation, do not try to tackle everything at once. Ask open -ended questions like “When you think about the future, where do you see yourself?” Try not to be judgmental with their responses and listen to their thoughts and feelings. I...

Are you finding yourself on a journey of providing more and more care-giving for your elderly parent or senior friend? It might even be an everyday part of your current life… If so, you’ve no doubt enjoyed having the bragging rights about your mother’s, father’s or friend’s health and mental clarity. They’ve always been independent and always cared for themselves. Now, you may find that things are slowly beginning to change as the wheels of time move ever more further forward. Are you noticing the factors that are affecting your communications, not the least of which could be your elderly loved one(s) memory lapse along with their hearing loss? Like, maybe your mom is forgetting that on Mother’s Day you always exchanged gifts and cards. Or, maybe your father just called you to ask when your birthday was. Or, your elderly friend is forgetting when s/he had their last meal. As a sibling, you may be noticing the struggle with your “new” mother/father, as you find yourself de...

There are several types of senior housing, offering a variety of care choices. The  senior housing facility  that is right for your loved one depends on the level of care he or she may require. At Three Links, we connect you with the full spectrum of senior housing, including: Adult Day Care, Independent Living, Assisted Living, Nursing Home, Memory Care and Hospice. Adult Day Care Adult Day Care Centers  are drop-in facilities that offer assisted care on a daily, weekly or part-time basis. They are designed for seniors who cannot be left on their own during the day due to the medical needs associated with their healthcare, memory loss, and/or disability, as well as their needs for companionship. These facilities provide a monitored social and recreational setting for seniors, and make health-related services available for various levels of care. Independent Living Independent living communities are a form of housing specifically designed for seniors in reasona...

According to the 2010 Census Bureau, people age 65 and over comprised approximately 13% of the population. By 2050 it is projected that 20% of the population will be age 65+. Additionally, over 1.4 million elderly adults are currently living in nursing homes in the United States. Nursing home abuse, also known as elder abuse or neglect, is a serious cause for concern in our elderly population. It is difficult to determine the exact number of nursing home abuse instances each year, but with the ever-increasing elderly population and nursing homes that are regularly understaffed, with workers that are under-paid and over-worked, nursing home abuse and neglect continues to be a serious problem. Elder abuse is defined as intentional actions, or a failure to act by a caregiver or healthcare professional, that cause harm or create a serious risk of harm to an elderly individual. Nursing home abuse may include physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, or even negle...

Increasingly we see insurance agents or financial advisers that are specializing solely in the sale of long-term care insurance. Not only is long-term care insurance a complicated product but companies are constantly coming out with new products as well. In addition a person selling long-term care insurance needs to have an understanding of what long-term care is in order to make suitable recommendations to people buying the insurance. Most insurance agents and financial planners simply don’t have the time to keep up with these issues and that is why some of these people have specialized exclusively in long-term care. Here are the advantages of using a specialist. The specialist usually works with more than one long-term care insurance company and can find the company with the best benefits and the best price. The specialist often has experience with a number of companies and can recommend those that are good at paying claims, are expected to continue selling long-term care insuran...