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Generations works with community partners and • AngelWorx volunteer program contracted providers to offer services to our cli- • Knox County RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer ents in Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin & Program) Volume 49 Area 13 Agency On Aging & Disability WHAT Pike Counties. We offer: • Pre-Admission Screening for nursing home Winter 2014 Generations, affiliated with Vincennes University, is a not-for-profit agency which serves older adults and disabled individuals of all ages, in the counties of Daviess, • Aging and Disability Resource Center placement Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin and Pike, without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, and/or sexual orientation by providing resources that foster personal independence while assuring individual dignity and an enhanced quality of life. WE • Meals on Wheels • Health & Wellness Programs • Case Management • Generations Magazine OFFER • Caregiver Services • Contracted providers allow us to offer trans- TABLE OF CONTENTS • Ombudsman Services portation, adult day services and legal assis- • Care Transitions tance. ARTICLES OF INTEREST 12 Grouseland's First Lady
MEDICAL SERVICES: 21 Economics Make a Case for Universal Design ADVERTISER INDEX: Good Samaritan Hospital - Inside Front Cover Vincennes Orthopaedic Surgery Clinic, Inc. ADULT DAY SERVICES: Quest Orthopedics Senior & Family Services - Page 10 HEALTH Hometown Hearing - Page 6 YMCA Bettye J. McCormick Senior Center - Page 6 6 Robin Williams: Raising Awareness About Depression NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTERS: ASSISTED LIVING: Amber Manor - Page 8 15 Preventing Influenza in Older Adults and Their Caregivers Amber Manor - Page 8 BridgePointe Health Campus - Page 8 BridgePointe Health Campus - Page 8 Brookside Village - Page 6 Brookside Village - Page 6 Eastgate Manor - Page 7 Colonial Assisted Living Community - Page 4 CAREGIVING Freelandville Community Home - Page 18 Parkview Village - Page 16 GentleCare of Vincennes - Page 3 3 Getting Your Life Back: A Mindful Approach to Your Caregiving Journey Scenic Hills Care Center - Page 8 Glenburn Home - Page 10 St. Charles Health Campus - Page 8 5 November is National Family Caregivers Month Golden Living Center - Page 18 CELLULAR AND HOME PHONE SERVICE: Good Samaritan Home & Rehab Center - Inside Back Cover 11 Help for Family Caregivers The Gooch - Page 9 Lodge of the Wabash - Page 18 16 Caregivers Need Care, Too Lyons Health & Living Center - Page 6 CUSTOM FOOTWEAR: 20 If I Knew Then What I Know Now About Caregiving Grundman's - Page 7 Oak Village - Page 7 Prairie Village - Page 18 HOME CARE SERVICES: Scenic Hills Care Center - Page 8 Adaptive Nursing & Healthcare Services - Page 15 GENERATIONS St. Charles Health Campus - Page 8 Caregiver Homes - Page 18 The Timbers of Jasper - Inside Back Cover 2 Letter from Generations' Executive Director Good Samaritan Home Care Services - Page 7 Willow Manor - Page 9 Guardian Angel Home Health Care - Page 3 14 Generations FY2013-2014 Annual Report HLS Health+Wellness - Page 11 PHARMACY: HomeInstead Senior Care - Page 11 Williams Bros. Health Care Pharmacy - Page 10 Generations Magazine is published by Vincennes University’s Community Services/GENERATIONS. Living Well Home Care - Page 17 Unauthorized reproduction in any manner is strictly prohibited. SENIOR CENTERS: Generations Magazine is published three times a year for older adults in Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin and Pike counties. Memorial Home Care - Back Cover Senior & Family Services - Page 10 Please send all communications to: GENERATIONS, c/o Jane Hall, P.O. Box 314, Vincennes, IN 47591 or [email protected]. Senior & Family Services - Page 10 YMCA Bettye J. McCormick Senior Center - Page 6 To report a change of address or to be removed from our magazine mailing list, call 1-800-742-9002 or email [email protected]. Williams Bros. Health Care Pharmacy - Page 10 Printed by Ewing Printing • www.ewingprinting.com • Vincennes, IN TRANSPORTATION: HOSPITALS: Senior & Family Services - Page 10 About the Cover: Good Samaritan Hospital - Inside Front Cover YMCA Bettye J. McCormick Senior Center - Page 6 Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center - Back Cover Special thanks to Bartholomew Wedding Photography for the beautiful cover photo of VISION Grouseland, the William Henry Harrison Mansion in Vincennes. For more information about MEDIA: The Original Company - Page 23 Eye Can See - Page 10 Anna Harrison, Grouseland's First Lady, and Christmas at Grouseland, see Pages 12 and 19.
24 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 1 Laura's Letter Letter from Generations' Executive Director Continued f om Page 2 I am not sure what he was af aid of or why he didn’t ask us for help. Dear Friends – Family was ver impor ant could visit with him. Even as sick as she was, she wanted to put on lip- I just know that he protected her to the ver end of his life. And maybe This issue of our magazine is dedicated to family caregivers – the to Grandpa. He was an only stick and have her hair fixed. She wanted to make sure she looked OK he was protecting us as well. As long as we didn’t know how advanced millions of people who give tirelessly of themselves ever day to care for child and he had lost his own because she didn’t want him to wor about her. “He will be so wor ied her Alzheimer’s was he could pretend ever hing was nor al. their loved ones. dad when he was only 15. He if he sees me like this,” she’d say. Af er 64 years of mar iage she still My g andparents gave us many gif s during their lifetime, but the My own ex erience with caregiving was in suppor of my mom and wanted his own family to be cared about how she looked for him. I felt my hear break as I watched most impor ant was respect for our family. They taught us love and aunts as they were caregivers to my g andparents. While I assisted close and make up for the what I knew would be their final time together, but I also felt an incredi- respect by the way they loved and respected each other. Their love for when called upon, the needs of my g andparents fell primarily on Mom family life he did not have ble st eng h f om the love in the room that sur ounded my family. each other was more than just t e love – it was everlasting love – a and Aunt Becky. So rather than share that ex erience with you, I when he was younger. If he Af er Grandpa died, it took us only a few days to realize how far love that I will always car in my hear as I share it with my family. thought I would share a love stor with you – a love stor that became could help it he would never Grandma’s Alzheimer’s had prog essed. We realized that Grandpa had My f iends, I am sure many of you have a similar stor to tell. If you a stor of caregiving. work on Sundays. Grandma Laura A. Holscher been protecting her and us f om the severit of her illness. To the ver would like to share your stor , I would love to hear it. (lholscher@vinu. I have always thought that t e love is one of those ex eriences that would f chicken and then the family would take a day t ip. This end his concer was for her. Exactly a month af er his death Grandma edu) To all of you who have been caregivers or are caregivers right now, you are never 100% sure of for yourself, but you sure know it when you Sunday family dinner t adition continues today. We had Sunday din- woke up and said Grandpa had been calling to her and she was going thank you. I have the upmost respect and admiration for you. see it in someone else. Love does not necessarily always present itself in ner at my g andparents’ house until Grandma was no longer able to to be with him that day. She died an hour later of what I can only The st ongest people are not those who show st eng h in f ont of us, a big obvious r sh of passion or a war f zzy feeling, but in the ever - prepare it. It was impor ant to my g andparents that we come together assume was a broken hear . but those who win bat les we know nothing about . . . day things people do for each other that show love without a doubt. as a family at least once a week. At the end of the meal, Grandpa Looking back now it is easy to see all the ways he covered for her. My g andparents showed us ever day what t e love always complimented Grandma on whatever we had to eat. “Good When she wouldn’t answer our questions or seemed conf sed, Grandpa was all about and this is their stor . meal, Frieda,” he would say. That’s when would say she didn’t have her hearing aid in or it hadn’t been working Grandpa was in the you knew dinner was right. When she barely touched her meals, he would say they had a big Navy and fought in over and you could get snack before they came for dinner. When she couldn’t bring her apple World War II. When up. pie to Sunday family dinner at Mom’s, he said it was because HE forgot he ret r ed to the Grandpa was always to get the right ing edients at the store. States he was based in a big man and was Massachuset s where he of en refer ed to as Big met my g andma. They Max. Grandpa liked to dated and went on to get eat and t ly enjoyed a mar ied. Event ally they good meal. He also liked ret r ed to Grandpa’s to look through cook- hometown in the Midwest. books and find recipes to When they pulled into t . Since Grandpa town, he drove Grandma by couldn’t or wouldn’t cook, a big house and told her these were recipes for that was where his dad and Grandma to t . uncle had lived before they Consequently Grandma died. Grandma thought to spent a lot of time in the herself “Wow, I have mar ied My Grandparents - Max & Frieda Crawford - circa 1940s and 1990s. kitchen t ing the recipes into a family with money.” Grandpa found, but she Tur s out the big house was t ly the BIG HOUSE – it was the local never seemed to mind. I have fond memories of watching her prepare jail. Great Grandpa had been a bootlegger. Grandma knew right then meals and of him coming up behind her to give her a hug as she was her life with Grandpa was going to be an advent re. cooking. He would of en convince her to take a break and dance Back then Grandpa and Grandma lived way out on the nor h end of around the kitchen. I loved watching them dance. While they did have town and didn’t have a car or a lot of money. The movie theater was on their arg ments you never doubted for a minute that they loved each Main St eet, which was on the other end of town. Most times they other. could not afford money for the bus and the movie tickets so when When Grandpa star ed to get sick he went downhill ver quickly, but Grandma was preg ant Grandpa would pay for her to ride the bus to his main concer continued to be Grandma. They were both in the the movies and then he would walk there to meet her. hospital at the same time. He was too sick to leave his room to see her Grandma was f om Boston and had a big family. In their early years and she was too sick to leave her room to see him. When he was awake together she would get ter ibly homesick. They could not afford for and able to talk with us he wanted to know how she was and if she was both of them to take the t ain to visit her family so she went on her being cared for. His concer was more for her than for himself. We own. The first time she went back home Grandpa missed her so much were finally able to get them in rooms nex to each other so Grandma that he hitchhiked to Massachuset s to sur rise her. Continued on Page 23
