Earlier this year, CaringKind announced the successful implementation of a new palliative care initiative for people with advanced dementia in three New York City nursing homes — Cobble Hill Health Center, Isabella Geriatric Center and The New Jewish Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Called Comfort Matters®, it was developed by Beatitudes Campus in Phoenix, Arizona and brought to New York by CaringKind which found funding for the project a [...]

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Dear Readers, Before a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or another progressive dementia, there is often an effort to deny or rationalize the momentary memory lapses and confusion. When the diagnosis is made, you are thrown into an experience that has been described by an early stage client as “a bombshell going off.” It is frightening, disorienting and disruptive. But until you are thrown into the experience, you cannot fully understand or prepare for a future that includes a diagnosis of a progressiv [...]

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Dear Friends,I recently asked a dozen people to say the first thing that popped into their heads when I said “social worker.” Not surprisingly, I got a dozen different answers: collaborative, compassionate, empowering, highly qualified, perceptive; building resilience, helping families, problem solving; advocate, counselor, educator; and coping skills. At CaringKind, we are blessed with a staff that includes 18 licensed social workers who are the embodiment of those terms.Their knowledge and ex [...]

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