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Tell me if you get this..I DON"T... I was listening to a talk show today, the discussion was "Hiring help for parents".The guest was saying "I rather have a company that's bonded, than worry about the caregiver". I'm like huh?.. As an agency I know the importance of being bonded.               

But I would care about the caregiver as well. I feel that's the problem people are more worried about their personal property than the care of their loved ones. As abuse of seniors rises people should be more careful about whom they allow into their homes. When you don't care about the caregiver Abuse is BOUND to Happen.

http://www.relshealth.com

Rels Homecare Corp http://www.relshealth.com  Pleased to Announce an addition to our home care family..Rels Residential Group Home. This home will service 6 females. 60-90 years of age. Rooms will be of the persons choice Private or Semi-private.

All utilities included plus telephone and cable. Most persons who know me..Know I LOVE my seniors. I wanted to do more. So I thought what better way than to open a home for them. With a homelike atmosphere. Where they can enjoy activities in -out of the community, Attend events at the senior center etc...

I want my seniors to feel they're Home..Away from Home. Less smaller than a large assisted living, More comfortable than a nursing home. Our rates will be affordable, Accepting -Medicaid, Private pay, Long term care insurance, and Veterans. However, I will not turn anyone away due to payment. http://www.relsgroup.vpweb.com

Caring Heart

Couple willing to barter help for help.  We need cleaning assistant, lawncare, and maybe other help.  Older folks more than welcome.  Families can possibly be assisted.  Single parents. 

 As the winter months approach, there will be more need for help.

 There are free services offered by the town of cheektowaga for the senior citizens,at no cost.

  The senior citizen center in cheektowaga is located at

                                3349 Broadway (near Union Rd.)      (716)-686-3930 

                                 Food stamps                                (716)-858-8347

                                 Meals on wheels                           (716)-822-2002

                                 Social security                             (800)-772-1213

 If you need any additonal information, please call the senior citizen center.

Hello, I started a non-medical homecare agency in 2007. I started it 3 years after the death of my son. who died from asthma. his name was Terell. My company name is Rels Homecare Corp.

In memory of Terell. At first things were going well considering I had just started.I had the clients (I also work in a nursing home). I've been in the healthcare field for 20 years. I wanted to start a business where I could really help people. So I decided to go where my heart is. which is helping my senior citzens and disable people. I love my senior citzens.people always ask me why I say "my senior citizens" It's because I have so much love in myheart, soul, and mind for them. At Rels homecare corp we offer services in personal care, homemaking, in home respite, and companionship. I offer free services on the 15th of every month. I have been advised this is not good business practice. But, I do it anyway.

I make extra money to pay my staff for these free services to clients by working my regular job. I can't get any loans, grants, and I found the SBA is more harder and stricker than most banks. I dont know what to do.

I started this business with the money in my pocket and the determination to make it work. I would work 200 hours a pay peroid (at my regular job) just to make this work. I dont charge my clients a lot of money because most are on fixed incomes. I been told i'm the cheapest homecare agency around.

But now it seem so hard without geting some type of assistance. I try to do everything from fund raiser to everything to raise money to help with the care of my clients, But so far i've been unsuccessful. If anyonehas any ideas please help

Thank You

Caring Heart

: Helping His people....May God continue to bless you and all those you love

I have personal needs but my plea now is to help elderly people who are losing their homes. I have a non-profit public charity,  I am doing what I can to help but thus far it is no way enough. In 1 1/2 days  with the help of others,13,000 was raised to at least outbid . Land is now being taken for the taxes.  There is another elderly lady who has two mortages and both are about to go into forclosure.  My organiation is:

Action Community Empowerment,Inc.

405 South McDaniel Street

P.O.Box 249

Enfield, North Carolina 27823

action@ace-life.org

"Growing Old Is Not For Wimps!"

Assisted living facility needs your help!

I just found AidPage, and it is truly the answer to a prayer.  I work with an assisted living facility in Georgia.  For those who don't know, assisted living is for people who are not in need of the full scale support of a nursing home, but still need assistance with activities of daily living.

The problem is that this facility (like everybody else) is strapped for money.  As activity director, it is my job to come up with activities that will stimulate people in their 80's and 90's  -- and I have no budget for it.  Right now, I am making less than $10/hour and working about 20 paid hours each week.  This doesn't include the 30-40 hours I donate.  I built the website free of charge.  I am buying all the supplies, and paying for all the postage and copies out of my own pocket.  Doing the math, you can already see that my limited funds are nearly exhausted.

There are currently 20 people in this home, and they need an activities program for so many reasons.  Most people assume that activities will keep them from becoming bored, but its more than that.  An activity program helps to keep these people in touch with the lives they had before growing old and keeps them from feeling isolated and useless.  It puts them back into a community of like-minded individuals, instead of being "warehoused" and set aside. 

Activities like bingo, scrabble, checkers, and cards help to support mental function and acuity.  Exercise classes, including some greatly modified yoga and pilates moves, help to build and maintain muscle strength and core stability, along with improving heart and lung function, while promoting circulation.  Earning small incentives and being able to enjoy little things like dinner at McDonald's continues their sense of independence and reminds them that some things are just plain fun.