2 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 23 Case for Universal Design Getting Your Life Back Continued from Page 21 WILL YOUR HOME ALLOW YOU TO AGE IN PLACE? A Mindful Approach to Your Caregiving Journey We always hear that your home is greatest asset, yet BY ELAINE VOCI, PH.D. there is little discussion about the economic sense of Elaine Voci shared this inspirational “When your days are filled with caregiving tasks and message at the Healthy State of Mind event on putting some of that money into modifying your homes to concerns, it’s not always easy to get your life back. But it’s September 9, 2014 in Huntingburg. Elaine’s accommodate your changing needs. According to a recent possible—and essential…Be part of the present; live in it and life coaching practice is located in Carmel, IN, AARP survey, 95 percent of those age 75 and older want to enjoy it.” —Alexis Abramson, Ph.D author and offers individual, couples and group stay in their homes as they age but, in reality, only five coaching around the topics of gratitude, percent to seven percent of their homes will enable them to Caregiving is both a demanding and a rewarding forgiveness, and career paths. For more information, visit her do so. It isn’t necessarily declining health itself that prevents human journey. As a caregiver you may spend years website at www.elainevoci.com. people from living independently; rather, our living spaces nobly caring for others while neglecting your own life. You are not alone. There are more than 40 million One of the challenges of caregiving is to balance it and daily strategies fail to change along with us. with other role responsibilities, such as holding a job, According to Louis Tenenbaum, founder of the Aging in American adults struggling to provide caregiving for an aging friend or family member, usually a parent, going to school, managing a personal life and a home. Place Institute, there are good reasons to consider our There are only 24 hours each day and only so much homes as one element in our retirement and long term care without losing themselves in the process. Caregiving is a noble endeavor; it involves energy that we each possess. There are also other less planning: Above, Pull-out drawers, selflessness, generosity of spirit, a truly caring heart visible pursuits in life such as achieving a sense of well • Updating your home makes it cupboards and shelves provide easy access to storage. and personal values founded on respect and being and knowing inner peace and contentment so more pleasant, a better match commitment to the comfort and care of the elderly, that each day is fulfilling emotionally and spiritually. for your current taste and the infirm, and the vulnerable in our society. It is Exhausted, we may wonder, “How do I begin the activities. Photos courtesy of healing journey of getting my life back?” Northwest Universal hard, and not for the faint of heart or the self- • Long-term care at home Above, lever-style door Design Council absorbed. Continued on Page 17 means the ability to get the handles are easier to care you need in the open. 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22 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 3 Economics make a case for Universal Design The good news is that age, 94 percent of them got there are a lot more of us and married after the war. Each we’re living longer. The household averaged just less downside is that we are than four children. Today, 65 headed toward an percent are still married to the unparalleled economic crisis same person. There was usually that we seem woefully a pretty good chance that unprepared to meet. The someone in the family would step crisis is our inability to pay for up to help take care of mom and long-term care services and dad in their later years. supports. Today it is estimated that 78 We have heard the million adults receive long-term sobering statistics about care based solely on their family. how many Baby Boomers The majority of those caregivers are turning 60 on a daily are women (56 percent) and they basis. According to the average 20 hours per week as World Economic Forum, our caregivers on top of other jobs. global population is When we—their children— projected to increase by a came of age, only 87 percent of factor of 3.7 from 1950 to BATHROOM DESIGN: Clearance under the sink allows for us got married, and we had an 2050, but the global seated users and single lever faucet handles. average of just less than two population of those over 60 Photo courtesy of Northwest Universal Design Council children. Already, only 68 percent is expected to increase by a of us remain married. More factor of nearly 10, and the population over age 80 by a concerning is the fact that the trend is continuing in that factor of nearly 26 during those hundred years. direction. Looking at it another way, our global population is More than 56 million single adults (60 percent) have expected to increase by 2 billion people from 2010 to 2050 always been single and, in 2005, single homebuyers and, of that, the older population will contribute 1.3 billion. surpassed married buyers for the first time, becoming the By 2050 the population over 65 years of age will outnumber new norm. By 2009, unmarried women accounted for 21 those under age five for the first time in human history. percent of all home purchases, while unwed males were 10 LIVING LONGER DOESN’T EQUATE TO LIVING HEALTHIER percent of the buyers. Single has become more of a lifestyle choice than a condition. Odds of a caretaker in there goes Unfortunately, living longer doesn’t necessarily equate to down significantly! living healthier. Although the population over 65 only accounts for about 13 percent of our population today, it Generally, in-depth discussions about our nation’s long- accounts for 27 percent of all doctor visits, 38 percent of all term care system have not resulted in change. We need to hospital stays, and 45 percent of all in-hospital days of care. create large enough insurance pools to manage the kinds of risk that people are going to face over time, and include It was recently estimated that for every one percent shift long-term care services and supports. We need new in the population over age 65, health care costs are toolsets for people who are working today so they have increased by $254 per capita. Today, healthcare in the U.S. enough time to participate and to save. Five years from costs equal 17.6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product now, the majority of boomers will be retired or be within five (GDP) and that is projected to increase to 21.4 percent by to seven years of retirement. It’s much harder to save at 2020, 28 percent by 2030, and 34 percent by 2040. that point. With so many of us aging, two questions come to mind: There is an entire industry out there selling us long-term • Where will we live? care insurance, but very few professionals in the industry who • Who is going to take care of us? understand enough to talk to you about where you live. One WHO WILL BE OUR CAREGIVERS? solution is to work on a solution right under your own roof. When our parents in the “Greatest Generation” came of Continued on Page 22 4 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 21 November is National Family Caregivers Month If I knew then what I know now about caregiving National Family Caregivers Month is a time to refl ect on the compassion and dedication that family caregivers embody BY JANE MEIER HAMILTON every day. Generations is proud of its staff members who have either been a caregiver for a family member or are currently If I knew then what I know now about caregiving, I’d have done Jane Meier Hamilton MSN, RN, founded Partners on caring for a loved one. We thank Stacey Kahre and Brian Hurt for sharing their personal caregiving stories with our readers. the Path in 2008 (www.partnersonthepath.org) to help things differently! I had no idea that the jour ey would be so long professional and family caregivers and arduous. Nor did I know how depressing and draining it preserve their health, well-being and BY STACEY KAHRE - Director of Client Services capacity to care. Two years later, she would be to watch loved ones suffer, decline, and die. I will never forget that day – December 5, 2012 - my After Mom I’m not alone in this. Millions of others either have been, are, or published her original, research-based, resilience building model for caregivers son Trevor’s 11th birthday. It started out like any other and I had some will be sur rised by the difficult of “caring well” for another in “The Caregiver’s Guide to Self-Care: Wednesday at the office, but before it was over my life prayer time and person over a long period of time. How to act calmly during Help for Your Caregiving Journey.” had changed forever. a meltdown, we crises? How to choose wisely when outcomes are uncer ain? How At 10:21 a.m. I was at my desk when I got the call both seemed to feel hopef l when the f t re looks bleak? How to persevere in 2. Face fears that block your goals by using positive thoughts and the message no one ever wants to hear. eerily calm. Stacey's Mom, Mary Alice Cox, the face of disappoint ent and hardship? and acting in spite of fear. My mom was on the line. “Stace, I don’t feel very Once we arrived with her grandchildren If I knew then what I know now about caregiving, I would have 3. Reg larly connect with religious and spirit al beliefs and good,” she said. “I think I need to go to the hospital. at St. Mary’s Hailley, Trevor and Brian. put a bit less energ into get ing ever hing done. If I’d focused practices. I’ve been having headaches. I called an ambulance. Can Hospital in more on pacing myself and building my resilience, I might have 4. Find st eng h and courage by pursuing meaning l or you meet me there?” Evansville, things started happening so fast. There were been in bet er shape when I reached the finish line. inspiring goals; use adversit as a catalyst for g owth. I dropped everything and headed out to meet her. doctors, nurses, needles, pills, machines and monitors. I Resilience: What Is It and Why Is It Impor ant? During the five-minute drive to the hospital I stayed kept waiting for someone to tell us something different. 5. Act in accordance with a st ong moral compass. Resilience is the capacit to withstand, overcome, and ultimately calm. I didn’t feel panicked or worried. After all, Mom Surely the ER doctor missed something. Maybe he was 6. Imitate specific behaviors of people who demonst ate be st eng hened by life’s challenges. It’s an active process of had just turned 58. She was young. She was healthy. I wrong. But the news never changed - Mom had cancer. positive ways of handling adversit . enduring and successf lly coping. Resilience is “st ggling well” just assumed she had a migraine. (I actually thought to She was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, monitored and bouncing back af er a crisis. It’s also bouncing for ard to 7. Train your body and mind to reach your best possible level myself “Mom can be so dramatic!”) for seizures and scheduled for brain surgery the very next adjust to a new nor al. For nately, with at ention and practice, of physical and mental fit ess. While in the emergency room, they gave Mom medi- day. Time felt as if it stood still. All of a sudden, I was in ever one can build resilience. 