HOME INSTEAD CENTER FOR SUCCESSFUL AGING
WHATThe Home Instead Center for Successful Aging provides senior services such as primary medical care, a Geriatric medicine and psychiatry clinic, a Geriatric assessment program, a wellness clinic for health screenings and senior nutrition services and research and clinical trial programs along with community education and an outreach center.
WHYTo help people age more successfully by providing the appropriate senior services, tools and research.
WHEREHome Instead Center for Successful Aging.
University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Nebraska, USA.
University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Nebraska, USA.
Program Description
"The center (Home Instead Center for Successful Aging) is named for Home Instead Senior Care, the world's largest private provider of non-medical home care to seniors which was co-founded by the center's principal donors, Lori and Paul Hogan."
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The Home Instead Center for Successful Aging offers senior services such as:
- Primary Medical Care - Geriatric medicine clinic, Geriatric psychiatry clinic, Medical Consultations with a second opinion and treatment.
- The Geriatric Assessment Program - an evaluation of older persons who are experiencing memory loss and/or a complex of health problems. Assessments include a physical exam, a review of medications; cognitive, functional and mood evaluations, and collaboration with the patient's family and a detailed treatment plan.
- Fully Equipped Fitness and Exercise Area - developing programs for people with chronic conditions including a fitness/balance assessment and an individualized fitness program along with the American Medical Association and the American College of Sports Medicine's Exercise is Medicine Program.
- Wellness Clinic for health screenings and senior nutrition services.
- Research and Clinical Trial Programs -involving geriatric disorders.
- Community Education and Outreach Center with patient and caregiver education materials on topics such as:
-Caregiver Survival Guide
-Alcohol Use
-Dementia Survival Guide
-Home Safety Checklist For Older Adults
-Medicare D Drug Prescription Coverage
-Memory & Learning Tips
-The Impaired Older Driver
-Using Medications Safely
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Cooking Under Pressure - Free guide to help seniors and caregivers prepare meals, including warning signs of senior malnutrition, top staple foods to keep on hand, grocery shopping tips and recipies.
Be a Santa to a Senior - Matches corporate and individual donors up with seniors' holiday wishes. Donors purchase gifts for seniors during the holidays and volunteers help to wrap and deliver them.
Aging Programs
Senior Health
Senior Medical Health Programs
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