Peter Rabins, MD, MPH, Discussion on Alzheimer’s Disease Video Now Available

On September 10th, we held a discussion with Peter Rabins, MD, MPH, on Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Memory Loss as a part of our Community Education Series. If you were unable to attend the event or simply would like to revisit the discussion, check out the video below.

Author of The 36 Hour Day, Dr. Rabins is a professor and the Founding Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Rabins has focused his career on the study of psychiatric disorders in the elderly. His current research focuses on the effectiveness of current therapies for Alzheimer’s disease, the development of measures of quality of life in persons with Alzheimer’s disease, the care of patients with late-stage dementia, and autism in the elderly.

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Reclaim the Future

When: Saturday, September 26th at 10am (Registration begins at 8:30am)

Where: Richard R. Clark Senior Center- 1210 La Plata Rd., La Plata, MD 20646

Join Our Team: Sagepoint Memory Makers 

*First 100 participants will receive a free Sagepoint Memory Makers team shirt.

This year, Sagepoint Senior Living Services is participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s to raise awareness and funds to advance the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Our future is at risk unless we change the course of this devastating disease. And there is something you can do about it– walk with us!

Whether you are a Sagepoint Senior Living Services employee, volunteer, resident, family member, friend, or business partner, unite in a movement to reclaim the future for millions. Join the Sagepoint Memory Makers for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s™, the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease. Together, we can advance research to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s, and provide programs to improve the lives of millions of affected Americans, including many of our residents. #ENDALZ

Can’t attend the walk? Make a donation! Every dollar you donate will help the Alzheimer’s Association® continue to support the more than 5 million Americans with Alzheimer’s and the over 15 million caregivers today — and fight for a future free of this devastating disease.

30 Years Servicing Over 680 Participants!

LA PLATA, Md. (July 1, 2015)

Citation from Larry Hogan commemorating us on celebrating 30 years of service for our ADS Program!

On July 15, 2015, Sagepoint Senior Living Services’ Adult Day Program celebrates 30 years serving the citizens of Charles County. Originally funded as a collaborative effort of the Charles County Nursing Home, Charles County Health Department, and Charles County Mental Health Center, the program began serving just one participant and has since expanded to a capacity of 63 persons per day. Since its inception, Sagepoint’s Adult Day Program has proudly served more than 680 participants!

Adult Day Services is a community program offered by Sagepoint Senior Living Services in La Plata. Since 1985, this program has offered supervision with daily activities from simple assistance to total care, physical and occupational therapies available on site, monitoring of medical diagnoses and medication administration, health checks such as blood pressure, blood sugar, and lab work, and nutrition consultation and weight monitoring.

Whether you’re working or just need a day to take care of things, you can count on a safe, structured environment where your loved one’s health and well-being can be monitored by licensed health care providers. It’s the kind of assistance that can help you keep your loved one living at home. What’s more, we make our day care as convenient as possible for families operating Monday through Saturday and providing transportation services!

Learn more here.

Paul Ballard, J.D. to Discuss Importance of Planning for Your Medical Future

When: Wednesday, June 24th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Where: Sagepoint Senior Living Services- 10200 La Plata Rd., La Plata, MD 20646

RSVP: http://bit.ly/AdvanceDirectiveSeminar (Though the event is free, we ask that you RSVP so that we can plan accordingly.)

If you were in a serious accident that left you temporarily or permanently unable to make your own medical decisions, who would make them for you?

Sagepoint Senior Living Services is pleased to present Paul Ballard, J.D., Assistant Attorney General, for a discussion on what advance healthcare directives are and why they are so crucial for everyone to have. The discussion will cover how you can take control of your healthcare decisions by creating an advance directive. Should a situation ever arise where you are no longer able to make healthcare choices yourself, having an advance directive can provide great comfort to you and your family.

Making Sense of Living Wills and Other Advance Directives is the first of Sagepoint’s Community Education Series. The purpose of this series is to help educate members of the Southern Maryland community on a variety of topics related to health and aging. We hope that you will benefit from this informative session and find it useful for you and your family. Adults as well as their adult children are highly encouraged to attend. Consider coming with a friend.

Paul Ballard is an Assistant Attorney General and Counsel for Health Decisions Policy for the Attorney General. He is also Counsel to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Health Care Quality, which agency licenses and regulates health care programs and facilities in the State of Maryland. Prior to performing his present duties, Mr. Ballard was counsel to various health occupation licensing boards, including the Dental, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Social Work and Acupuncture Boards. Before being assigned to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, he was an Assistant Attorney General with the Maryland Department of Transportation. In 2005 he received the Attorney General’s Exceptional Service Award. He has been practicing law since 1987.

More information on advance directives including forms: https://www.oag.state.md.us/healthpol/AdvanceDirectives.htm