Helping Alzheimer?s Families Preserve Memories for Their Loved Ones; Home Instead Senior Care Network Selects Finalists for ?I Will Remember For You? Contest The stories are tributes to the importance of family unity and the power of memories to help individuals with dementia and their families cope with the reality of the disease. ?All three of these entries represent the love as well as the frustration that so many families who are caring for a senior with Alzheimer?s disease or other dementias know and understand,? said President and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Huber of Home Instead, Inc., franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network. See videos of the three finalists and hear their stories on the Help for Alzheimer?s Families website, where the public can vote for the one that most deserves a $10,000 family reunion, compliments of Home Instead, Inc. Online voting will also be possible through the Remember for Alzheimer?s Facebook page and will run through June 30, 2012. The no-cost program, which is available to families through their local Home Instead Senior Care office, provides an innovative approach to preserving memories and gives family caregivers the tools to help capture a senior?s past to better manage the challenging behaviors that are a part of Alzheimer?s disease and other dementias. Family videos and photo books recall happy occasions for seniors who are struggling with short-term memory loss that characterizes Alzheimer?s disease and other dementias. Founded in 1994 in Omaha by Lori and Paul Hogan, the Home Instead Senior Care� network is the world's largest provider of non-medical in-home care services for seniors, with more than 950 independently owned and operated franchises providing in excess of 45 million hours of care throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Finland, Austria, Italy, Puerto Rico and the Netherlands. Local Home Instead Senior Care offices employ more than 65,000 CAREGivers(SM) worldwide who provide basic support services ? assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), personal care, medication reminders, meal preparation, light housekeeping, errands, incidental transportation and shopping ? which enable seniors to live safely and comfortably in their own homes for as long as possible.
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