8. Reg late your emotions to eliminate feelings or behaviors cation to ease her pain and performed a CAT scan. charge and asking myself “What do I do next?” This is impor ant because resilience is empowering. It produces that under ine effective coping. Twenty minutes passed before a young physician walked When Mom was admitted to the hospital she was only stamina and st eng h, optimism and hope, t ansfor ing the 9. Employ a wide variet of physical, mental, emotional, and into our room and said “Mrs. Cox, we have the results taking one pill a day to treat a thyroid disorder. When daunting into doable. Building resilience helps sustain caregiver spirit al st ategies to handle adversit . of your CAT scan. It doesn’t look good. You have mul- she was released 10 days later, she was taking 13 pills health, well-being, and capacit to care. It increases capabilit and 10. Build your resilience by recalling past coping, when you tiple tumors on your brain and they appear to be can- and had a diagnosis of brain cancer with metastasis. decreases vulnerabilit to caregiver st ess. “st ggled well” and bounced back f om challenges. cerous. We need to send you to St. Mary’s right away!” She was not expected to live. And just like that...my whole world changed. Continued on Page 9 How Can You Build Resilience? Did you t to think positive thoughts; work through Most impor ant, imitate what resilient people do. In their book f ightening problems until you found effective solutions; exercise Y RIAN URT IRECTOR OF ASE ANAGEMENT Resilience, Steven Southwick and Dennis Char ey show us 10 ways to work off tension; talk about problems with someone you t st; B B H - D C M we can behave like resilient people: t r to God for help? These thoughts, choices, or behaviors are Growing up I unit for therapy. It was at this point, however, that doc- 1. Think in realistically optimistic ways, believing that good examples of your cur ent resilience skills. Repeat these, and t never imagined my tors also diagnosed Mom with dementia. mother or father The signs and symptoms had been there for years, but things are coming and hard work will yield success. This is something new that you read on the list above. Whatever you do to build your resilience will be good for both ever needing care. I think as a family member you often make excuses or the engine that drives all the other resilient behaviors. Seek As a child you tend to ignore the forgetfulness and play it off as sim- and accept suppor , and offer help to others in need. you and your loved ones. As you do so much for others, remember believe your parents ply growing older. But when I saw Mom in the rehabil- to take good care of yourself, too. will always be vital, itation unit dealing with a broken hip and the effects of Brian's parents fit and wise. As life the dementia, it became clear to me she would likely Keith and Millie Hurt goes along, however, never be able to return home. She required 24-hour care Please consider a memorial or tribute donation to Generations you soon realize that and supervision, something unfortunately neither my as a way to honor a friend or loved one. your parents are not immune to the aging process. As a father nor I was able to provide. young adult and an only child, I knew that more than After a lot of soul searching, sorting through of finan- likely I would at some point in my life be making some cial matters, some sleepless nights and tears, we made the With your support, we can continue to provide older adults in our very big decisions about my parents as they grew older. decision to move Mom into a long-term care unit within area with the options they need to live and age successfully. The time for making those big decisions snuck up on the hospital. I believe this is the first time I actually Donations may be sent to: me two years ago when Mom fell and broke her hip. began to think of my father and myself as caregivers. She was admitted to the hospital, had successful surgery, Continued on Page 18 Generations, P.O. Box 314, Vincennes, IN 47591 and was transferred shortly thereafter to a rehabilitation 20 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 5 Robin Williams: Raising Awareness About Depression Grouseland's First Lady Christmas at Grouseland Continued from page 13 By Kathy Greenlee, J.D., Administrator, and it often co-exists with substance Experience living history during Christmas at Administration for Community Living and misuse or addiction. Depression is not just Grouseland on December 5, 2014. Free holiday up housekeeping in a different place. The demands of Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., Administrator, tours of the mansion by candlelight start at 7 p.m. home management, child rearing and uncertainty about being sad, and it’s not a character and include opportunities to converse with historical Substance Abuse and Mental Health weakness or personal failing. It is a figures depicting life in the early 1800s including her husband’s well-being could have legitimately Services Administration disease that can impact all facets of one’s Governor and Mrs. William Henry Harrison. You overwhelmed Anna. How delighted she must have been It’s still hard to believe that Robin life. It can make you think that life is not can also take a festive horse and carriage ride along when Harrison retired as General of the Army of the the Wabash River. Northwest before the end of the War of 1812 and came Williams – beloved comedian, actor, worth living. Because of public Grouseland is the elegant Georgian/Federal home father, and friend – is no longer with us. misperceptions of the disease, people completed in 1804, which served as the home of William home to the family farm. Her greatest aspiration, despite To the public and even close friends, he with depression often try to conceal their Henry Harrison and his family when he was Governor of her education, had always been to be a devoted wife and appeared to be happy, upbeat and disease until that too becomes too much the Indiana Territory (1800-1812). The first brick home mother. Much to her dismay, Harrison was brought out inin IndianaIn and a National of retirement to run in the election of 1836. “I wish my funny, and he was financially stable – all to bear. HiHHistoricis Landmark, the of those things that seem worth living Robin Williams was only age 63. He was hohhouseu was more than a husband’s friends had left him where he is, happy and for. But behind the public persona that in the prime of his life. Yet we know that rerresidence.es This contented in retirement” said Anna. Comedian mammagnificent building Harrison made a good showing but was not elected in we knew and loved, we now know that Robin Williams men age 45-64 have one of the highest wwawasa the center of he had battled addiction to alcohol and suicide rates of any age group – rates that, goggovernmento for the 1836. The Whig party decided to run him again in 1840 drugs, was struggling with depression, and was in the according to the latest national data, grew by 40% InIIndianan Territory and and more voters turned out than any other election. Old early stages of Parkinson’s disease, a known risk between 1999 through 2011. And much of the suicide alaalsol served as a fortress Tippecanoe would lead the country as its 9th President. ini times of unrest. factor for depression. prevention and research efforts to date have been Once again Anna’s life was to be thrust into public service That is the terrible truth about depression. It is a focused on other at-risk groups. alongside her husband. By this time she had endured the deaths of several of her adult children, only four of them disease that can rob you of your perspective on life, Continued on Page 17 alive to see their father inaugurated. At the time of Harrison’s inauguration, Anna was too ill to make the trip be prepared before seeing your physician. and planned to join the President in early spring. Two days before she was to leave for Washington, she received word that the President had died. She did not attend her Plan Ahead. 2003 Hart Street • Vincennes, IN 47591 (812) 882-2075 PrevenƟ ng infl uenza husband’s inauguration or his funeral. 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8 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 17 Stacey's Story Continued from Page 5 hours to get home and in those five hours we had the Caregivers need care, too On the day Mom was discharged, we both were so best time together. We laughed, we reminisced, and we PėĔěĎĉĊĉ ćĞ AđğčĊĎĒĊė’Ę Association Greater Indiana eager to get home that we were telling the doctors, social shed some tears. We even helped a few stranded AĘĘĔĈĎĆęĎĔē Chapter offers Hoosier caregivers workers and nurses anything they wanted to hear. No, motorists along the route. I remember Mom shouting GėĊĆęĊė IēĉĎĆēĆ CčĆĕęĊė a variety of options to assist in she won’t drive. Yes, she’ll monitor her diet. Yes, we “Girl power! My girls and I can do anything.” I In 1983, President Ronald providing to their loved ones and will keep all her follow-up appointments. And yes, we wouldn’t take that trip back for anything. Reagan, who was later diagnosed themselves. Monthly support understand all of her medications. Of course, we didn’t. Mom passed away peacefully at home on January 20, with Alzheimer’s disease, desig- groups are held across the state, Who would? I’m a social worker with 15 years experi- 2013, just six weeks and six days after she was diagnosed. nated November as National where caregivers can share their ence in health care and a master’s degree and I had no Her entire family surrounded her bedside and watched her Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness experiences and receive support idea what I was doing. I was just a daughter who was take her last breath. I’m still trying to come to terms with Month. President Bill Clinton from others. Educational pro- scared, confused and in desperate need of guidance. the fact that she is gone, but I am so very thankful that I named the week of Thanksgiving grams for caregivers focus on We spent the next six weeks traveling back and forth was able to help care for Mom during her final days. as a time to honor caregivers in In addition to being more at effective ways to communicate, to daily radiation treatments and weekly doctor appoint- As with most caregivers, my responsibilities didn’t end 1997, and it has expanded to risk, women are also more likely connect and provide care through- ments. And just like that, I found a new normal. My when Mom passed away. I spent the following year National Family Caregivers to be caregivers to someone with out all stages of Alzheimer’s dis- strong, independent, young mother needed a compan- looking after my dad and caring for my aging grandpar- Month. Alzheimer’s. ease progression. Additionally, the ion, a chauffeur, a housekeeper, a cook, a nurse, and ents. I also became power of attorney and health care As an organization founded by Alzheimer’s Association has a 24/7 even a babysitter at times. There were many sleepless representative for my maternal grandfather. In the caregivers, the Alzheimer’s compared to 1 in 11 men. In addi- Helpline that provides informa- nights and long days. course of a few months following my mom’s death, tion to being more at risk, women tion, emotional support and refer- Association applauds caregivers But as stressful as it was, there were some occasions Grandpa entered a nursing facility three times, had two are also more likely to be caregiv- rals to programs and community and hopes to make their efforts a for laughter and joy. One particular one happened major surgeries and was hospitalized at least 10 times. ers to someone with Alzheimer’s. resources. All programs and ser- little easier with innovative when my sister Carie and I were taking Mom to He passed away in September 2012, just nine months More than 3 in 5 unpaid vices are offered to caregivers free resources that have been Evansville for a radiation treatment in the middle of the after his daughter. Alzheimer’s caregivers are women of charge. designed specifically with families Christmas Blizzard of 2012. It took us almost five Continued on Page 10 in mind. – and there are 2.5 more women For more information, you can National Family Caregivers than men who provide 24-hour contact the Alzheimer’s Month is a time to recognize and care for someone with Association Greater Indiana honor the 15.5 million Americans Alzheimer’s. Chapter by calling the Helpline at providing unpaid care for their Caregivers face many uncertain- 1.800.272.3900, or by visiting loved ones with Alzheimer’s or ties and challenges, but help is alz.org/Indiana. The same tradition of caring since 1964. dementia. For these individuals, available. The Alzheimer’s the fight against this fatal disease DEFYING THE ODDS Kim Glosser came to Willow Manor on July 3rd of this year - just takes a toll on many aspects of one day before our country’s Independence Day. A U.S. Army their lives. Veteran, Kim remains steadfast in her pursuit of freedom and Nearly 60 percent of Alzheimer’s independence. Numerous doctors told her she would and dementia caregivers rate the probably never regain enough strength emotional stress of caregiving as and stamina to return to her home. But Kim’s military training taught her to never high or very high, and more than surrender when faced with adversary. one-third report symptoms of Kim remained determined and never depression. Almost half experi- gave up hope. With her family’s support and the dedication of the Willow Manor ence significant financial strain as staff, she made it back home. a result of caregiving. “I wouldn’t be in this position if it weren’t What is shocking about these for the staff at Willow Manor, especially Jennifer and Melanie in therapy,” Kim statistics is how the disease said. “True miracle workers are here and impacts women. Women are cur- I want everyone to know it!” rently at the epicenter of the Congratulations, Kim, from all of us at Willow Manor. It was an honor to help Alzheimer’s crisis. By age 65, the 1 guide you back home!
