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rther

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ich

our

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ers

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ial E

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e to

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beau

ty o

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l in

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rmly

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plac

e. T

he b

eaut

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olor

s tha

t no

w g

race

our

hill

side

s and

the

bris

k, fr

esh

air h

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plac

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ays o

f the

pas

t few

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onth

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at ti

me

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rite,

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ere

at V

isiti

ng A

ngel

s we

have

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en b

usy,

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y th

e le

ast!

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are

so h

appy

that

due

to th

e w

onde

rful

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egiv

ers a

nd C

li-en

ts w

e ha

ve, t

he p

hone

s hav

e be

en ri

ngin

g as

man

y ne

w fa

mi-

lies a

nd in

divi

dual

s are

reac

hing

ou

t and

allo

win

g us

to p

rovi

de

the

high

est l

evel

of q

ualit

y ca

re

avai

labl

e in

the

area

. A

hug

e th

ank

you

goes

out

to o

ur C

li-en

ts a

nd C

areg

iver

s.

In a

dditi

on to

wor

king

with

new

an

d ex

istin

g cl

ient

s, w

e ha

ve

been

bus

y on

man

y ot

her f

ront

s w

ith a

focu

s on

addi

tiona

l ser

-vi

ces a

nd p

rogr

ams f

or o

ur c

li-en

ts, a

dded

edu

catio

nal p

ro-

gram

s for

our

Car

egiv

ers a

nd

impr

oved

syst

ems w

ithin

the

busi

ness

. In

this

Fal

l edi

tion

of o

ur H

ome

Tim

es N

ewsl

ette

r, I u

rge

you

to re

ad a

bout

man

y of

the

follo

win

g ac

tiviti

es a

re

note

d:

Oct

ober

31st

Hal

low

een

Party

for o

ur c

lient

s and

C

areg

iver

s in

the

Ann

ex

Cur

rent

pla

nnin

g to

op

en th

e A

nnex

1-2

tim

es

per w

eek

for t

he e

njoy

men

t an

d re

laxa

tion

of o

ur c

lient

s

Pl

anni

ng u

nder

way

for

our H

olid

ay P

arty

R

ecog

nitio

n of

som

e of

ou

r ver

y Sp

ecia

l Car

egiv

ers

Palli

ativ

e C

are

Trai

ning

O

ct/N

ov fo

r Car

egiv

ers.

Prov

idin

g a

soot

hing

ap-

Sue

join

ed V

isiti

ng A

ngel

s af

ter w

orki

ng 2

6 ye

ars p

rovi

d-in

g nu

rsin

g ca

re fo

r the

nun

s in

a c

onve

nt in

Rid

gefie

ld.

The

conv

ent c

lose

d an

d Su

e jo

ined

the

staf

f of V

isiti

ng

Ang

els.

She

is a

dev

oted

car

e-gi

ver,

and

has p

rovi

ded

ex-

cept

iona

l hom

e ca

re a

ssis

-ta

nce

to n

umer

ous V

isiti

ng

Ang

els c

lient

s ove

r the

pas

t 7

year

s. Su

e is

an

activ

e an

d in

volv

ed a

dvoc

ate

havi

ng

serv

ed o

n th

e lo

cal c

omm

is-

sion

on

agin

g, a

nd is

cur

rent

ly

a vo

lunt

eer s

tate

adv

ocat

e fo

r A

AR

P. S

ue e

njoy

s hel

ping

bo

th th

e yo

ung

and

elde

rly.

She

and

her h

usba

nd K

eith

ha

ve h

oste

d se

vent

een

ex-

chan

ge st

uden

ts d

urin

g th

eir

26 y

ears

of m

arria

ge. S

he is

a

Cer

tifie

d N

ursi

ng A

ssis

tant

,

Not

ary

Publ

ic, a

nd h

olds

cer

-tif

icat

es in

par

aleg

al, b

usin

ess

man

agem

ent,

and

bibl

ical

st

udie

s. Su

e is

stud

ying

soci

-ol

ogy

and

plan

s to

grad

uate

w

ith a

BA

in Ju

ne 2

013.

Sue

’s

ener

gy, w

illin

gnes

s to

step

in

to h

elp

othe

rs a

nd h

er lo

yalty

to

Vis

iting

Ang

els a

re o

nly

a fe

w e

xam

ples

of t

he sp

irit a

nd

char

acte

r of t

his a

maz

ing

wom

an.

Than

k yo

u fo

r all

you

do!

PA

GE

2

Pa

tti’s

Com

mun

ity N

ews

Lo

okin

g ba

ck o

ver t

he p

ast

3 m

onth

s we

have

bee

n bu

sy

prov

idin

g m

onth

ly c

areg

iver

tra

inin

g cl

asse

s, at

tend

ing

netw

orki

ng m

eetin

gs a

t ne

ighb

orin

g as

sist

ed li

ving

co

mm

uniti

es, a

nd m

eetin

g w

ith o

ur V

isiti

ng N

urse

ag

ency

par

tner

s. O

ver 2

0 ca

regi

vers

hav

e re

gula

rly

atte

nded

our

mon

thly

trai

n-in

g cl

asse

s; in

June

we

hear

d a

repr

esen

tativ

e sp

eak

from

the

Alz

heim

er’s

Ass

o-ci

atio

n on

tips

to c

are

for t

he

pers

on a

ffec

ted

by th

e di

s-ea

se. J

uly’

s tra

inin

g ex

-pa

nded

on

impr

ovin

g sk

ills

to in

volv

e ou

r clie

nts i

n en

-ric

hing

act

iviti

es fo

r men

tal

and

phys

ical

act

ivity

. Au-

gust

feat

ured

a h

olis

tic

heal

th c

oach

who

spok

e ab

out h

ealth

y co

okin

g an

d sh

ared

reci

pes f

or p

repa

ring

nutri

tious

mea

ls. S

epte

m-

ber’

s cla

ss h

eld

a liv

ely

dis-

cuss

ion

of th

e do

’s a

nd

don’

ts o

f Car

egiv

ing

and

a re

view

of T

he B

asic

12

rule

s fo

r exc

elle

nce

in C

areg

iv-

ing.

