Support Groups

16 Feb 2023
Home Health Care and Hospice
Home health care and hospice are similar in many ways and can work together in providing care for mutual patients, and guiding families. Paradise Home Health Care has worked with many families that have hospice care or will get referred to hospice later, as their care needs change. We will discuss some ways that home ...
15 Oct 2020
Building Your Team
Building Your Team Building your team begins with a diagnosis. Anyone receiving a serious diagnosis needs some time to absorb the news. So do family members and whoever else you choose to tell.  First, take in the news and hear what the physician tells you. It is highly recommended to have a loved one go ...
28 Jun 2016
Parkinson Disease – NPF – Fundraiser
Parkinson “Moving Day”  Fundraiser: Hosted by the National Parkinson Foundation ~ South Palm Beach County Chapter –Event Date: Sunday, November 6, 2016   Location: FAU ~ Boca Raton ~ Stadium Parkinson Disease’s annual NPF national fundraiser called Moving Day is this November in Boca Raton, Florida. It is one of the biggest fundraiser events of the ...
23 Feb 2016
PD – Helpful Tips for Quality of Life
PD Affects the entire family A slowing down of dopamine production in the brain is what causes Parkinson Disease. The effect is a host of symptoms which can vary widely from person to person. The affected person, and it is more often found in aging men may have tremors, a rigidity in movement, slowness, may ...
15 Jan 2016
Tips to Mitigate Loneliness with the Elderly
Lonely Elders at Higher Risk Lonely seniors, real or perceived can experience more health issues (physical and psychologoical) and become isolated. according to research.  Younger adults and Boomers are more likely to be working, commuting and using computers for Social Media. They have more contact with others than many Older Adults have. According to a ...
22 Dec 2015
Tips for Care Partners Handling Alzheimer’s
  Spousal Care Partner Entering the World of Dementia        Care Partner or caregiver is the new role a spouse assumes once their spouse or other loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease or other type of Dementia. As it occurs more often in Older Adults, other aspects of aging and health issues are ...
12 Oct 2015
Caregiving and Grief
 Grief is often felt by Spousal Caregivers when loved one is still with us All people react to illness, caregiving, grief and loss in very individual ways. Even when circumstances are similar, and an ending comes into focus, each person in the family and those people all around them, will experience grief differently and act ...
26 May 2015
Seniors Google: Article in Palm Beach Post
Seniors Google article written up in local paper Sex for seniors? Yeah, you can Google that                                                                               ...
10 Apr 2015
New PD Caregiver Support Group
  Wednesday, May 27, 2015  2:00- 3:00 P.M. (Last Wednesday of each month @ 2:00 pm) Location: Personal Physician Care Community Center, Inc. 4800 Linton Blvd. Suite F-111 Delray Beach, FL Call James Cassidy, Coordinator to reserve; 561-808-7743 Facilitated by Sherry Picker, MSW of Paradise Home Health Care You are not alone in your journey ...
07 Nov 2014
Things to Know About Lewy Body Dementia
 1.3 Million Americans with LBD LBD (Lewy Body Dementia) is less well known to professionals and lay people alike even though it is the second (to Alzheimer’s) most common of degenerative dementia. Many people and their family caregivers who are managing this disease live in South Florida – Palm Beach and Broward counties. As it mimics ...
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