While it wasn’t an easy decision, you finally came to the conclusion that you could use some extra help caring for your parent. But now you feel overwhelmed again with all the “what ifs.” Where do you go from here? First, take a deep breath; then read on for some helpful tips to navigate senior home care. Finding the right caregiver When you’re inviting a new caregiver into your parent’s home, it’s bound to introduce some anxious feelings. Knowing as much as possible beforehand can allay many concerns ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Staff and residents at Daughters of Israel, a skilled nursing facility in West Orange, received COVID-19 vaccinations on New Year's Day. Television cameras from several local news outlets were on hand to cover the proceedings at the facility at 1155 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange that morning. Approximately 138 staff members received the injections, as well as residents, who were given the vaccine in their rooms.

Dear Livingston, I moved here 7 years ago from a small town outside of Philadelphia.  My daughter was 11 and just starting middle school.  The two of us moved into my at the time boyfriend’s house (now my husband).  We were so excited to move here!   When my husband and I were dating I would come up and stay here every other weekend.  To be honest Livingston is very different from any other town that I’ve ever lived in.   Before we moved to Livingston lots of ...

We have all been adjusting to the reality that COVID is an infectious disease, but we now know that it is also a profound chronic stressor with serious implications for mental health. These stressors are impacting mental health for all of us, but women, and especially women of color, have been hit the hardest. Recent studies have shown that one in ten women have had to quit a job due to a pandemic related reason and many mothers say that worry or stress related to coronavirus has affected their mental health.  This disruption in ...

No More Joint Pain If you’re one of the millions of Americans stuck working from their kitchen table or at-home office, you’ve probably dealt with some type of knee or hip soreness over this past year. Pharmaceutical provider, Nurofen, has actually found that at least 33% of people have reported back pain directly related to their work-from-home posture and schedule, while another 27% reported an increase in general joint soreness. While this might seem like an inescapable hazard of the new workplace, there’s actually a ...

Like it or not, the idea that “all politics is local'' is no longer reality. Instead, local government has been poisoned by the toxic political environment once confined at the state and federal levels. Local reporters used to be shielded from the national political discourse, in part because municipal elections typically don’t include Rs or Ds next to candidate names—and even when they do, as the saying goes: "There is no Democratic or Republican way to fix a pothole."    Read more here.