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10 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 15 Online Help for Area 13 Agency On Aging & Disability Family Caregivers ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014 • CAREGIVER SOS by WellMed Charitable Foundation Generations depends on federal and state dollars and donations centers offer complimentary programs designed to from individuals and charities. Below is a profi le of our fi nancial position. support family caregivers in their caregiving role, including one-on‐one assistance, education, wellness Our major funding sources include Older Americans activities and more. Visit their website at http:// Act, CHOICE, Social Service Block Grant, Medicaid caregiversos.org for more information. Be sure to sign REVENUES Visit us to find products that make up for their free monthly e‐newsletter that Waiver and RSVP. Generations also receives funding from the caregiver’s job easier and safer: area businesses, community foundations, industries and REVENUES offers a wealth of caregiver information, resources and a schedule of their free individuals to support the programs and services offered Federal Funds $1,982,182 t Gait belts assist in patient transfer. by our agency. caregiver webinars. State Funds $1,217,504 t Occupational back braces provide stability in lifting. t Bed rails allow for easier patient positioning. • It’s not easy to talk about how you want the end of your Meals on Wheels Fundraiser $5,549 IN-HOME t Uplift seating and lift chairs permit rising from life to be. But it’s one of the most important SERVICES seated locations. conversations you can have with your loved ones. THE t Compression stockings ease leg and foot aches. 61% Client Contributions $52,467 CONVERSATION PROJECT is dedicated to helping people In-Kind Match $105,971 talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. Visit their website at http://theconversationproject.org/ to find the Fees/Cost Share $7,088 help you need to get your thoughts together and then Cash/Other/Grants $213,148 have the conversation.
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UNITS OF SERVICE REVENUE REVENUES Aging & Disability Resource Center $279,957 Meals on Wheels 142,499 Meals Transportation $48,003 Congregate Meals 21,199 Meals In-Home Service $885,896 Homemaker 10,303 Hours Home Delivered Meals $880,062 Legal 250 Hours Congregate Meals $124,297 Ombudsman 1,950 Hours Case Management $751,069 Transportation 20,439 Rides Legal $5,794 Information & Assistance 1,810 Contacts Ombudsman $58,070 Case Management 63,623 Units Management $228,117 Personal Care 21,018 Hours Volunteers/RSVP/TCE $93,461 Healthy Aging/AngelWorx $106,401 Adult Day Services 6,598 Hours Like us FOR GREAT TIPS Volunteer Services 68,583 Hours Caregiver $122,782 ON GREAT CARE Facebook.com/HomeInsteadJasper Pre-Admission Screening 3,486 Hours TOTAL $3,583,909
14 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 11 Grouseland's First Lady Anna Harrison triumphed over adversity and the challenges of living on the frontier By Lisa Ice-Jones American Revolution. Her mother died Revolution had made William Henry influenced her charitable attitude Executive Director for Grouseland Foundation, Inc. on Anna’s first birthday and while she Harrison initially reject a lot of the values toward soldiers, Indians and While the story of 9th President was still a young child, her father, then a of his formative years, he was enough of townspeople during her time in the William Henry Harrison and his militia colonel, secretly obtained a a Virginian that he wanted to provide Indiana Territory. She also attended popularity in the election of 1840 with British redcoat uniform and took her by amply for his family. The Army at that Hampden Sydney College and was the the campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and horseback across enemy lines to safety time was becoming less able to afford first U.S. First Lady to receive a formal Tyler, too” and his untimely death after at the home of her grandparents in him that opportunity unless he wanted education. She not only educated her only 31 days in office, might resonate New York. This would mark the to move further away. Now with a own children, but invited neighborhood with history enthusiasts, few that knew beginning of a lifetime filled with family of his own to provide for and children to learn as well. She was very him in 1795 could have predicted his adventure and adversity. Anna’s closeness to her father, this didn’t much like William in her desire to be of rise to fame. How did it all come Anna remained with her seem like a viable option. It was suggested service to others. together? His life transitioned from grandparents for the next 14 years and he might be the one for a post as Secretary Her formal education and life being a “child of the Revolution, to was not reunited with her father until of the Northwest Territory. His record experiences in populated New York, and being a student of medicine, a soldier, a she was 19. At that time she travelled was good, he had good connections and the social life of Cincinnati and farmer and ultimately a President. It with him and his third wife, Susan, in strong recommendations and by June of Philadelphia, such as it was at the time, would take an extraordinary partner by the newly created Northwest Territory. 1798, he had the post. could not have completely prepared her The Harrison Home as it appeared in the Shortly thereafter, in Lexington, Anna’s role expanded from that of his side to provide stability. Perhaps for life on the frontier. She was aware April 1878 issue of Potter’s American Monthly Magazine. Kentucky, Anna met William. William wife and mother to a more public one as that sometimes Indians could be his wife, Anna Symmes Harrison, was COURTESY OF THE NORBERT BROWN COLLECTION the “glue” that held everything together. was smitten with Anna at first sight the life partner of a public servant. This unfriendly as they had been in northern Anna was born in New Jersey on and he was at a point in his life and duty of public service evolved with Ohio. Sometimes they had attacked the important ones like Aaron Burr, Lewis children. John Scott Harrison was the July 25, 1775, to John Cleves Symmes career where a proper wife would Harrison becoming a representative to white settlers in Ohio Country. Now and Clark, Zachary Taylor and Chief first child born at Grouseland and and Anna Tuthill. Her childhood home validate his status. Despite her father’s the U.S. House of Representatives for she was a mother with three young Little Turtle. The legislature met in the would live on to be the father of the rd was near the battlegrounds of the objections, she became Mrs. William the Northwest Territory in 1799. children moving into a vast wilderness home and church services were held 23 President, Benjamin Harrison. Henry Harrison on the 25th Excitement was high and Harrison far from her family in the east. there. All the while there was the ever Another son, Carter Basset Harrison of November 1795. immediately moved the family to Governor Harrison arrived in the present threat of attack, children was born while Harrison went north to So, by the end of 1795, Philadelphia. During his tenure there, new territorial capital of Vincennes needed to be attended to and household what culminated into the Battle of Harrison had the wife of his Congress separated Ohio from the rest in January of 1801. His family came staff needed to be supervised. Meals Tippecanoe. What a stressful time this dreams and a comfortable of the Territory and the new Indiana out a little later and construction of would have to be planned and prepared. must have been for Anna. She had a home at Fort Washington Territory was created. In 1800, President the family home, fortress and Laundry and sewing, soap and candle new infant to care for along with the where he was an Army John Adams appointed Harrison as the gubernatorial office began. The making were all necessary tasks. The demands of the other children, the captain and commandant of Governor of this newly formed Indiana family took up temporary residence home was built on a 300-acre, self- house and plantation and the the fort. By early spring, Territory. This would mean yet another in the parlor of Francis Vigo while the sufficient plantation so if any of the uncertainty of her husband’s return. Anna was expecting their move for the Harrisons. two-year construction process of this workers were sick, Anna would have to He did return and as many know first child, a girl named Anna was equipped for whatever magnificent, Virginia style plantation attend to them, too. moved the family to more secure Elizabeth. Their second demands were required of her as home on a knoll north of the town Anna proved throughout her lifetime surroundings in North Bend, Ohio. The child was also born there, a Harrison’s wife. She was educated at and on the banks of the Wabash River that she was able to adapt to tremendous War of 1812 began and Harrison felt son they named John. the Isabella Marshall Graham Boarding commenced. It was a grand structure adversity, adjusting to the challenges of the family would be safer on land Even though the School. Ms. Graham may have been the intended to astonish and establish living on the frontier and becoming a inherited from Anna’s father. The final first woman to form a charitable authority. Indians of the village were very public wife while enduring long two children would be born there in According to the organization. She helped provide said to be in awe of it. and almost continuous confinements Ohio and ultimately Harrison would Grouseland Foundation, food, housing, education and Anna was now the First Lady of the that accompanied childbirth in the early become President while residing there. this is the only image employment to widows and orphans. Territory and this new home was called 1800s. During the family’s time in This meant another relocation, leaving of Anna Harrison This association undoubtedly affected Grouseland. It was open to numerous Vincennes, Anna and William would family and friends yet again and setting known to exist. Anna. One would like to think it visitors and guests, including some very become the parents of four more Continued on page 19
12 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 13 Grouseland's First Lady Anna Harrison triumphed over adversity and the challenges of living on the frontier By Lisa Ice-Jones American Revolution. Her mother died Revolution had made William Henry influenced her charitable attitude Executive Director for Grouseland Foundation, Inc. on Anna’s first birthday and while she Harrison initially reject a lot of the values toward soldiers, Indians and While the story of 9th President was still a young child, her father, then a of his formative years, he was enough of townspeople during her time in the William Henry Harrison and his militia colonel, secretly obtained a a Virginian that he wanted to provide Indiana Territory. She also attended popularity in the election of 1840 with British redcoat uniform and took her by amply for his family. The Army at that Hampden Sydney College and was the the campaign slogan “Tippecanoe and horseback across enemy lines to safety time was becoming less able to afford first U.S. First Lady to receive a formal Tyler, too” and his untimely death after at the home of her grandparents in him that opportunity unless he wanted education. She not only educated her only 31 days in office, might resonate New York. This would mark the to move further away. Now with a own children, but invited neighborhood with history enthusiasts, few that knew beginning of a lifetime filled with family of his own to provide for and children to learn as well. She was very him in 1795 could have predicted his adventure and adversity. Anna’s closeness to her father, this didn’t much like William in her desire to be of rise to fame. How did it all come Anna remained with her seem like a viable option. It was suggested service to others. together? His life transitioned from grandparents for the next 14 years and he might be the one for a post as Secretary Her formal education and life being a “child of the Revolution, to was not reunited with her father until of the Northwest Territory. His record experiences in populated New York, and being a student of medicine, a soldier, a she was 19. At that time she travelled was good, he had good connections and the social life of Cincinnati and farmer and ultimately a President. It with him and his third wife, Susan, in strong recommendations and by June of Philadelphia, such as it was at the time, would take an extraordinary partner by the newly created Northwest Territory. 