Avenidas
Re-Inventing Aging
Dr. Mehrdad Ayati updates concerned citizens on best practices for testing to detect Covid infections, vaccination and booster protocols, safety at home and while traveling, quarantine times, use of masking and social distancing.
Paula Wolfson, LCSW, Manager of Avenidas Care Partners, helps moderate this interactive Q & A and concludes the event with a brief discussion on “Compassion and Covid-Fatigue.”
Recorded January 14, 2022
Hospital discharges are fraught with potential for trouble due to miscommunication or misunderstanding. During the pandemic, this was heightened by the inability of caregivers to often be present at the time of discharge. Elder care experts Dr. Rita Ghatak and Dr. Ellen Brown discuss various aspects of discharge and provide helpful tips on ways to minimize problems during this transition home.
Published by Emily DeRuy in the San Jose Mercury News, October 17, 2021.
Four families share how the pandemic changed their care plans during an ‘emotionally horrifying’ year.
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The article includes several photos of Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center participant Maura Nicho and her daughter Ana Nicho Luu, and quotes Avenidas Care Partners Manager Paula Wolfson on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term care.
“The pandemic has shown the cracks and problems in our system,” said Paula Wolfson, a social worker with Avenidas who helps families navigate the process of providing or finding care for aging relatives.
In the last year and a half, Wolfson has fielded hundreds of calls from people worried about everything from care options to wills. The calls often come from spouses and partners concerned not so much about the family members they care for getting COVID, but about what would happen to their loved ones if they themselves got sick or worse.
Emily DeRuy, San Jose Mercury News
Maura Nicho also gets a mention in a related article by Emily DeRuy that same day: “Getting older doesn’t have to be scary. Things to consider as we age.“
Join elder care experts Dr. Rita Ghatak and Dr. Ellen Brown for an educational and informative discussion designed to help family caregivers obtain support when caring for a loved one with chronic, serious, or terminal illness.
We discuss important strategies for communicating with providers and family members when dealing with chronic and serious illness, the differences between hospice and palliative care, and when it may be time and/or appropriate to ask for these services. Learn about the changes in Hospice and Palliative care during the pandemic.
Published in the Palo Alto Daily Post, September 13, 2021.
Elder care experts in partnership with Avenidas Care Partners will discuss strategies for communicating with providers and family members when dealing with chronic and serious illness, the differences between palliative and hospice care, and when it may be time to use these services. Upcoming Care Forums will take place on September 22 and October 27, 2021.
