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Many of our clients have found that having us arrange in-home care and a emergency alert pendent can be enough. These adult children have been able to ensure that their elderly parents are able to stay in their own home for years with a small amount of Concierge Care Management.
Some of our clients were grateful to have our expert advice available at the touch of a button especially when our current care plan was working superbly until the loss of one parent. The surviving parent is now truly alone. The surviving spouse may have been relying on the other for years to manage their medications, doctor appointments, paying bills, and many other activities of our daily lives. This is often a time when families have stepped up their use of our Concierge Case Management team.
Still others find that even with in-home care there are few opportunities to socialize with other seniors. Meals can become such a chore for them when there isn't around the clock in-home care that they just don't bother. Weight loss can be a social issue as much as a medical one. Adult children of elderly parents can find themselves searching for the way to convince their single elderly parent who maybe stubbornly clinging to the familiarity of home. This is often the times the argument their children face when bringing up a possible change. Clinging to the familiar should never be the deciding factor in if it is time to Make a Move and can often be a sad and lonely sight.
EASTER RECIPE SHARE SECTIONS
Brought to you by: Volume III - 2002 Easter Treats for the Elderly By Arlene Kallaur
For the recipes that follow, first instructions are: WASH HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER. DRY COMPLETELY.
Recipe for Easter Cheese (“Cheese Pascha”) and “Kulich”
Easter Cheese (“Cheese Pascha”) from Kitchen of Nadia Brunke, Bellerose, NY
CUSTARD
3 egg yolks (at room temp.) Hand Beater
1 cup sugar
1 cup scalded heavy cream
Combine sugar and egg yolks. Blend with electric beater until light and fluffy. Add scalded cream SLOWLY to the yolks while still beating. Pour into ringmold (tupperware jello mold with hole in the middle) and microwave for about 3 ½ minutes on HIGH. Check once after 2 minutes with teaspoon. Coating will be light. After 3 ½ minutes coating on the spoon should be thick. (Temperature on microwave thermometer should reach 160 degrees.) If you do not have a micro, beat over double boiler for about 20-25 minutes until 160 degrees. Pour into a bowl and let it cool. Can now be refrigerated.
CHEESE
ALL INGREDIENTS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
1 lb. farmer cheese Food Processor
l lb. cream cheese
½ lb. sweet butter
Place farmer cheese in the food processor and pulse until cheese is smooth.
Add the custard and process until cheese mixture is lumpless.
In a large bowl blend cream cheese and butter with Hand Mixer until light and fluffy. Add custard to the cheese/butter and blend. Add flavoring to taste. Flavors can be:
Candied cherries/ground or chopped almonds with vanilla extract
Orange/ walnut with orange zest
Pistachios with vanilla extract
Golden raisins with vanilla extract
For one cheese “pascha” pour into cheese cloth lined mold and weigh it down to let liquid drain. Refrigerate. This recipe usually fills one large wooden mold.