That's probably far more than you want to know, but the point needs to be made.  These people need this program, and it would only take a little bit of money to make it work.  $1,500 would allow us to buy Arts and Crafts supplies, small Bingo tokens, books, a small cd player, personal items for indigent and low-income residents, and take them out or order in a meal for a special occasion. 

A little help would go a long way, and I know it would be appreciated.  Thanks for your consideration.

 Hello, I am a Not For Profit Charity.

I live in South Carolina. I am trying to find Grants not (Loans) to build low income housing for Senior Citizens in the town I live in. I must say it is like pulling teeth to get help to do this. I have a Grant Writer and I like her but, she works very slowly. It was hard to find a Grant Writer in the first place.  Does anyone out there know of any specific Foundations or Agencies that could help me in any way ?  The apartment building will have 74 units some with two bedroom but mostly one bedroom. The IRS has already given me my 501c 3 status and I am ready to move forward but, I need funding.

HELP! HELP!! HELP!!!

LITTLE HEAD

This is very hard to write, but I'm out of options at this point and don't know where else to turn.  I'll try to just state the facts of our case and not become emotional.  Please bear with me.

I'm 56, my husband is 74, and we're both citizens of the U.S. of A..  We both worked hard and paid taxes up until recently.  That's when we lost our home and our business in the Delta in the 1998 floods.  We had some meager savings which my stepson took to pay for his divorce, leaving us completely broke.  Since then we've been struggling to survive on my husband's Social Security, but we're failing miserably.

Currently we have no heat because we can't afford $1250.00 or more to fill the propane tank.  We can't afford decent groceries, so we're both suffering from malnutrition.

My husband now has Alzheimer's Disease and I'm his sole caregiver.  Phone messages and emails to local agencies which are supposed to help people in this situation have gone unanswered.

Additionally, I desperately need medical treatment for a heart condition as well as dental care to repair several broken (and very painful) teeth.  The local hospital refused to treat me during a heart attack because I couldn't give them a $300 down payment.  (This is supposed to be illegal, but apparently it's now condoned where we live.)  None of the local doctors or dentists will even make an appointment to see me because I have no insurance.

We'd truly appreciate any help that you can give us.

I have been batting my head to help senior citizens and I finally came up with something!

I recently got laid-off from a non-profit organization. I have many years of experience in non-profit's and from the past 15 years it seems as though people are focusing on youth and community. Don't get me wrong, I feel there is a strong need of help for both of them. What I am looking to do is to help the elderly. I have not seen nearly as much attention/funding in this area. It's a shame that we "forget" about the elderly and focus on everything but.

Not just working for non-profits do I notice the elderly being forgotten, but also through my own family and friends. They just get left behind and it's time that we stand up for them, they are intelligent, sincere, and even helpful. It's time to do something about this disgrace in America.

I would like to know where I can receive grant money to start helping the elderly. I would like start an organization and/or business in helping them clean, wash clothing, grocery shop, organize, help them understand their medical, etc. I would like to do this on an income basis. Charge them a percentage (low) of their income and have the grant pay for the rest. It's the least we can do to help them...all of them!

If anyone has information on how to get this started, please contact me at suekey1@aol.com.

I am a very sincere and caring person. I want to help our senior citizens feel like they are wanted in our country and are loved at the same time. This is why I am searching for grants to care for the elderly, in their own home. I know approximately 95% of the elderly are sent to nursing homes and the other 5% are living with family. I know that when I'm a senior citizen I will want to live in my home as long as possible. This is where I come in. They need help for daily tasks. I want to give them this help. My parents and in-laws are in their 60's and 70's. My father and my father-in-law are both very ill and their wives are taking care of them as much as they know how and as much as they can. They both have very limited incomes (SSI, VA, and Social Security), as you all know this money is not very much to live on. There are hundreds of thousands of eldery that do not have the money or the resources to get them through life. Why must they struggle? Were they not helping to run this country in their younger years? Did they not go to war for our country and save many many lives? The answer to those questions and many others is YES! But what they hear now is no, I'm sorry you make $2.45 more than our policy asks for so we must deny you for assistance. So what happens, they either don't eat as much as they should because they need to buy medication or they cut their medicine in half of what they should be taken. This is America!! This is a country where we help each other and we are to be one of the richest countries in the world...where is the money for our elderly if this is so?

I need help with what I am trying to do. I can not do this on my own but am willing to put as much time and effort into helping the elderly and to make America understand that our government is not doing all they can do to help. I want to help the elderly in simple daily tasks (laundry, grocery, cleaning, organizing, fixing, etc.) and charge them by what their income is (I have to charge something due to having a college student and we all know how much that costs) and find a grant that will supliment what the cost will be after the client already paid. OR, have a grant that will pay for the entire service!

Please inform me at suekey1@aol.com, if you know of any grants that will help with this very serious program.

Thank you!