Elaina Thomakos - Care Communication Liaison Benefits Available to Veterans and Survivors Veterans are eligible for a multitude of benefits through various organizations, namely the Veterans Health Administration (VA), but veterans are not always aware of these...
Medicare Virtual Fair June 23, 2021
The SHIP Technical Assistance Center is hosting a Welcome to Medicare Virtual Fair on June 23, 2021, for individuals all across the country turning 65, retiring, or joining Medicare because of a disability. Please help to share information on this event...
May is Aging Life Care Month
By Jackie Tangires, LCSW-C, Certified Aging Life Care Manager Why is an AGING LIFE CARE ASSOCIATION (ALCA) Professional Important? The transitions of life sneak up on us and we find ourselves saying "What do we do now?" For example, you live a substantial distance...
April 2021 Newsletter
April showers us with some exciting news & several national movements. Four that are particularly near and dear to our hearts include Parkinson's Awareness Month, Stress Awareness Month, Patient Experience Week, and World Immunization Week. Read More
Reduce Your Caregiving Burden
By Jackie Tangiers, LCSW-C, CCM, andElaina Thomakos, Care Communication Liaison Being a caregiver to someone you love is more difficult than people think. It can take a toll on your physical and emotional health, perhaps leading to "burnout". You can ease the burden...
Ten Tips to Take Care of Yourself as a Caregiver
By Elaina Thomakos, Care Communication Liaison As a caregiver, it is often hard to find time to spend solely on yourself. Many caregivers tend to put the needs of their loved ones over their own needs. This can result in the declining mental and physical health of the...
How Can Family Caregivers Avoid Life-Threatening Heart-Related Stress
By Lisa Arifer-Polcha, LSW, Care Manager All of us experience stress in our lives. Significant stressors or small, we must deal with and manage stress regularly. Stress can be emotional, physical, or both and directly impacts our body’s blood pressure. Many family...
When Solving a Problem Leads to Growth
At The Option Group, we provide private case management, advocacy, and placement services for families with a loved one declining cognitively or physically, due to age, catastrophic injury, chronic disease or disability. We assess and create a care plan to support...
10 Keys to Maintain Mental Health and Build Resilience
By Lynn HuntleyCare Manager Associate There is a lot of talk these days about cultivating resilience. The dictionary defines resilience as “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties, toughness”. Resilience also includes the “ability to adapt to our environment...