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How does In-home Senior Care in Albuquerque, NM work?

Home is where the heart is. While that saying can sound a tad cliche, it's especially true for many seniors living in America. When given a choice, older adults most often prefer to grow older at home. An AARP study found that three out of four adults over the age of 50 want to stay in their homes and communities as they age. When you begin to think about why, it makes sense. Home offers a sense of security, comfort, and familiarity.

The truth is, as we age, we begin to rely on others for help. When a family is too busy or lives too far away to fulfill this role, in-home senior care is often the best solution. Home care services allow seniors to enjoy personal independence while also receiving trustworthy assistance from a trained caregiver.

At Always Best Care, we offer a comprehensive range of home care services to help seniors stay healthy while they get the help they need to remain independent. As your senior loved one ages, giving them the gift of senior care is one of the best ways to show your love, even if you live far away.

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Aging in Place: The Preferred Choice for Most Seniors

While it's true that some seniors have complicated medical needs that prevent them from staying at home, aging in place is often the best arrangement for seniors and their families. With a trusted caregiver, seniors have the opportunity to live with a sense of dignity and do so as they see fit.

In-home care makes it possible for millions of seniors to age in place every year. Rather than moving to a unfamiliar assisted living community, seniors have the chance to stay at home where they feel the happiest and most comfortable.

Here are just a few of the reasons why older men and women prefer to age at home:

Comfort
Comfort

How much does a senior's home truly mean to them? A study published by the American Society on Aging found that more than half of seniors say their home's emotional value means more than how much their home is worth in monetary value. It stands to reason, that a senior's home is where they want to grow old. With the help of elderly care in Albuquerque, NM, seniors don't have to age in a sterilized care facility. Instead, they can age gracefully in the place they want to be most: their home. In contrast, seniors who move to a long-term care facility must adapt to new environments, new people, and new systems that the facility implements. At this stage in life, this kind of drastic change can be more harmful than helpful.

Healthy Living
Healthy Living

Institutional care facilities like nursing homes often put large groups of people together to live in one location. On any given day, dozens of staff members and caregivers run in and out of these facilities. Being around so many new people in a relatively small living environment can be dangerous for a seniors' health and wellbeing. When you consider that thousands of seniors passed away in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, opting for in-home care is often a safer, healthier choice for seniors. Aging in place has been shown to improve seniors' quality of life, which helps boost physical health and also helps insulate them from viral and bacterial risks found in elderly living facilities.

Independence
Independence

For many seniors, the ability to live independently with assistance from a caregiver is a priceless option. With in-home care, seniors experience a higher level of independence and freedom - much more so than in other settings like an assisted living community. When a senior has the chance to age in place, they get to live life on their own terms, inside the house that they helped make into a home. More independence means more control over their personal lives, too, which leads to increased levels of fulfillment, happiness, and personal gratification. Over time, these positive feelings can manifest into a healthier, longer life.

Cost and Convenience
Cost and Convenience

More independence, a healthier life, and increased comfort are only a few benefits of aging in place. You have to take into consideration the role of cost and convenience. Simply put, it's usually easier to help seniors age in place than it is to move them into an institutional care facility. In-home care services from Always Best Care, for instance, can be less expensive than long-term solutions, which can cost upwards of six figures per year. To make matters worse, many residential care facilities are reluctant to accept long-term care insurance and other types of payment assistance.

With Always Best Care's home care services, seniors and their families have a greater level of control over their care plans. In-home care in Albuquerque, NM gives seniors the chance to form a bond with a trusted caregiver and also receive unmatched care that is catered to their needs. In long-term care facilities, seniors and their loved ones have much less control over their care plan and have less of a say in who provides their care.

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Affordable Care Plans

In-home care is a valuable resource that empowers seniors to age in place on their own terms. However, a big concern for many families and their loved ones is how much in-home care costs. If you're worried that in-home care is too expensive, you may be pleasantly surprised to learn that it is one of the most affordable senior care arrangements available.

