June Newsletter

Home Care in Hamptons NY

Dear Friends,

Artful Home Care wants to make you happy.  We want to give you the time you need to provide love to those closest to you.  We take our time to attend relevant conferences, learn about the innovative products and participate in events related to successful aging and we bring this knowledge and these resources to you and the community.  Let Artful Home Care help you! Call us to learn more 631-259-6472!

Beth McNeill-Muhs, President, Artful Home Care and Charles Fuschillo JR., President & CEO of Alzheimers Foundation of America at the AFA Concepts in Care Conference

Get Creative NOW!  Paint at the Parrish with ADRC, June 8th.  Visit the Parrish website, www.parrishart.org/accessparrish to learn more about this amazing FREE program for individuals with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers, or call Michele Payne, Director of Programs at ADRC at 631-580-5100, x304 for more information and to register. Register by June1st.  Hosted with the ADRC at the Parrish Art Museum, and part of the Access Parrish Programs.

You can get dancing now! Visit www.hamptonsarts.org and sign up for dance parties and their summer art series at the Stonybrook Southampton campus.  Tell them Artful Home Care sent you.  There are dance classes for individuals with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s!  Check it out.

This past month I attended the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America Concepts in Care conference in NYC.  And I am THRILLED to learn that a recent scientific study concluded that ballroom dancing can significantly improve the life of those living with Alzheimer’s disease (more so than the current prescription drugs). This is the type of therapy we need to provide to our loved ones.  These are the tools that will satisfy personal needs and create new neural pathways.  And believe it or not, the study also found that many who could not walk well and didn’t speak, were able to dance and sing!   That’s right!  I encourage you to be open to allowing your loved one do what will make them happy!  When care is approached with professionals and lifestyle companions, therapeutic recreation can provide healing, cognitive improvement, and one of the biggest needs sought out by the aging population today, socialization and happiness!

Our “Art for Health” music in May took place at the three Southampton Town senior centers in Bridgehampton, Flanders, and Hamptons Bays.  Artful Home Care enjoyed Music: Rhythm, a music-making workshop hosted by musician Kate Hirschman.  The response was overwhelmingly positive and they want us back!  We look forward to continuing with our Art for Health programs at the community centers.  If there is a community center, Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility that you think should learn about our programs, please let us know we are happy to speak to them!

Again, we want to help you get the care you need so your loved one can enjoy and improve their life!  Call Artful Home Care today, 631-259-6472 and visit us at https://www.artfulhomecare.net!

All my Best,

Beth McNeill-Muhs

President

beth@artfulhomecare.net