Residential Care

Dodge Park Rest Home’s residential Care (Rest Home Level IV) residences provide a safe, secure, beautiful, home-like environment, as an alternative to nursing home care. Our level of care is far exceeded any level of care provided in any assisted living in our...

Dementia and Alzheimer’s Care in Worcester

Dodge Park Rest Home provides Dementia and Alzheimer’s care in Worcester. The memory impaired Program at Dodge Park Rest Home is designed to promote independence within a comfortable and safe environment. The goal of the program is to help individuals maintain...

Paying For Respite Care

In today’s challenging economy, you may think respite services are unattainable.   However, thinking creatively can uncover valuable resources: Ask local retirement groups for volunteers to sit with your loved one while you take a walk, watch a movie, or complete an...

Selecting Respite Care Services and Providers

When you devote so much love and energy to caregiving, it may be difficult to entrust your family member to strangers.   Whether you engage a provider directly or work through an agency, you can allay your fears by conducting some basic research. Using independent...

Out-of-Home Respite Care Programs

As our aging population grows, this range of private and non-profit respite programs continues to expand: Adult day centers are designed for older adults who can no longer manage independently, or who are isolated and lonely. Planned activities promote well-being...

In-home Respite Care Around Worcester

In-home respite care services can be provided by volunteer or paid help, occasionally or on a regular basis. Services may last from a few hours to overnight, and may be arranged directly or through an agency. This popular respite choice enables individuals to remain...

Caregiving conflict – caring for the caregivers

There is truth in the statement, “You can never make everyone happy.” If the person you can’t seem to satisfy is the older adult you care about or sibling caregivers, remember that your priority is to take care of yourself (satisfy) yourself first. This may sound...

The Prospect of Dementia

Only few want to grow old, as most of us are afraid of becoming senile. But now that our bodies last longer in better health, our brain being no exception, the prospect of living a fulfilled old age is better than ever before. It is not difficult to think of somebody...

Breakfast – Make it Count

In order to take care of our bodies and give ourselves the energy that we need, we must find a way to eat breakfast everyday. When we wake up in the morning following an overnight fast, our body craves nutrition. Without breakfast, our bodies cannot function as well...