Typically, hiring an Always Best Care in-home caregiver for a few hours a week is more affordable than sending your loved one to a long-term care facility. This is true even for seniors with more complex care needs.

At Always Best Care, we will work closely with you and your family to develop a Care Plan that not only meets your care needs, but your budget requirements, too. Once we discover the level of care that you or your senior need, we develop an in-home care plan that you can afford.

In addition to our flexible care options, families should also consider the following resources to help offset potential home care costs:

Veteran's Benefits
Veteran's Benefits

Aid and Attendance benefits through military service can cover a portion of the costs associated with in-home care for veterans and their spouses.

Long-Term Care Insurance
Long-Term Care Insurance

Many senior care services like in-home care are included in long-term care insurance options. Research different long-term care solutions to find a plan that provides coverage for senior care.

Private Insurance
Private Insurance

Home care can be included as part of a senior's private insurance plan. Read over your loved one's insurance policy carefully or speak with their insurance provider to determine if in-home care is covered.

Life Insurance
Life Insurance

Depending on the life insurance plan, you may be able to apply your policy toward long-term care. You may be able to use long-term-care coverage to help pay for in-home elderly care.


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During your Care Plan consultation with Always Best Care, your Care Coordinator will speak with you about in-home care costs and what options there may be to help meet your budget needs.

Compassionate Care. Trusted Caregivers

When you or your senior loved one needs assistance managing daily tasks at home, finding a qualified caregiver can be challenging. It takes a special kind of person to provide reliable care for your senior loved one. However, a caregiver's role involves more than meal preparation and medication reminders. Many seniors rely on their caregivers for companionship, too.

Our companion care services give seniors the chance to socialize in a safe environment and engage in activities at home. These important efforts boost morale and provide much-needed relief from repetitive daily routines. A one-on-one, engaging conversation can sharpen seniors' minds and give them something in which to be excited.

At Always Best Care, we only hire care providers that we would trust to care for our own loved ones. Our senior caregivers in Albuquerque,NM understand how important it is to listen and communicate with their seniors. A seemingly small interaction, like a short hug goodbye, can make a major difference in a senior's day. Instead of battling against feelings of isolation, seniors begin to look forward to seeing their caregiver each week.

Understanding the nuances of senior care is just one of the reasons why our care providers are so great at their job.

Unlike some senior care companies, our caregivers must undergo extensive training before they work for Always Best Care. In addition, our caregivers receive ongoing training throughout the year. This training ensures that their standard of care matches up to the high standards we've come to expect. During this training, they will brush up on their communication skills, safety awareness, and symptom spotting. That way, your loved one receives the highest level of non-medical home care from day one.

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Taking the First Step with Always Best Care

The first step in getting quality in-home care starts with a personal consultation with an experienced Care Coordinator. This initial consultation is crucial for our team to learn more about you or your elderly loved one to discover the level of care required. Topics of this consultation typically include:

An assessment of your senior loved one

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An in-depth discussion of the needs of your senior loved one to remain in their own home

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Reviewing a detailed Care Plan that will meet your senior loved one's needs

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Our caregivers are trained to spot changes that clients exhibit, like mental and physical decline. As your trusted senior care company, we will constantly assess and update your Care Plan to meet any new emotional, intellectual, physical, and emotional needs.

If you have never considered in-home care before, we understand that you and your family may have concerns about your Care Plan and its Care Coordinator. To help give you peace of mind, know that every team member and caregiver must undergo comprehensive training before being assigned to a Care Plan.

When you're ready, we encourage you to contact your local Always Best Care representative to set up a Care Consultation. Our Care Coordinators would be happy to meet with you in person to get to know you better, discuss your needs, and help put together a personalized Care Plan specific to your needs.

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Panels, conversations and flicks: Albuquerque Film and Music Experience to showcase 81 films over five days

Sep. 23—Ivan Wiener has 10 years under his belt as the executive director of the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience.This year, Wiener and his staff will bring the 11th iteration of the film festival to Nob Hill."We have a great team, and it's been a really great thing for the community," he says. "It's going to be five days, and it's packed with films and music performances."The festival kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 27, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 1, at various locations in Nob Hill. A ful...