1798, he had the post. could not have completely prepared her The Harrison Home as it appeared in the Shortly thereafter, in Lexington, Anna’s role expanded from that of his side to provide stability. Perhaps for life on the frontier. She was aware April 1878 issue of Potter’s American Monthly Magazine. Kentucky, Anna met William. William wife and mother to a more public one as that sometimes Indians could be his wife, Anna Symmes Harrison, was COURTESY OF THE NORBERT BROWN COLLECTION the “glue” that held everything together. was smitten with Anna at first sight the life partner of a public servant. This unfriendly as they had been in northern Anna was born in New Jersey on and he was at a point in his life and duty of public service evolved with Ohio. Sometimes they had attacked the important ones like Aaron Burr, Lewis children. John Scott Harrison was the July 25, 1775, to John Cleves Symmes career where a proper wife would Harrison becoming a representative to white settlers in Ohio Country. Now and Clark, Zachary Taylor and Chief first child born at Grouseland and and Anna Tuthill. Her childhood home validate his status. Despite her father’s the U.S. House of Representatives for she was a mother with three young Little Turtle. The legislature met in the would live on to be the father of the rd was near the battlegrounds of the objections, she became Mrs. William the Northwest Territory in 1799. children moving into a vast wilderness home and church services were held 23 President, Benjamin Harrison. Henry Harrison on the 25th Excitement was high and Harrison far from her family in the east. there. All the while there was the ever Another son, Carter Basset Harrison of November 1795. immediately moved the family to Governor Harrison arrived in the present threat of attack, children was born while Harrison went north to So, by the end of 1795, Philadelphia. During his tenure there, new territorial capital of Vincennes needed to be attended to and household what culminated into the Battle of Harrison had the wife of his Congress separated Ohio from the rest in January of 1801. His family came staff needed to be supervised. Meals Tippecanoe. What a stressful time this dreams and a comfortable of the Territory and the new Indiana out a little later and construction of would have to be planned and prepared. must have been for Anna. She had a home at Fort Washington Territory was created. In 1800, President the family home, fortress and Laundry and sewing, soap and candle new infant to care for along with the where he was an Army John Adams appointed Harrison as the gubernatorial office began. The making were all necessary tasks. The demands of the other children, the captain and commandant of Governor of this newly formed Indiana family took up temporary residence home was built on a 300-acre, self- house and plantation and the the fort. By early spring, Territory. This would mean yet another in the parlor of Francis Vigo while the sufficient plantation so if any of the uncertainty of her husband’s return. Anna was expecting their move for the Harrisons. two-year construction process of this workers were sick, Anna would have to He did return and as many know first child, a girl named Anna was equipped for whatever magnificent, Virginia style plantation attend to them, too. moved the family to more secure Elizabeth. Their second demands were required of her as home on a knoll north of the town Anna proved throughout her lifetime surroundings in North Bend, Ohio. The child was also born there, a Harrison’s wife. She was educated at and on the banks of the Wabash River that she was able to adapt to tremendous War of 1812 began and Harrison felt son they named John. the Isabella Marshall Graham Boarding commenced. It was a grand structure adversity, adjusting to the challenges of the family would be safer on land Even though the School. Ms. Graham may have been the intended to astonish and establish living on the frontier and becoming a inherited from Anna’s father. The final first woman to form a charitable authority. Indians of the village were very public wife while enduring long two children would be born there in According to the organization. She helped provide said to be in awe of it. and almost continuous confinements Ohio and ultimately Harrison would Grouseland Foundation, food, housing, education and Anna was now the First Lady of the that accompanied childbirth in the early become President while residing there. this is the only image employment to widows and orphans. Territory and this new home was called 1800s. During the family’s time in This meant another relocation, leaving of Anna Harrison This association undoubtedly affected Grouseland. It was open to numerous Vincennes, Anna and William would family and friends yet again and setting known to exist. Anna. One would like to think it visitors and guests, including some very become the parents of four more Continued on page 19
12 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 13 Online Help for Area 13 Agency On Aging & Disability Family Caregivers ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014 • CAREGIVER SOS by WellMed Charitable Foundation Generations depends on federal and state dollars and donations centers offer complimentary programs designed to from individuals and charities. Below is a profi le of our fi nancial position. support family caregivers in their caregiving role, including one-on‐one assistance, education, wellness Our major funding sources include Older Americans activities and more. Visit their website at http:// Act, CHOICE, Social Service Block Grant, Medicaid caregiversos.org for more information. Be sure to sign REVENUES Visit us to find products that make up for their free monthly e‐newsletter that Waiver and RSVP. Generations also receives funding from the caregiver’s job easier and safer: area businesses, community foundations, industries and REVENUES offers a wealth of caregiver information, resources and a schedule of their free individuals to support the programs and services offered Federal Funds $1,982,182 t Gait belts assist in patient transfer. by our agency. caregiver webinars. State Funds $1,217,504 t Occupational back braces provide stability in lifting. t Bed rails allow for easier patient positioning. • It’s not easy to talk about how you want the end of your Meals on Wheels Fundraiser $5,549 IN-HOME t Uplift seating and lift chairs permit rising from life to be. But it’s one of the most important SERVICES seated locations. conversations you can have with your loved ones. THE t Compression stockings ease leg and foot aches. 61% Client Contributions $52,467 CONVERSATION PROJECT is dedicated to helping people In-Kind Match $105,971 talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. Visit their website at http://theconversationproject.org/ to find the Fees/Cost Share $7,088 help you need to get your thoughts together and then Cash/Other/Grants $213,148 have the conversation.
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10 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 15 Stacey's Story Continued from Page 5 hours to get home and in those five hours we had the Caregivers need care, too On the day Mom was discharged, we both were so best time together. We laughed, we reminisced, and we PėĔěĎĉĊĉ ćĞ AđğčĊĎĒĊė’Ę Association Greater Indiana eager to get home that we were telling the doctors, social shed some tears. We even helped a few stranded AĘĘĔĈĎĆęĎĔē Chapter offers Hoosier caregivers workers and nurses anything they wanted to hear. No, motorists along the route. I remember Mom shouting GėĊĆęĊė IēĉĎĆēĆ CčĆĕęĊė a variety of options to assist in she won’t drive. Yes, she’ll monitor her diet. Yes, we “Girl power! My girls and I can do anything.” I In 1983, President Ronald providing to their loved ones and will keep all her follow-up appointments. And yes, we wouldn’t take that trip back for anything. Reagan, who was later diagnosed themselves. Monthly support understand all of her medications. Of course, we didn’t. Mom passed away peacefully at home on January 20, with Alzheimer’s disease, desig- groups are held across the state, Who would? I’m a social worker with 15 years experi- 2013, just six weeks and six days after she was diagnosed. nated November as National where caregivers can share their ence in health care and a master’s degree and I had no Her entire family surrounded her bedside and watched her Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness experiences and receive support idea what I was doing. I was just a daughter who was take her last breath. I’m still trying to come to terms with Month. President Bill Clinton from others. Educational pro- scared, confused and in desperate need of guidance. the fact that she is gone, but I am so very thankful that I named the week of Thanksgiving grams for caregivers focus on We spent the next six weeks traveling back and forth was able to help care for Mom during her final days. as a time to honor caregivers in In addition to being more at effective ways to communicate, to daily radiation treatments and weekly doctor appoint- As with most caregivers, my responsibilities didn’t end 1997, and it has expanded to risk, women are also more likely connect and provide care through- ments. And just like that, I found a new normal. My when Mom passed away. I spent the following year National Family Caregivers to be caregivers to someone with out all stages of Alzheimer’s dis- strong, independent, young mother needed a compan- looking after my dad and caring for my aging grandpar- Month. Alzheimer’s. ease progression. Additionally, the ion, a chauffeur, a housekeeper, a cook, a nurse, and ents. I also became power of attorney and health care As an organization founded by Alzheimer’s Association has a 24/7 even a babysitter at times. There were many sleepless representative for my maternal grandfather. In the caregivers, the Alzheimer’s compared to 1 in 11 men. In addi- Helpline that provides informa- nights and long days. course of a few months following my mom’s death, tion to being more at risk, women tion, emotional support and refer- Association applauds caregivers But as stressful as it was, there were some occasions Grandpa entered a nursing facility three times, had two are also more likely to be caregiv- rals to programs and community and hopes to make their efforts a for laughter and joy. One particular one happened major surgeries and was hospitalized at least 10 times. ers to someone with Alzheimer’s. resources. All programs and ser- little easier with innovative when my sister Carie and I were taking Mom to He passed away in September 2012, just nine months More than 3 in 5 unpaid vices are offered to caregivers free resources that have been Evansville for a radiation treatment in the middle of the after his daughter. Alzheimer’s caregivers are women of charge. designed specifically with families Christmas Blizzard of 2012. It took us almost five Continued on Page 10 in mind. – and there are 2.5 more women For more information, you can National Family Caregivers than men who provide 24-hour contact the Alzheimer’s Month is a time to recognize and care for someone with Association Greater Indiana honor the 15.5 million Americans Alzheimer’s. Chapter by calling the Helpline at providing unpaid care for their Caregivers face many uncertain- 1.800.272.3900, or by visiting loved ones with Alzheimer’s or ties and challenges, but help is alz.org/Indiana. The same tradition of caring since 1964. dementia. For these individuals, available. The Alzheimer’s the fight against this fatal disease DEFYING THE ODDS Kim Glosser came to Willow Manor on July 3rd of this year - just takes a toll on many aspects of one day before our country’s Independence Day. A U.S. Army their lives. Veteran, Kim remains steadfast in her pursuit of freedom and Nearly 60 percent of Alzheimer’s independence. Numerous doctors told her she would and dementia caregivers rate the probably never regain enough strength emotional stress of caregiving as and stamina to return to her home. But Kim’s military training taught her to never high or very high, and more than surrender when faced with adversary. one-third report symptoms of Kim remained determined and never depression. Almost half experi- gave up hope. With her family’s support and the dedication of the Willow Manor ence significant financial strain as staff, she made it back home. a result of caregiving. “I wouldn’t be in this position if it weren’t What is shocking about these for the staff at Willow Manor, especially Jennifer and Melanie in therapy,” Kim statistics is how the disease said. “True miracle workers are here and impacts women. Women are cur- I want everyone to know it!” rently at the epicenter of the Congratulations, Kim, from all of us at Willow Manor. It was an honor to help Alzheimer’s crisis. By age 65, the 1 guide you back home!
