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We are thrilled to be a part of the Women in Senior Care: Bergen County chapter. This group’s mission is to not only educate seniors and their families about healthcare resources but it’s also to lend their support to philanthropic endeavors that make our New Jersey community a better place to live.

Sip on some cider & network with the Women in Senior Care: Bergen County- for a cause! Please bring a ShopRite, Stop N’ Shop, or visa gift card to donate. If you can’t make the event, send Laura Huisking, lhuisking@generations-llc.com, an email about drop off information. There are two drive by locations for this event:

SUNRISE AT CRESSKILL

3 Tenakill Park Drive East, Cresskill

SUNRISE OF FRANKLIN LAKES

728 Franklin Avenue, Franklin Lakes

For Cresskill, please RSVP to Pat at cresskill.dos@sunriseseniorliving.com and for Franklin Lakes, please RSVP to Maureen at maureen.sandler@sunriseseniorliving.com.  

All gift card donations will go to seniors in need, distributed by the Northwest Senior Center and the Tenafly Senior Center in Bergen County, New Jersey.

At Generations Counseling & Care Management, we deal with clients affected by grief every day. This can sometimes lead to depression and isolation so we are committed to helping our local New Jersey community with this difficult issue. Together with like-minded professionals, we put together a special event called “Walking Through Grief” on Wednesday, November 16th at 12:15pm.

If you are struggling with grief, you are NOT alone. Connect with us and other members of our community as we walk together. You can walk in silence or talk about your grief to people who understand your journey. There will be healthcare professionals on hand if you need resources and Tracey Arnauer, LCSW, from Holy Name Hospice, can answer your questions. At the end, you will get a relaxation kit and materials to take home. Space is LIMITED TO 15 PEOPLE so please RSVP to Laura Huisking, our Director of Marketing, at lhuisking@generations-llc.com.

We were thrilled to participate in Alzheimer’s New Jersey’s Sunday’s Walk to Fight Alzheimer’s. The Generations Counseling & Care Management walk team has raised over $11,500 so far and we are still collecting donations! The money raised by the walk in Paramus, NJ goes to Alzheimer’s New Jersey’s compassionate programs and services, which help local families live with Alzheimer’s and other dementias the best way possible – and support research for a cure. 

Our company has been serving dementia patients and their families in the New York and New Jersey community for over 35 years and we understand how important it is for families to have multiple resources available to them. Alzheimer’s New Jersey is one of the many resources we support. If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with a dementia related disease and you need to start long-term care planning, visit our services page for more information.

As the founding member of Women in Senior Care: Passaic County, we are proud that part of this group’s mission has become about supporting philanthropic endeavors as well as educating seniors and their caregivers about the resources that are available to them.

We are co-sponsoring a coat drive with other senior care partners until the end of October. There are multiple drop off locations but if you need to arrange a pick up, please email our Director of Marketing, Laura Marie Huisking, at lhuisking@generations-llc.com. The coat drive runs until the morning of Thursday, October 27th, and we will be donating the coats to Oasis – A Haven for Women and Children and Eva’s Village in Patterson, New Jersey.

EVENTS

April, May, & June 2021 Virtual Lunch & Learn Series: Get Control of Your Life!

• April 20th: 12pm Protect Your Life: by Jason Marx, ESQ & Stacey Maines MSW, LSW
• May 18th: 12pm Declutter Your Life by Lisa Harris from Organize with Lisa
• June 15th: 12pm Sweeten Your Life by Heidi Gross from Autumn Years

Learn strategies and get advice from the experts on how to live your life to the fullest- by getting control of it. In this series, you will learn how to protect your life from a legal and care perspective, how to declutter your life, and how to sweeten your life with the many ways you can stay active and connected to your community after retirement. This program is free and is open to the community! Register today. http://bit.ly/getcontrolofyourlife

Tuesday, March, 30th at 12pm: Healthcare Advocacy Panel. Our Directer of Care Management, Stacey Padva Maines, MSW, LSW, will be joining Donna Occhipinti from Visiting Nurse Association Health Group, Kimberly A. Paton, Esq. fromThe Paton Law Firm, LLC and Jennifer van Dam from Care One at the Cupola to answer your questions about local healthcare resources. Register here: http://bit.ly/tasshealthcareadvocacy

Thursday, February 25th at 12:00pm: How to Have that Difficult Conversation Zoom Webinar Our Director of Care Management, Stacey Padva Maines, MSW, LSW and Laurie A. Hauptman, ESQ from Hauptman Law will be discussing strategies for talking to your loved ones about life care planning. Register at the link below.  http://bit.ly/difficultstrategies

Wednesday, February 17th at 7:00pm: Working with Families to Create an Effective Care Team Placing a loved one in an assisted living community can be one of the most difficult decisions a family has to make. Stacey Maines from Generations Counseling & Care Management, LLC will be talking about how to create an effective care team to make that transition smoother. Register in advance for the Artis Senior Living coffee chat at the link below. https://lnkd.in/d5hHcYF. 

