Host Diane Berardi interviews Robin Kessler, Candice Pietrzak, Danielle Woodruffe, and Phil Dacko about the Child Development Center day care program located in Parker at the Pavilion in Highland Park.
iHeart Radio’s Parents are Hard to Raise recorded two shows, live, at Parker at the Pavilion. Host Diane Berardi interviewed Natalie Macaro, Director of Parker Adult Day Center in Highland Park, Laurie Peters, who manages our Parker Day Club at Home program, and Adult Day Center participant, Leonard Aarons, who stole the show.
To listen to Episode #112 of the podcast, please click here.
A changing model of healthcare delivery is the focus of $2.5 million Parker Foundation grant awarded this month to Visiting Nurse Association Health Group (VNA) to support its Advanced Care Institute.
The institute aims to address the healthcare needs of high-risk older adults who are often living with multiple chronic health conditions by providing high quality, compassionate care in the home and in the community.
According to a news release, the funding will be used to expand the institute's efforts to provide in-home primary care through its “house calls” model and palliative medicine, with the goal of helping the VNA and Parker to develop and support new or improved programming in these areas that help patients and their caregivers.
Parker Foundation, Inc. has awarded a $2.5M grant to Visiting Nurse Association Health Group (VNA) to support its Advanced Care Institute (ACI), which aims to address the healthcare needs of high-risk older adults who are often living with multiple chronic health conditions by providing high quality, compassionate care in the home and in the community. The funding will be used to expand the ACI’s efforts to provide in-home primary care through its “house calls” model and palliative medicine, two essential services in New Jersey and nationwide in addressing the aging baby boomer population. The funding will also enable both organizations – VNA and Parker – to develop and support new or improved programming in these areas.
For Christmas, Parker at Stonegate residents brought handmade gifts for the canine residents of Marty's Place, a sanctuary for senior dogs. Both groups of seniors enjoyed a great time together. Fios News Channel One visited Marty's Place and filmed the scene.
In this issue:
- Creating Culture Takes Humanity
- High Tech Senior Fitness
- Parker at Monroe Adult Day Center
- New Therapy Suite
- Millenials: A Great Fit for Parker
- Parker’s 2nd Annual Survey of Aging in America
- “Selfish” Volunteering
- How to Help Your Parents Move
Parker, a full-continuum provider based in Piscataway, NJ, has been involved in many research projects, but has taken the unusual step of funding outside research into one of its innovations—a new “small house” model of care in a nursing home.
Parker at Monroe opened in 2014. Its 6 small homes house 16 people each, and are internally connected to a community center offering enriching programs, rehabilitation services, dining and more. Two of the 6 homes are for residents with early- to mid-stage dementias, 3 serve residents with moderate to severe dementias, and one serves residents with complex physical issues who do not require memory care.
More than 110 years ago, Parker was founded as a place where people could age in a home-like setting. Parker’s goal was to provide individualized attention, purpose and meaning for those who needed long-term nursing care.
Some years ago as a non-profit with just two nursing homes, Parker saw it needed to grow in multiple directions due to the demand for quality, diversified aging services.
It seems to make sense intuitively that creating a smaller, more home-like atmosphere would foster improvements in nursing home residents’ psychosocial outlook.
But, there’s been little hard data to support the time and effort needed to implement culture change in institutional care. Most efforts have come from qualitative research. However, qualitative results from a 2017 study confirm that widespread adoption of a person-centered care approach makes a difference.