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8 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 17 Brian's Story Continued from Page 5 winks. Some days we At this stage in our relationship, what’s Generations to host Over the past two years might not talk much at most important to me is the wave she Mom’s cognitive abilities all, but just sit quietly gives me each evening when I leave her have continued to slowly together in her room room and the promise I make to see 50+ & Fit decline. Her physical limi- enjoying each other’s her again the next day. Senior Olympics tations have also increased Brian and his Mother company. She may not always know my to the point where walk- “She tells me all the time. ing across the room exhausts her. name, but it’s clear the Generations is planning to host 50+ & Fit Senior The picture I have painted may dementia hasn’t broken the bond ,¶PVRKDSS\ Olympics in the Fall of 2015. This is a sports sound bleak and discouraging, but I we share. She loves being competition for men and women, 50 and over. It is have found it to be quite the oppo- The gleam in her eyes is still pres- home with us.” the largest multi-sport event in the world for site. I visit Mom daily at the facility ent when she tells me how much seniors. and while our conversations are she loves me (which she does at The top three finishers in each age group qualify very simple, she still recognizes my least five times per visit). Contrary for the regional and national games sponsored by to what many people may assume, face when I arrive and a large smile the National Senior Olympics Organization. caregiving in this sense is not a spreads across her face when she The core sports are: archery, badminton, bowling, sees her “baby” enter the room. chore for me, it’s an honor. I am spending some of the best times of cycling, golf, horseshoes, pickleball, race walk, I usually visit at dinnertime and &DUHJLYHU+RPHVSURYLGHVWKHWUDLQLQJVXSSRUW racquetball, road race, shuffleboard, swimming, we always discuss her day’s activi- my life with one of the most DQG¿QDQFLDODVVLVWDQFHQHHGHGWRNHHSIXOOWLPH FDUHJLYLQJDWKRPHDQGLQWKHFRPPXQLW\ table tennis, tennis and track and field. ties. Our conversations often drift important people in my life - my to food and the meals she used to friend and my mother. For more information on participating in the cook when I was younger. These I am old and wise enough now to games as either a participant or sponsor, contact are good times for both of us. Our realize how this situation will end. Alma Kramer at Generations – 1-800-742-9002 or talks are filled with laughter and However, I tend not to focus on that. )RUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQFDOO [email protected]. ZZZFDUHJLYHUKRPHVFRP Freelandville Community Home P rairie Village Freelandville, Indiana Let Our Rehabilitation Staff Our short-term rehab suites are now available! Providing Short Rehabilitation Stays & Long Term Care Help Get You Back Home! • Microwaves • Refrigerator In A Homelike Atmosphere SERVICES INCLUDE: Good Samaritan Home Care • Cable Television • Private Phones Services is committed to Outpatient Rehabilitation It’s All in the Way We Care providing exceptional health Physical/Speech/Respiratory/ Occupational Therapies care in the home. Professional therapy services such as: Restorative Nursing We provide nursing, home health aide, therapies, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy Nutritious Meals and social work services to Activity Program patients in their homes. Social Services 812-254-4516 Fully Enclosed Transportation Bay Private and Semi-Private Rooms 801 S. State Road 57 • Washington, Indiana 47501 One of the Top Preforming Facilities in Indiana 812-328-2134 Vincennes Branch * 413 North First Street * Vincennes, IN 47591 * 812-885-2767 * 800-345-0820 Sullivan Branch * 112 East Washington Street * Sullivan, IN 47882 * 812-268-1588 * 800-345-0820
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It is a figures depicting life in the early 1800s including her husband’s well-being could have legitimately Services Administration disease that can impact all facets of one’s Governor and Mrs. William Henry Harrison. You overwhelmed Anna. How delighted she must have been It’s still hard to believe that Robin life. It can make you think that life is not can also take a festive horse and carriage ride along when Harrison retired as General of the Army of the the Wabash River. Northwest before the end of the War of 1812 and came Williams – beloved comedian, actor, worth living. Because of public Grouseland is the elegant Georgian/Federal home father, and friend – is no longer with us. misperceptions of the disease, people completed in 1804, which served as the home of William home to the family farm. Her greatest aspiration, despite To the public and even close friends, he with depression often try to conceal their Henry Harrison and his family when he was Governor of her education, had always been to be a devoted wife and appeared to be happy, upbeat and disease until that too becomes too much the Indiana Territory (1800-1812). The first brick home mother. Much to her dismay, Harrison was brought out inin IndianaIn and a National of retirement to run in the election of 1836. “I wish my funny, and he was financially stable – all to bear. HiHHistoricis Landmark, the of those things that seem worth living Robin Williams was only age 63. He was hohhouseu was more than a husband’s friends had left him where he is, happy and for. But behind the public persona that in the prime of his life. Yet we know that rerresidence.es This contented in retirement” said Anna. Comedian mammagnificent building Harrison made a good showing but was not elected in we knew and loved, we now know that Robin Williams men age 45-64 have one of the highest wwawasa the center of he had battled addiction to alcohol and suicide rates of any age group – rates that, goggovernmento for the 1836. The Whig party decided to run him again in 1840 drugs, was struggling with depression, and was in the according to the latest national data, grew by 40% InIIndianan Territory and and more voters turned out than any other election. Old early stages of Parkinson’s disease, a known risk between 1999 through 2011. And much of the suicide alaalsol served as a fortress Tippecanoe would lead the country as its 9th President. ini times of unrest. factor for depression. prevention and research efforts to date have been Once again Anna’s life was to be thrust into public service That is the terrible truth about depression. It is a focused on other at-risk groups. alongside her husband. 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6 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 19 November is National Family Caregivers Month If I knew then what I know now about caregiving National Family Caregivers Month is a time to refl ect on the compassion and dedication that family caregivers embody BY JANE MEIER HAMILTON every day. Generations is proud of its staff members who have either been a caregiver for a family member or are currently If I knew then what I know now about caregiving, I’d have done Jane Meier Hamilton MSN, RN, founded Partners on caring for a loved one. We thank Stacey Kahre and Brian Hurt for sharing their personal caregiving stories with our readers. the Path in 2008 (www.partnersonthepath.org) to help things differently! I had no idea that the jour ey would be so long professional and family caregivers and arduous. Nor did I know how depressing and draining it preserve their health, well-being and BY STACEY KAHRE - Director of Client Services capacity to care. Two years later, she would be to watch loved ones suffer, decline, and die. I will never forget that day – December 5, 2012 - my After Mom I’m not alone in this. Millions of others either have been, are, or published her original, research-based, resilience building model for caregivers son Trevor’s 11th birthday. It started out like any other and I had some will be sur rised by the difficult of “caring well” for another in “The Caregiver’s Guide to Self-Care: Wednesday at the office, but before it was over my life prayer time and person over a long period of time. How to act calmly during Help for Your Caregiving Journey.” had changed forever. a meltdown, we crises? How to choose wisely when outcomes are uncer ain? How At 10:21 a.m. I was at my desk when I got the call both seemed to feel hopef l when the f t re looks bleak? How to persevere in 2. Face fears that block your goals by using positive thoughts and the message no one ever wants to hear. eerily calm. Stacey's Mom, Mary Alice Cox, the face of disappoint ent and hardship? and acting in spite of fear. My mom was on the line. “Stace, I don’t feel very Once we arrived with her grandchildren If I knew then what I know now about caregiving, I would have 3. Reg larly connect with religious and spirit al beliefs and good,” she said. “I think I need to go to the hospital. at St. Mary’s Hailley, Trevor and Brian. put a bit less energ into get ing ever hing done. If I’d focused practices. I’ve been having headaches. I called an ambulance. Can Hospital in more on pacing myself and building my resilience, I might have 4. Find st eng h and courage by pursuing meaning l or you meet me there?” Evansville, things started happening so fast. There were been in bet er shape when I reached the finish line. inspiring goals; use adversit as a catalyst for g owth. I dropped everything and headed out to meet her. doctors, nurses, needles, pills, machines and monitors. I Resilience: What Is It and Why Is It Impor ant? During the five-minute drive to the hospital I stayed kept waiting for someone to tell us something different. 5. Act in accordance with a st ong moral compass. Resilience is the capacit to withstand, overcome, and ultimately calm. I didn’t feel panicked or worried. After all, Mom Surely the ER doctor missed something. Maybe he was 6. Imitate specific behaviors of people who demonst ate be st eng hened by life’s challenges. It’s an active process of had just turned 58. She was young. She was healthy. I wrong. But the news never changed - Mom had cancer. positive ways of handling adversit . enduring and successf lly coping. Resilience is “st ggling well” just assumed she had a migraine. (I actually thought to She was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, monitored and bouncing back af er a crisis. It’s also bouncing for ard to 7. Train your body and mind to reach your best possible level myself “Mom can be so dramatic!”) for seizures and scheduled for brain surgery the very next adjust to a new nor al. For nately, with at ention and practice, of physical and mental fit ess. While in the emergency room, they gave Mom medi- day. Time felt as if it stood still. All of a sudden, I was in ever one can build resilience. 