Odor: Does it smell- We are in an era where nursing facilities and hospitals pay extra for specially designed, odor-neutralizing waxes and paint, so a facility should not smell. A smell may mean that diapers are not changed as frequently as they could be. Medical...
Many people are aware of Parkinson’s symptoms such as tremors but few are aware of that psychosis may occur. As Parkinson’s Disease progresses, up to 40 percent of the approximately one million Americans living with the illness will develop psychotic symptoms,...
The Five Wishes program was developed as the first advance care plan to address personal, emotional, and spiritual wishes, in addition to medical treatment. It’s called the “living will with heart and soul” because it’s based on what is most important – being able to...
Working with seniors, the Jewish Pavilion staff and volunteers experience a lot of loss. When we hear of a family member who has passed, we send a card and the book “When you Lose Someone You Love” to the bereaved. We also invite the bereaved to participate in a free...
My mother, Gloria Newberger, experienced profound hearing loss. She was able to get a free captioned phone and it made a world of difference. When speaking to her you had to wait after stating each sentence for her to read it, but it was a vast improvement over her...
At Village on the Green, Fayge Cohen is part of a community. Not in the standard sense of communities, like the bricks and mortars of the senior living community. No, she’s part of a greater community, a group of residents who eat together, play together and...
