Comments for www.TotalElderCare.com http://www.totaleldercare.com Find the Best Elder Care for Your Loved Ones Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on service dogs who visit elder care and alzheimer facilities? by rox http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1172 rox Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:12:45 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1172 You must be thinking about a Therapy Dog! Yes, they visit facilities. Some facilities even employ their own animal to assist residents with a variety of things like relaxation, reality checks, fine and gross motor skills, speech, cognizant skills.....etc. I have Alzheimers and am elderly and use a Service Dog to help with the symptoms of the disease. You must be thinking about a Therapy Dog! Yes, they visit facilities. Some facilities even employ their own animal to assist residents with a variety of things like relaxation, reality checks, fine and gross motor skills, speech, cognizant skills…..etc.

I have Alzheimers and am elderly and use a Service Dog to help with the symptoms of the disease.

]]> Comment on service dogs who visit elder care and alzheimer facilities? by Kirsten http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1171 Kirsten Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:59:54 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1171 I think you mean to ask about therapy dogs. Service dogs don't particularly visit elder care or alzheimer facilities. A therapy dog is trained, tested, registered and insured so that it can go to places like nursing homes, hospitals, schools, etc. to cheer up residents, or for social or educational activities. A service dog is individually trained to perform tasks that mitigate the disability of his owner. He goes where his owner goes. If you want to know how to get involved in a therapy dog program, or how to invite one to work with your facility, here are the websites for the top three therapy dog organizations in the US: http://deltasociety.org http://tdi-dog.org http://therapydogs.com I think you mean to ask about therapy dogs. Service dogs don’t particularly visit elder care or alzheimer facilities.

A therapy dog is trained, tested, registered and insured so that it can go to places like nursing homes, hospitals, schools, etc. to cheer up residents, or for social or educational activities.

A service dog is individually trained to perform tasks that mitigate the disability of his owner. He goes where his owner goes.

If you want to know how to get involved in a therapy dog program, or how to invite one to work with your facility, here are the websites for the top three therapy dog organizations in the US:

http://deltasociety.org
http://tdi-dog.org
http://therapydogs.com

]]> Comment on service dogs who visit elder care and alzheimer facilities? by lil_farfa http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1170 lil_farfa Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:23:53 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1170 Service dogs don't visit elder care or Alzheimer's facilities, therapy dogs do. Beyond that, what do you need to know? Service dogs don’t visit elder care or Alzheimer’s facilities, therapy dogs do. Beyond that, what do you need to know?

]]> Comment on service dogs who visit elder care and alzheimer facilities? by I am a husky http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1169 I am a husky Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:17:17 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1169 Are you asking how to train your dog to be a therapy dog? Sorry but more information is required if you want a sensible answer. Are you asking how to train your dog to be a therapy dog?

Sorry but more information is required if you want a sensible answer.

]]> Comment on service dogs who visit elder care and alzheimer facilities? by UHave2BeKiddingMe http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1168 UHave2BeKiddingMe Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:53:13 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1168 Those are actually called THERAPY DOGS. Service dogs are dogs who perform tasks for handicapped people. I have two therapy dogs that visit Hospitals and other facilities. Not sure what else you want to know. Those are actually called THERAPY DOGS.

Service dogs are dogs who perform tasks for handicapped people.

I have two therapy dogs that visit Hospitals and other facilities. Not sure what else you want to know.

]]> Comment on service dogs who visit elder care and alzheimer facilities? by Mrs. "B" http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1167 Mrs. "B" Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:50:43 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/513/service-dogs-who-visit-elder-care-and-alzheimer-facilities/#comment-1167 So, the question is? So, the question is?