8. Reg late your emotions to eliminate feelings or behaviors cation to ease her pain and performed a CAT scan. charge and asking myself “What do I do next?” This is impor ant because resilience is empowering. It produces that under ine effective coping. Twenty minutes passed before a young physician walked When Mom was admitted to the hospital she was only stamina and st eng h, optimism and hope, t ansfor ing the 9. Employ a wide variet of physical, mental, emotional, and into our room and said “Mrs. Cox, we have the results taking one pill a day to treat a thyroid disorder. When daunting into doable. Building resilience helps sustain caregiver spirit al st ategies to handle adversit . of your CAT scan. It doesn’t look good. You have mul- she was released 10 days later, she was taking 13 pills health, well-being, and capacit to care. It increases capabilit and 10. Build your resilience by recalling past coping, when you tiple tumors on your brain and they appear to be can- and had a diagnosis of brain cancer with metastasis. decreases vulnerabilit to caregiver st ess. “st ggled well” and bounced back f om challenges. cerous. We need to send you to St. Mary’s right away!” She was not expected to live. And just like that...my whole world changed. Continued on Page 9 How Can You Build Resilience? Did you t to think positive thoughts; work through Most impor ant, imitate what resilient people do. In their book f ightening problems until you found effective solutions; exercise Y RIAN URT IRECTOR OF ASE ANAGEMENT Resilience, Steven Southwick and Dennis Char ey show us 10 ways to work off tension; talk about problems with someone you t st; B B H - D C M we can behave like resilient people: t r to God for help? These thoughts, choices, or behaviors are Growing up I unit for therapy. It was at this point, however, that doc- 1. Think in realistically optimistic ways, believing that good examples of your cur ent resilience skills. Repeat these, and t never imagined my tors also diagnosed Mom with dementia. mother or father The signs and symptoms had been there for years, but things are coming and hard work will yield success. This is something new that you read on the list above. Whatever you do to build your resilience will be good for both ever needing care. I think as a family member you often make excuses or the engine that drives all the other resilient behaviors. Seek As a child you tend to ignore the forgetfulness and play it off as sim- and accept suppor , and offer help to others in need. you and your loved ones. As you do so much for others, remember believe your parents ply growing older. But when I saw Mom in the rehabil- to take good care of yourself, too. will always be vital, itation unit dealing with a broken hip and the effects of Brian's parents fit and wise. As life the dementia, it became clear to me she would likely Keith and Millie Hurt goes along, however, never be able to return home. She required 24-hour care Please consider a memorial or tribute donation to Generations you soon realize that and supervision, something unfortunately neither my as a way to honor a friend or loved one. your parents are not immune to the aging process. As a father nor I was able to provide. young adult and an only child, I knew that more than After a lot of soul searching, sorting through of finan- likely I would at some point in my life be making some cial matters, some sleepless nights and tears, we made the With your support, we can continue to provide older adults in our very big decisions about my parents as they grew older. decision to move Mom into a long-term care unit within area with the options they need to live and age successfully. The time for making those big decisions snuck up on the hospital. I believe this is the first time I actually Donations may be sent to: me two years ago when Mom fell and broke her hip. began to think of my father and myself as caregivers. She was admitted to the hospital, had successful surgery, Continued on Page 18 Generations, P.O. Box 314, Vincennes, IN 47591 and was transferred shortly thereafter to a rehabilitation 20 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 5 Economics make a case for Universal Design The good news is that age, 94 percent of them got there are a lot more of us and married after the war. Each we’re living longer. The household averaged just less downside is that we are than four children. Today, 65 headed toward an percent are still married to the unparalleled economic crisis same person. There was usually that we seem woefully a pretty good chance that unprepared to meet. The someone in the family would step crisis is our inability to pay for up to help take care of mom and long-term care services and dad in their later years. supports. Today it is estimated that 78 We have heard the million adults receive long-term sobering statistics about care based solely on their family. how many Baby Boomers The majority of those caregivers are turning 60 on a daily are women (56 percent) and they basis. According to the average 20 hours per week as World Economic Forum, our caregivers on top of other jobs. global population is When we—their children— projected to increase by a came of age, only 87 percent of factor of 3.7 from 1950 to BATHROOM DESIGN: Clearance under the sink allows for us got married, and we had an 2050, but the global seated users and single lever faucet handles. average of just less than two population of those over 60 Photo courtesy of Northwest Universal Design Council children. Already, only 68 percent is expected to increase by a of us remain married. More factor of nearly 10, and the population over age 80 by a concerning is the fact that the trend is continuing in that factor of nearly 26 during those hundred years. direction. Looking at it another way, our global population is More than 56 million single adults (60 percent) have expected to increase by 2 billion people from 2010 to 2050 always been single and, in 2005, single homebuyers and, of that, the older population will contribute 1.3 billion. surpassed married buyers for the first time, becoming the By 2050 the population over 65 years of age will outnumber new norm. By 2009, unmarried women accounted for 21 those under age five for the first time in human history. percent of all home purchases, while unwed males were 10 LIVING LONGER DOESN’T EQUATE TO LIVING HEALTHIER percent of the buyers. Single has become more of a lifestyle choice than a condition. Odds of a caretaker in there goes Unfortunately, living longer doesn’t necessarily equate to down significantly! living healthier. Although the population over 65 only accounts for about 13 percent of our population today, it Generally, in-depth discussions about our nation’s long- accounts for 27 percent of all doctor visits, 38 percent of all term care system have not resulted in change. We need to hospital stays, and 45 percent of all in-hospital days of care. create large enough insurance pools to manage the kinds of risk that people are going to face over time, and include It was recently estimated that for every one percent shift long-term care services and supports. We need new in the population over age 65, health care costs are toolsets for people who are working today so they have increased by $254 per capita. Today, healthcare in the U.S. enough time to participate and to save. Five years from costs equal 17.6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product now, the majority of boomers will be retired or be within five (GDP) and that is projected to increase to 21.4 percent by to seven years of retirement. It’s much harder to save at 2020, 28 percent by 2030, and 34 percent by 2040. that point. With so many of us aging, two questions come to mind: There is an entire industry out there selling us long-term • Where will we live? care insurance, but very few professionals in the industry who • Who is going to take care of us? understand enough to talk to you about where you live. One WHO WILL BE OUR CAREGIVERS? solution is to work on a solution right under your own roof. When our parents in the “Greatest Generation” came of Continued on Page 22 4 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 21 Case for Universal Design Getting Your Life Back Continued from Page 21 WILL YOUR HOME ALLOW YOU TO AGE IN PLACE? A Mindful Approach to Your Caregiving Journey We always hear that your home is greatest asset, yet BY ELAINE VOCI, PH.D. there is little discussion about the economic sense of Elaine Voci shared this inspirational “When your days are filled with caregiving tasks and message at the Healthy State of Mind event on putting some of that money into modifying your homes to concerns, it’s not always easy to get your life back. But it’s September 9, 2014 in Huntingburg. Elaine’s accommodate your changing needs. According to a recent possible—and essential…Be part of the present; live in it and life coaching practice is located in Carmel, IN, AARP survey, 95 percent of those age 75 and older want to enjoy it.” —Alexis Abramson, Ph.D author and offers individual, couples and group stay in their homes as they age but, in reality, only five coaching around the topics of gratitude, percent to seven percent of their homes will enable them to Caregiving is both a demanding and a rewarding forgiveness, and career paths. For more information, visit her do so. It isn’t necessarily declining health itself that prevents human journey. As a caregiver you may spend years website at www.elainevoci.com. people from living independently; rather, our living spaces nobly caring for others while neglecting your own life. You are not alone. There are more than 40 million One of the challenges of caregiving is to balance it and daily strategies fail to change along with us. with other role responsibilities, such as holding a job, According to Louis Tenenbaum, founder of the Aging in American adults struggling to provide caregiving for an aging friend or family member, usually a parent, going to school, managing a personal life and a home. Place Institute, there are good reasons to consider our There are only 24 hours each day and only so much homes as one element in our retirement and long term care without losing themselves in the process. Caregiving is a noble endeavor; it involves energy that we each possess. There are also other less planning: Above, Pull-out drawers, selflessness, generosity of spirit, a truly caring heart visible pursuits in life such as achieving a sense of well • Updating your home makes it cupboards and shelves provide easy access to storage. and personal values founded on respect and being and knowing inner peace and contentment so more pleasant, a better match commitment to the comfort and care of the elderly, that each day is fulfilling emotionally and spiritually. for your current taste and the infirm, and the vulnerable in our society. It is Exhausted, we may wonder, “How do I begin the activities. Photos courtesy of healing journey of getting my life back?” Northwest Universal hard, and not for the faint of heart or the self- • Long-term care at home Above, lever-style door Design Council absorbed. Continued on Page 17 means the ability to get the handles are easier to care you need in the open. 