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ABC Home Healthcare Professionals Receive Dementia Practitioner Certification

ABC Home Healthcare Professionals Receive Dementia Practitioner Certification

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Jeannette Sheehan MS, RN, CS, CCM is a Board certified family nurse practitioner and

founder of ABC Home Healthcare Professionals. Ms. Sheehan, along with Clare Pappagallo, RN, CCM, recently attended the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care Seminar run by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners.  The seminar covered the full range of the disease from diagnosis to treatment, behaviors, reactions, personal care, activities, support, abuse, neglect, diversity, spiritual care, and more. Upon completing the seminar, Ms. Sheehan and Ms. Pappagallo have achieved Certified Dementia Practitioner status from the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners.

 

“Alzheimer’s disease is growing fast. Someone develops Alzheimer’s every minute in the United States with close to 5.5 million Americans now living with the disease. Within the next 30 years, the number will triple to approximately 16 million. At ABC Home Healthcare, we are constantly training and re-training our staff on the best methods of caregiving to our clients with dementia and Alzheimer’s. We are committed to serve this segment of our clientele with the most up-to-date care possible,” said Jeannette Sheehan.

 

ABC Home Healthcare, with offices in Wakefield and Gloucester, MA, is a full service private home care organization owned and managed by a nurse practitioner, nurses, and certified case managers.  Offering 1 to 24 hour care to Metro Boston, Cape Ann, North Shore and Merrimack areas, as well as live-ins across the state, ABC Home Healthcare is dedicated to providing the most advanced and comprehensive private home care services.  ABC has over 35 years industry experience and offers non-medical needs, such as bathing, dressing, grooming, medication reminders, companionship, cooking, light housekeeping and laundry, as well as nursing case management, medication management, and dressing changes, etc.

For more information about ABC Home Healthcare, please call 781-245-1880 or visit http://www.abchhp.com.

Free Yoga Class!
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Free Yoga Class!

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Come and celebrate the North Shore’s newest and most enthusiastic yoga teachers!

1-2:30 PM

Sunday May 1

The graduates of Cape Ann Yoga School’s 2016 200 Hour training will team teach this all levels class. Please sign up in advance to be sure of getting a spot!

Like graduates from years past – these teachers will go on to help to make yoga more accessible to more people in our community. Come celebrate and benefit from the hard work they’ve put in and get in on the ground floor of the future of health and wellness in Gloucester.

Class is free and we have mats for rent for $5.

 

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Previous Graduates of Cape Ann Yoga School

 

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Book Signing and Discussion…

We have all been affected one way or another by cancer.

Join us tomorrow night, Thursday, April 28 at 7pm for a discussion with Author ~ Aime Alley Card.  Aime is a breast cancer survivor who has written a beautiful book…she will read and discuss parts of the book, while learning Marma Points on your body which help to relieve anxiety as well as breathe techniques.

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What’s the deal with Hot Stone Massage?

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Saltwater Massage Studio is now offering

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When we decided to offer Therapeutic Hot Stone Massage at Saltwater Massage Studio, I knew that I wanted this service to be special. To be GREAT. Magical.  The kind of massage you remember and tell your friends about. And I think we’ve done that.

We are in the business of making people feel better, in body and mind. So in keeping with that theme, our Therapeutic Hot Stone Massage puts our own therapeutic spin on things.

You’ve probably seen ads where a bunch of black stones are laid out over a woman’s body, or maybe you’ve had a treatment like this somewhere. I have, and to tell you the truth, I sort of felt like I was just waiting for the massage to start the whole time. And by the time they started putting 10 teeny stones between my toes, the whole things felt kind of goofy.

If I’m going to spend my hard-earned money on a massage, I want to know for sure that it’s going to be deep, relaxing, and relevant to the issues in my own body. And I’m sure you do too.

So how is our Hot Stone Massage Therapy different?

For starters, in our treatment the emphasis is still on providing deep, effective massage just like in all of our treatments. Instead of laying the stones out, we incorporate the stones into the massage like an extension of our hands to augment the effects. The heat from the stones allows us to work more deeply without discomfort. And the warm, organic lavender oil soothes you into a deep state of relaxation – that happy, almost-dreaming place that allows your mind to drift off and soak up an hour or more of deep therapeutic rest.  It’s not about adding a gimmick, it’s about deepening everything good about massage therapy.

Before we officially added the Therapeutic Hot Stone Massage to the menu, I had my colleague Heather do a test run on me. And I have to say, it was one of the best massage experiences I have had in a while. If you want to know the truth… I’ve booked one
for myself tomorrow. (And I suggest you do the same. Just sayin.)

To health, relaxation, and finding simple joy in life ~

Gretchen Hill, Owner and Massage Therapist, Saltwater Massage Studio

p.s. On Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 we will be giving away bunches of tulips with every Mother’s Day gift certificate purchase. She takes care of you, let us take care of her.

Saltwater Massage Studio

65 Pleasant St., Gloucester 978.390.7600

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