]]> Comment on What degree do you need to be the director or higher of an assisted living elderly complex or nursing home? by gettingby http://www.totaleldercare.com/507/what-degree-do-you-need-to-be-the-director-or-higher-of-an-assisted-living-elderly-complex-or-nursing-home/#comment-1166 gettingby Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:09:14 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/507/what-degree-do-you-need-to-be-the-director-or-higher-of-an-assisted-living-elderly-complex-or-nursing-home/#comment-1166 This depends on where you live. My stepmother is a director of an assisted living. She is an R.N. and she is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. I know some places require this. It is a specific course you enroll in to become licensed. I know that experience is the most important for these jobs. You usually need a background in sales and marketing, because it is a highly competitive industry as far as getting people to come live in these places. There are SO many of them and all of them are offering different perks and such. Nursing homes may have different regulations than assisted living. It will depend on what the state requires. It is the kind of job where you have to start out in some kind of business and marketing. That is pretty much a must. They want a good deal of experience in that area. Experience in Human Resources, business management, etc. is also important. I would check into your state's licensing rules, and also look at job ads to see what they may require. If a nursing home is run by a state, it will be run differently than if it is a corporation or business. Also nursing homes and assisted livings can vary quite a bit, depending on the service offered. This depends on where you live. My stepmother is a director of an assisted living. She is an R.N. and she is a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. I know some places require this. It is a specific course you enroll in to become licensed.

I know that experience is the most important for these jobs. You usually need a background in sales and marketing, because it is a highly competitive industry as far as getting people to come live in these places. There are SO many of them and all of them are offering different perks and such.

Nursing homes may have different regulations than assisted living. It will depend on what the state requires.

It is the kind of job where you have to start out in some kind of business and marketing. That is pretty much a must. They want a good deal of experience in that area.

Experience in Human Resources, business management, etc. is also important.

I would check into your state’s licensing rules, and also look at job ads to see what they may require. If a nursing home is run by a state, it will be run differently than if it is a corporation or business.

Also nursing homes and assisted livings can vary quite a bit, depending on the service offered.

]]> Comment on What degree do you need to be the director or higher of an assisted living elderly complex or nursing home? by botygy http://www.totaleldercare.com/507/what-degree-do-you-need-to-be-the-director-or-higher-of-an-assisted-living-elderly-complex-or-nursing-home/#comment-1165 botygy Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:31:50 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/507/what-degree-do-you-need-to-be-the-director-or-higher-of-an-assisted-living-elderly-complex-or-nursing-home/#comment-1165 hospital administration hospital administration

]]> Comment on Help to ID assisted-living options for a 50-y.o. man of normal intelligence but cognitive/mobility impairment? by sophieb http://www.totaleldercare.com/505/help-to-id-assisted-living-options-for-a-50-y-o-man-of-normal-intelligence-but-cognitivemobility-impairment/#comment-1164 sophieb Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:52:15 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/505/help-to-id-assisted-living-options-for-a-50-y-o-man-of-normal-intelligence-but-cognitivemobility-impairment/#comment-1164 too much stuff to read. If you have a question on health care facilities or you need a list of them contact the Elder Affairs Department in your state and also the Dept of Elder Affais in Washington, DC and they will send you a package of information from programs to lists of places where an older person could go to live. too much stuff to read.
If you have a question on health care facilities or you need a list of them contact the Elder Affairs Department in your state and also the Dept of Elder Affais in Washington, DC and they will send you a package of information from programs to lists of places where an older person could go to live.

]]> Comment on Are there any assisted living housing options for my 46 year old aunt with MS? by trisha.felbrook http://www.totaleldercare.com/499/are-there-any-assisted-living-housing-options-for-my-46-year-old-aunt-with-ms/#comment-1163 trisha.felbrook Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:43:20 +0000 http://www.totaleldercare.com/499/are-there-any-assisted-living-housing-options-for-my-46-year-old-aunt-with-ms/#comment-1163 You could try a free classified ads website like www.stumblehere.com for housing options in your area. I believe the direct website is http://stumblehere.com/search/subject-housing/search_where-city/. You could try a free classified ads website like http://www.stumblehere.com for housing options in your area. I believe the direct website is http://stumblehere.com/search/subject-housing/search_where-city/.

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