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22 For more information, visit our website at www.generationsnetwork.org For more information, call Generations at 1-800-742-9002 3 Laura's Letter Letter from Generations' Executive Director Continued f om Page 2 I am not sure what he was af aid of or why he didn’t ask us for help. Dear Friends – Family was ver impor ant could visit with him. Even as sick as she was, she wanted to put on lip- I just know that he protected her to the ver end of his life. And maybe This issue of our magazine is dedicated to family caregivers – the to Grandpa. He was an only stick and have her hair fixed. She wanted to make sure she looked OK he was protecting us as well. As long as we didn’t know how advanced millions of people who give tirelessly of themselves ever day to care for child and he had lost his own because she didn’t want him to wor about her. “He will be so wor ied her Alzheimer’s was he could pretend ever hing was nor al. their loved ones. dad when he was only 15. He if he sees me like this,” she’d say. Af er 64 years of mar iage she still My g andparents gave us many gif s during their lifetime, but the My own ex erience with caregiving was in suppor of my mom and wanted his own family to be cared about how she looked for him. I felt my hear break as I watched most impor ant was respect for our family. They taught us love and aunts as they were caregivers to my g andparents. While I assisted close and make up for the what I knew would be their final time together, but I also felt an incredi- respect by the way they loved and respected each other. Their love for when called upon, the needs of my g andparents fell primarily on Mom family life he did not have ble st eng h f om the love in the room that sur ounded my family. each other was more than just t e love – it was everlasting love – a and Aunt Becky. So rather than share that ex erience with you, I when he was younger. If he Af er Grandpa died, it took us only a few days to realize how far love that I will always car in my hear as I share it with my family. thought I would share a love stor with you – a love stor that became could help it he would never Grandma’s Alzheimer’s had prog essed. We realized that Grandpa had My f iends, I am sure many of you have a similar stor to tell. If you a stor of caregiving. work on Sundays. Grandma Laura A. Holscher been protecting her and us f om the severit of her illness. To the ver would like to share your stor , I would love to hear it. (lholscher@vinu. I have always thought that t e love is one of those ex eriences that would f chicken and then the family would take a day t ip. This end his concer was for her. Exactly a month af er his death Grandma edu) To all of you who have been caregivers or are caregivers right now, you are never 100% sure of for yourself, but you sure know it when you Sunday family dinner t adition continues today. We had Sunday din- woke up and said Grandpa had been calling to her and she was going thank you. I have the upmost respect and admiration for you. see it in someone else. Love does not necessarily always present itself in ner at my g andparents’ house until Grandma was no longer able to to be with him that day. She died an hour later of what I can only The st ongest people are not those who show st eng h in f ont of us, a big obvious r sh of passion or a war f zzy feeling, but in the ever - prepare it. It was impor ant to my g andparents that we come together assume was a broken hear . but those who win bat les we know nothing about . . . day things people do for each other that show love without a doubt. as a family at least once a week. At the end of the meal, Grandpa Looking back now it is easy to see all the ways he covered for her. My g andparents showed us ever day what t e love always complimented Grandma on whatever we had to eat. “Good When she wouldn’t answer our questions or seemed conf sed, Grandpa was all about and this is their stor . meal, Frieda,” he would say. That’s when would say she didn’t have her hearing aid in or it hadn’t been working Grandpa was in the you knew dinner was right. When she barely touched her meals, he would say they had a big Navy and fought in over and you could get snack before they came for dinner. When she couldn’t bring her apple World War II. When up. pie to Sunday family dinner at Mom’s, he said it was because HE forgot he ret r ed to the Grandpa was always to get the right ing edients at the store. States he was based in a big man and was Massachuset s where he of en refer ed to as Big met my g andma. They Max. Grandpa liked to dated and went on to get eat and t ly enjoyed a mar ied. Event ally they good meal. He also liked ret r ed to Grandpa’s to look through cook- hometown in the Midwest. books and find recipes to When they pulled into t . Since Grandpa town, he drove Grandma by couldn’t or wouldn’t cook, a big house and told her these were recipes for that was where his dad and Grandma to t . uncle had lived before they Consequently Grandma died. Grandma thought to spent a lot of time in the herself “Wow, I have mar ied My Grandparents - Max & Frieda Crawford - circa 1940s and 1990s. kitchen t ing the recipes into a family with money.” Grandpa found, but she Tur s out the big house was t ly the BIG HOUSE – it was the local never seemed to mind. I have fond memories of watching her prepare jail. Great Grandpa had been a bootlegger. Grandma knew right then meals and of him coming up behind her to give her a hug as she was her life with Grandpa was going to be an advent re. cooking. He would of en convince her to take a break and dance Back then Grandpa and Grandma lived way out on the nor h end of around the kitchen. I loved watching them dance. While they did have town and didn’t have a car or a lot of money. The movie theater was on their arg ments you never doubted for a minute that they loved each Main St eet, which was on the other end of town. Most times they other. could not afford money for the bus and the movie tickets so when When Grandpa star ed to get sick he went downhill ver quickly, but Grandma was preg ant Grandpa would pay for her to ride the bus to his main concer continued to be Grandma. They were both in the the movies and then he would walk there to meet her. hospital at the same time. He was too sick to leave his room to see her Grandma was f om Boston and had a big family. In their early years and she was too sick to leave her room to see him. When he was awake together she would get ter ibly homesick. They could not afford for and able to talk with us he wanted to know how she was and if she was both of them to take the t ain to visit her family so she went on her being cared for. His concer was more for her than for himself. We own. The first time she went back home Grandpa missed her so much were finally able to get them in rooms nex to each other so Grandma that he hitchhiked to Massachuset s to sur rise her. Continued on Page 23
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MEDICAL SERVICES: 21 Economics Make a Case for Universal Design ADVERTISER INDEX: Good Samaritan Hospital - Inside Front Cover Vincennes Orthopaedic Surgery Clinic, Inc. ADULT DAY SERVICES: Quest Orthopedics Senior & Family Services - Page 10 HEALTH Hometown Hearing - Page 6 YMCA Bettye J. McCormick Senior Center - Page 6 6 Robin Williams: Raising Awareness About Depression NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTERS: ASSISTED LIVING: Amber Manor - Page 8 15 Preventing Influenza in Older Adults and Their Caregivers Amber Manor - Page 8 BridgePointe Health Campus - Page 8 BridgePointe Health Campus - Page 8 Brookside Village - Page 6 Brookside Village - Page 6 Eastgate Manor - Page 7 Colonial Assisted Living Community - Page 4 CAREGIVING Freelandville Community Home - Page 18 Parkview Village - Page 16 GentleCare of Vincennes - Page 3 3 Getting Your Life Back: A Mindful Approach to Your Caregiving Journey Scenic Hills Care Center - Page 8 Glenburn Home - Page 10 St. Charles Health Campus - Page 8 5 November is National Family Caregivers Month Golden Living Center - Page 18 CELLULAR AND HOME PHONE SERVICE: Good Samaritan Home & Rehab Center - Inside Back Cover 11 Help for Family Caregivers The Gooch - Page 9 Lodge of the Wabash - Page 18 16 Caregivers Need Care, Too Lyons Health & Living Center - Page 6 CUSTOM FOOTWEAR: 20 If I Knew Then What I Know Now About Caregiving Grundman's - Page 7 Oak Village - Page 7 Prairie Village - Page 18 HOME CARE SERVICES: Scenic Hills Care Center - Page 8 Adaptive Nursing & Healthcare Services - Page 15 GENERATIONS St. Charles Health Campus - Page 8 Caregiver Homes - Page 18 The Timbers of Jasper - Inside Back Cover 2 Letter from Generations' Executive Director Good Samaritan Home Care Services - Page 7 Willow Manor - Page 9 Guardian Angel Home Health Care - Page 3 14 Generations FY2013-2014 Annual Report HLS Health+Wellness - Page 11 PHARMACY: HomeInstead Senior Care - Page 11 Williams Bros. Health Care Pharmacy - Page 10 Generations Magazine is published by Vincennes University’s Community Services/GENERATIONS. Living Well Home Care - Page 17 Unauthorized reproduction in any manner is strictly prohibited. SENIOR CENTERS: Generations Magazine is published three times a year for older adults in Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Knox, Martin and Pike counties. Memorial Home Care - Back Cover Senior & Family Services - Page 10 Please send all communications to: GENERATIONS, c/o Jane Hall, P.O. Box 314, Vincennes, IN 47591 or [email protected]. Senior & Family Services - Page 10 YMCA Bettye J. McCormick Senior Center - Page 6 To report a change of address or to be removed from our magazine mailing list, call 1-800-742-9002 or email [email protected]. Williams Bros. Health Care Pharmacy - Page 10 Printed by Ewing Printing • www.ewingprinting.com • Vincennes, IN TRANSPORTATION: HOSPITALS: Senior & Family Services - Page 10 About the Cover: Good Samaritan Hospital - Inside Front Cover YMCA Bettye J. McCormick Senior Center - Page 6 Memorial Hospital & Health Care Center - Back Cover Special thanks to Bartholomew Wedding Photography for the beautiful cover photo of VISION Grouseland, the William Henry Harrison Mansion in Vincennes. For more information about MEDIA: The Original Company - Page 23 Eye Can See - Page 10 Anna Harrison, Grouseland's First Lady, and Christmas at Grouseland, see Pages 12 and 19.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE First Lady of Grouseland Help for Family Caregivers