CAREGIVER APPRECIATION WEEK SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Monday, Oct. 26th at 10:00 am Virtual Caregiver Support Group led by the NJ Elder Law Center at Goldberg Law Group. RSVP to Amy Nealy at amy@njelc.com or register here: http://bit.ly/virtualcaregiversupport

Monday, Oct. 26th at 12:00 pm Understanding Memory Loss led by Alzheimer’s New Jersey RSVP to programs@alznj.org or register here: http://bit.ly/alznjprogram1026

Tuesday, Oct. 27th at 12:00 pm Virtual Trivia with Prizes by the Bristal & led by Marlene Ceragno at the Kaplen JCC. RSVP to Marlene at mceragno@jccotp.org or register at http://bit.ly/caregivertrivia

Wednesday, Oct. 28th at 10 am: Virtual Chair Yoga led by Caring People RSVP to Camille at camille.munro@caringpeopleinc.com or join at http://bit.ly/virtualchairyoga

Thursday, Oct. 29th at 2:00 pm: Senior Resource Panel: Ask the Experts. RSVP to Laura at lhuisking@generations-llc.com or register at http://bit.ly/seniorresourcepanel

Friday, Oct. 30th from 1-3 pm Trick or Treat Yourself: IN-PERSON EVENT with the Tenafly Senior Center at Oresko park in Tenafly. Featuring Rena Esposito’s Stress Relief for the Caregiver program and plenty of FREE giveaways! RSVP to Michelle at Mhausch@tenafly.net or 201-569-2159. Weather permitting. If we need to change to a virtual event due to weather, details will be emailed out. 

NEWS

7/29/20 We were thrilled to participate in the YWCA Northern New Jersey‘s YWomenVote series. YWCA CEO Helen Archontou and our Director of Care Management, Stacey Padva Maines, MSW, LSW, talked about services specific to the needs of seniors and their caregivers. They discussed the psychological impact for those caring for their loved ones, how to broach the subject of life care planning, and the financial aspects around finding quality care. You can watch the full video interview by clicking here. 

7/20/20 Our president and CEO, Vicki Sherman Doueck, MSW, LCSW, ASWCM, was interviewed about the 35th anniversary of the Aging Life Care Association, the history of the organization, and the changes in the field of aging life care. Check out the interview here.

5/28/20 At Generations, we are passionate about community education. Our Director of Care Management, Stacey Padva Maines​, was an expert panelist on an educational webinar hosted by the Elder Law Department at Mandelbaum Salsburg. The discussion was focused on all of the challenges that one is faced with while keeping your loved one at home during the COVID-19 crisis. Click here to hear the full panel discussion and learn more about care management. 

5/16/20 Generations put together a “Name that Tune” virtual Zoom event for the members of a local senior center. Being able to see some of the seniors in our community virtually made it a very rewarding event. With so many of our seniors feeling isolated, we were happy to bring them something fun and interactive! 

3/20/20 At the beginning of this Covid-19 crisis, it has become challenging to offer mental health services to our elderly and younger disabled clients. Many of our clients have experienced an exacerbation of anxiety and depression due to increased isolation and loneliness. In addition, we have family members who are also suffering greatly because they are not allowed to visit their loved ones in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Medicare has relaxed some of its rules about how these sessions can take place. We are able to provide telehealth psychotherapy services virtually for clients at this time. We have instituted this practice for most of our psychotherapy clients if they are comfortable with it. 

We are a Medicare provider and accept most insurances with out of network benefits. Generations is happy to help during these difficult times. Please call (866) 353-3726 for further details on virtual psychotherapy sessions.

Covid-19

To our clients and families,

We know you share our concerns and questions about the COVID-19 virus. We wanted to take a moment to share some of our updated practices as well as how we are managing the day to day news updates. Our care managers in the field are using extra caution during home visits, using the following protocols:

• Washing or sanitizing hands before and upon entering a home as well as when we leave
• Using caution to avoid touching surfaces in homes.
• Maintaining distance from our clients and any other personnel or family members in homes
• Reviewing and prioritizing needs of visits and using alternate methods such as phone check in or FaceTime when needed
• Monitoring ourselves for any symptoms 
• Limiting our own risk for exposure and practicing social distancing as much as possible

Despite this increased measures of caution, we are aware that we cannot guarantee that we have not been unknowingly exposed. 

We understand that families depend upon Generations’ service to ensure that your family member’s health and mental health care needs are being met. We will continue to take our professional responsibility seriously while employing safe health care practices for all during these difficult times.

Please let us know if you have concerns about us visiting or any other questions we can answer. You can call the office at 201-845-7030.

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS

As a public service Generations Counseling and Care Management, LLC offers an extensive line of presentations designed for the general public and non-professionals. If your organization or group would like to learn more about our community outreach program please contact Vicki Sherman Doueck at (201) 845-7030 extension 101.

SEMINARS FOR PROFESSIONALS

Generations Counseling and Care Management, LLC is pleased to offer its series of educational seminars designed for professionals working with senior adults, their families and the agencies and facilities that serve them.  These seminars are led by the professional staff of Generations.

To find out about scheduled events please call the Generations office at 201-845-7030. Is your agency or company interested in scheduling a seminar or a panel? Please email lhuisking@generations-llc.com.