Right at Home of Central New Jersey Celebrates National Assisted Living Week

Right at Home of Central New Jersey 

Celebrates National Assisted Living Week

The right people, doing the right things, 

the right way, for the right reasons. 

Right at Home.

This week is National Assisted Living Week. Created as an annual observance in 1995 by the National Center for Assisted Living, the week celebrates all the great work that assisted living staff and caregivers provide for the 1 million assisted living residents in the United States. This year's theme for National Assisted Living Week is "A Spark of Creativity".

That theme was chosen to inspire assisted living residents, their caregivers and assisted living staff. We all know the benefits of having art in our lives and during National Assisted Living Week, assisted living residents are encouraged to explore art therapy. Art therapy can provide many benefits to seniors including improving social skills and increasing their cognitive and sensory motor functions. 

Caregivers who work with assisted living residents can help improve the quality of their clients' lives by coming up with innovative and new things that could inspire their clients. And the staff at assisted living facilities work together to provide unique and new activities, such as music therapy, that can help improve the quality of their residents' lives. 

Right at Home of Central New Jersey  is proud to support our Assisted Living partners, as well as our many caregivers who work with our clients in assisted living facilities to improve the quality of their lives every day. 

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About Right at Home of Central New Jersey – Right at Home offers in-home companionship and personal care and assistance to seniors and disabled adults who want to continue to live independently. The Right at Home of Central New Jersey office is a locally owned and operated franchise office of Right at Home, Inc., serving the communities of Middlesex and Northern Monmouth Counties.

For more information, contact Right at Home of Central New Jersey at

• http://www.rightathome.net/monmouth-middlesex/
• 732-967-0900 
• beth@rahcentral.com

The End of an Era. Right at Home Says Goodbye to WPLJ

The End of an Era.

Right at Home of Central New Jersey 

Says Goodbye as WPLJ Signs Off the Air 

The right people, doing the right things, 

the right way, for the right reasons. 

Right at Home.

May 31 was a sad day for all of us who are New Yorkers. After 48 great years on the air, WPLJ (95.5 on your FM dial) signed off for the last time after being sold to a buyer which is changing the format. We've been entertained by WPLJ with Top 40 hits for most of our lives and listened to their great DJs ranging from Race Taylor to Scott Shannon, Jim Kerr to Rocky Allen, Dave Stewart to Pat St. John.  It's an established scientific principle that music can evoke emotions and those emotions, in turn, can trigger memories. That's why music therapy is used frequently in facilities that work with Alzheimer's and dementia patients. And at Right at Home of Central New Jersey, we have frequently had entertainers play the songs of the 1940s and 1950s at our partner assisted living and rehab center facilities to bring some joy and happy memories to our community.  Music unites us, reminds us, delights us and for many of us, whether young or old, the sound of a song will always bring back memories, sometimes good and sometimes sad. And we could rely on WPLJ to play those songs which are the soundtrack of our lives. That it won't be here any more is a sad day for New Yorkers. Like Don McLean sang in "American Pie":  But something touched me deep inside The day the music died.  Goodbye, WPLJ, and thank you for the music and the memories.  *************************** About Right at Home of Central New Jersey – Right at Home offers in-home companionship and personal care and assistance to seniors and disabled adults who want to continue to live independently. The Right at Home of Central New Jersey office is a locally owned and operated franchise office of Right at Home, Inc., serving the communities of Middlesex and Northern Monmouth Counties. For more information, contact Right at Home of Central New Jersey at http://www.rightathome.net/monmouth-middlesex/ 732-967-0900  beth@rahcentral.com Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter .

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