The nonprofit Flowers For Seniors© program held an event at Davis Healthcare Center on August 17th, with lots of proof of the program’s motto that The Brightest Light Is A Smile©. The program continues to grow, with more Sacramento area presentations of flowers to senior residents of assisted living, skilled nursing, rehabilitation and other facilities coming up in the next weeks and months.   If you are interested in exploring the program – and seeing more great smiles – go to the Website, at www.flowersforseniors.org.  If you or your organization would like to become involved in the program, you can email the program at flowers@supportforhome.com.   Flowers For Seniors thanks Davis He

Fear of frailty is of paramount concern not only for Sacramento area seniors, but those local adults ages 35 to 62 – many of whom are daughters – worried about the health and safety of their older loved ones. That’s according to results of a recent national survey of seniors and adult children that reveals staying physically active is a major challenge for seniors. Lack of activity can lead to a downward spiral of poor health resulting in frailty, a condition that threatens the mind, body and social life of older adults, according to senior care experts. “We regularly see seniors who are literally trapped in their homes because they are too weak to perform many of the activities they nee

Paul Hogan, bestselling Author of “Stages Of Senior Care" and David Troxel, Author of "the Best Friends approach to Alzheimer’s Care” Will be speaking at a free event Wednesday May 4th at Arden Hills Country Club. Free continuing educational credits will be available for senior care and health care professionals. The event will be sponsored by the Sacramento Home Instead Senior Care orginization. Proceeds of book sales will go to "The Senior Heroes Project", A local foundation that procures and delivers grants for seniors in need, accessed through local health care and senior care professionals. Buck Shaw, the owner of the Sacramento and Auburn Home Instead Senior Care offices says “t

 Wednesday, on the eve of Governor Schwarzenegger's annual state address, droves of people gathered at the State Capitol to protest the recent budget cuts. Various state, union and trade organization members, as well as local students and state workers, attended the rally entitled "State of the People." The recent cuts -- totaling $10 billion in 2008-09 -- have left many throwing blame at each other for the state's financial problems. In the meantime, many California families' financial problems multiply in the midst of our nation's economic crisis. This protest is held annually, with a similar larger one scheduled during the Governor's address. Though upwards of a thousand people showed