Happy Thanksgiving!

Do you know the origins of Thanksgiving? Americans typically consider Thanksgiving as a longstanding tradition, but the holiday as we know it began in the 19th century. In 1846, Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of a magazine called Godley’s Lady’s Book, campaigned for an annual national thanksgiving holiday after a passage about the harvest gathering of 1621 was discovered and incorrectly labeled as the first Thanksgiving. As a result, the standardized fare of turkey dinner, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy are now a tradition. 

A-1 Home Care provides home care services for elders in Beverly Hills through the winter holidays. Trips abroad or across the country can be accommodated with our skillful elder care providers. If you need someone to provide supervision for a senior family member during the Thanksgiving holiday, give us a call. 

Our agency is A+ rated with the BBB and a member of the National Care Planning Council. A-1 Home Care provides caregivers in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Glendale, Culver City, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Studio City, Brentwood or Culver City and would like more information on live in care, personal services or in home care, call A-1 Home Care at 310-657-8780 or visit http://www.beverlyhillsinhomecare.com/ today. 

A bit of insight into what the government shutdown can mean

The recent government shutdown has taken the country by storm, with thousands of pages of media written about it. However, it's confusing to determine what exactly will be affected by this partial shutdown. A-1 Home Care hopes to provide elders and adults in Beverly Hills with further insight with this handy bulletpoint list, from http://www.usa.gov/shutdown.shtml

• Vital services that ensure seniors and young children have access to healthy food and meals may not have sufficient Federal funds to serve all beneficiaries in an extended lapse.
• Call centers, hotlines and regional offices that help veterans understand their benefits will close to the public.
• Veterans’ compensation, pension, education, and other benefits could be cut off in the case of an extended  shutdown.
• Every one of America’s national parks and monuments, from Yosemite to the Smithsonian to the Statue of Liberty, will be immediately closed.
• New applications for small business loans and loan guarantees will be immediately halted.
• Research into life-threatening diseases and other areas will stop, and new patients won’t be accepted into clinical  trials at the National Institutes of Health.
• Work to protect consumers, ranging from child product safety to financial security to the safety of hazardous waste facilities, will cease. The EPA will halt non-essential inspections of chemical facilities and drinking water systems.
• Permits and reviews for planned energy and transportations projects will stop, preventing companies from working on these projects. Loans to rural communities will be halted.
• Hundreds of thousands of Federal employees including many charged with protecting us from terrorist threats, defending our borders, inspecting our food, and keeping our skies safe will work without pay until the shutdown  ends.
• Hundreds of thousands of additional federal workers will be immediately and indefinitely furloughed without pay.

A-1 Home Care arranges Beverly Hills Live In Caregivers to provide care for seniors seeking round the clock care. We can prepare simple meals, make beds and clean wounds for individuals recovering from surgery. 

A-1 Home Care provides caregivers in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Glendale, Culver City, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Studio City, Brentwood or Culver City and would like more information on live in care, personal services or in home care, call A-1 Home Care at 310-657-8780 or visit http://www.beverlyhillsinhomecare.com/ today.