We

will

con

tinue

m

onth

ly tr

aini

ng w

hich

is

usua

lly h

eld

on th

e 3r

d W

edne

sday

of e

very

mon

th.

We

wel

com

e yo

ur su

gges

-tio

ns fo

r pro

gram

s tha

t you

w

ould

like

incl

uded

. Th

e A

lzhe

imer

’s su

ppor

t gr

oup

for f

amily

car

egiv

ers

mee

ts m

onth

ly a

t 12

noon

on

the

3rd

Tues

day

in th

e A

NN

EX. A

nyon

e in

nee

d of

su

ppor

tive

conv

ersa

tion

is

wel

com

e to

atte

nd.

Join

us f

or o

ur H

allo

wee

n pa

rty w

ith p

rizes

for t

he b

est

cost

umes

, bin

go, a

nd so

m

uch

fun.

W

e al

l wis

h Li

nda

Gai

ta a

re

war

ding

and

rela

xing

re-

tirem

ent.

She

stay

s in

touc

h an

d se

nds h

er lo

ve to

all.

FL

U S

EASO

N IS

AP-

PRO

AC

HIN

G—

TIM

E TO

G

ET V

AC

CIN

ATE

D

Maj

or c

hain

stor

es a

lso

offe

r w

alk-

in fl

u cl

inic

s suc

h as

C

VS,

Wal

gree

ns, a

nd R

ite

Aid

. Flu

clin

ics a

re a

lso

avai

labl

e at

Bro

okfie

ld

Tow

n H

all M

onda

y O

ct.

18th

and

Oct

. 25t

h fr

om

1pm

—3p

m.

Vis

iting

Ang

els w

ants

you

to

stay

wel

l and

pro

tect

you

r cl

ient

s fro

m e

xpos

ure.

We

will

reim

burs

e yo

u fo

r the

co

st o

f the

vac

cina

tion.

Sub

-m

it a

rece

ipt t

o M

iche

lle in

th

e of

fice

and

stay

hea

lthy

this

seas

on. H

ere

are

som

e re

com

men

datio

ns fr

om th

e C

ente

r for

Dis

ease

Con

trol

to p

reve

nt th

e sp

read

of t

he

viru

s: G

et V

acci

nate

d ea

rly.

Prac

tice

good

hyg

iene

, was

h

your

han

ds w

ith so

ap a

nd

wat

er, u

se h

and

sani

tizer

, an

d co

ugh

and

snee

ze in

to a

tis

sue

or sl

eeve

. Kee

p ha

nds

away

from

mou

th a

nd e

yes.

If y

ou d

o fe

el si

ck S

TAY

H

OM

E. If

you

do

feel

like

yo

u ar

e ge

tting

sick

, see

yo

ur d

octo

r, an

d yo

u ca

n ge

t an

ant

ivira

l med

icin

e su

ch

as T

amaf

lu o

r Rel

enza

.

Ann

and

Ed

Wic

ks o

f Dan

bury

hos

ted

a ga

ther

ing

of o

ver 5

0 fr

iend

s and

fam

ily a

t Tw

o St

eps G

rille

in D

anbu

ry o

n Se

pt.

23rd

. The

par

ty w

as th

e id

ea o

f San

dy

Mac

k, a

Vis

iting

Ang

els c

areg

iver

who

he

lped

Ed

Wic

ks re

cove

r fro

m a

bro

ken

hip

this

sum

mer

. Whi

le re

cove

ring

from

su

rger

y, S

andy

sugg

este

d Ed

, 89,

shou

ld

cele

brat

e w

ith a

par

ty w

hen

he re

turn

ed

hom

e. A

nd th

at h

e di

d.

Left

to R

ight

: Bea

Gol

ub, A

nnie

Orr

, (p

hysi

cal t

hera

pist

) Wen

dy F

iorio

, and

Ed

Wic

ks.

PA

GE

3

Ha

ppy

98th

Birt

hday

Ches

ter

Her

e is

a w

onde

rful

pic

ture

of

Che

ster

and

his

car

egiv

er

Mar

ie.

H

appy

98t

h

Bir

thda

y

Che

ster

!

Visit

ing

Ange

ls Ca

regi

ver T

rain

ing

Class

OCT

25th

@ 6p

m

Vis

iting

Ang

els i

s hos

ting

our n

ext c

areg

iver

trai

ning

cl

ass o

n

Thu

rsda

y, O

ctob

er 2

5th

in

the

AN

NEX

fr

om 6

pm to

8pm

. Pl

ease

mak

e a

note

of t

he

time

chan

ge. F

or th

is c

lass

on

ly!

We

will

dis

cuss

Pre

ssur

e Po

int T

hera

py. A

nd th

en a

ll at

tend

ees w

ill re

ceiv

e a

com

plim

enta

ry M

ASS

AG

E.

The

clas

s and

mas

sage

s will

be

pro

vide

d by

the

Phys

icia

ns H

ealth

and

In

jury

Cen

ter o

f Dan

bury

. W

e w

ill le

arn

how

to fi

nd

and

treat

the

pres

sure

poi

nt

for:

Low

ene

rgy

H

eada

ches

Bac

k Pa

in

Si

nus/

alle

rgie

s

Jo

int a

nd m

uscu

lar

ache

s

Car

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