Education

Transitional Care Placements at No Cost

Family Connect Care provides transitional care management before placement, at no additional cost to the family. Placement is only rarely a simple process. Every facility is different, as is each person needing care, so it’s critically important to match the two...

Elderly Care Free Placement Services

Family Connect Care does not charge for placement services. Placement agencies do not work for you. Their “service” is free to you because they are paid by facilities and communities when your loved one is successfully placed. They do not refer to facilities they do...

Missing Alzheimer’s Patient

Nancy Paulikas is missing. For more information, visit NancyIsMissing.BlogSpot.com or email NancyIsMissing@gmail.com. To download and print a flyer, click here.

New Year, New You

Are you making any new year’s resolutions? Every year thousands of us do. Make 2017 a better year for you and your loved by making self-care your priority. When we care for ourselves we are better equipped to handle the challenges that come our way and to embrace...

Changing the Focus

I get asked all the time how to deal with a loved one who is combative, asks repeatedly when am I going home, or who has begun to exhibit an ongoing behavior. It’s tough. Communicating with a loved one with Alzheimer’s can be frustrating, exhausting, and downright...

Music Lights the Corners of Our Minds

Have you ever been driving in your car and the radio begins to play an old song — somehow you not only remember all the words, it brings back great memories. KC and the Sunshine Band does it for me every time. The reason is quite simple. We are hard-wired to remember...

When I have time to be happy, I’ll get back to you.

Are we born happy and positive? Turns out we are NOT, but we can’t help it. It’s not our fault that we have difficulty being happy. Many of us feel happy is a thing you have to schedule. Sadly, we aren’t wired for it. Our nature and historic DNA predisposes us to...

When I Have Time to be Happy, I’ll Get Back to You

Are we born happy and positive? Turns out we are NOT, but we can’t help it. It’s not our fault that we have difficulty being happy. Many of us feel happy is a thing you have to schedule. Sadly, we aren’t wired for it. Our nature and historic DNA predisposes us to...