Sep. 23—Ivan Wiener has 10 years under his belt as the executive director of the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience.

This year, Wiener and his staff will bring the 11th iteration of the film festival to Nob Hill.

"We have a great team, and it's been a really great thing for the community," he says. "It's going to be five days, and it's packed with films and music performances."

The festival kicks off on Wednesday, Sept. 27, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 1, at various locations in Nob Hill. A full schedule and prices is available at afmxnm.com.

In planning for this year's festival, Wiener wanted to keep some of the after parties smaller.

"With COVID making a surge again, we were hesitant on bringing large groups of people together," he says. "This year we're going to showcase a lot of local musicians for the parties."

AFMX is known for its Center Stage Conversations, which gives attendees a chance to get an up-close and personal look at the industry.

Topics include conversations about entertainment law, casting, film distribution, making a pitch and perfecting it.

"These conversations are meant to help open the doors for filmmakers," he says. "What we've been building for the last decade is a community of filmmakers from all facets."

Over the course of five days, the festival will screen 81 films.

This includes feature films, narrative shorts, animation and studio films.

"It's a good combination of comedy, drama and music videos," he says. "It's a really great line up."

Preparation for this year's event began immediately after last year's festival.

In addition to putting a list of films together, Wiener says the festival is an opportunity for people to network and make connections.

"We're definitely adding to the economic impact for the people meeting at the festival," he says.

At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, the opening night film will be "Burst the Silence," directed by Eric D. Schaeffer.

"Burst The Silence" is a musical fable about a father and son and a gift that gives voice to a haunted past.

Robbie is a precocious kid growing up with his father, Konnie.

A charismatic and irrepressible storyteller, Konnie is also shadowed by a memory that has remained hidden in the woods of his childhood: how he, as a young boy, survived the Holocaust. A turn in both their lives comes when Konnie gives seven-year-old Robbie a guitar, neither of them yet realizing that it will allow Robbie to tell the only story his father never could.

Schaeffer was drawn to the project immediately.

"When I first read the screenplay, I wondered how we would be able to afford going to India, Switzerland, Israel and Europe on an independent film budget," Schaeffer says. "I knew it was going to take some creativity. But then came the idea of placing the whole movie in the woods — precisely where Konnie's horrific memories had taken place — seemed like the perfect solution. So much so that, without anyone realizing it, the woods suddenly became a character in and of itself. It brought the film alive in a new way so that the audience could lean in to the words, music and story. By the end of the film, the audience realizes that Konnie has been trapped in his own woods his entire life. The idea of him escaping the woods and his trauma as he stands in the tranquility of water — washing his heart clean — lets him be free. And the discovery that his sister is the person who opens Robbie's world to the window of Konnie's choice, allows Robbie himself to leave the woods and embark on his own new journey. I instantly knew that this was the best way to tell this story — among the beauty of the leaves and trees, which also served as a haunting memory of Konnie's world."

On Friday, Sept. 29, the festival will screen "Oppenheimer After Trinity" by New Mexico native Larry Sheffield.

Growing up in New Mexico, Sheffield was aware of the impact of J. Robert Oppenheimer. This is why the filmmaker has dedicated years of research to adding more facets to the moment of history. In 2021, Sheffield released "Alamogordo, Center of the World, Trinity 1945," which was a short film about his family's connection to the Manhattan Project and the Trinity Site.

The native New Mexican filmmaker is back with "Oppenheimer After Trinity," which is the second film in the trilogy.

The documentary film explores events that occurred immediately after the testing of the world's first atomic bomb in July of 1945.

Sheffield offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the mind of Oppenheimer, and the moments leading up to and following the first atomic bomb test in the New Mexico desert.

The film features rare footage and photographs, along with compelling testimony from Oppenheimer's grandson, Charles Oppenheimer.

"When I started this journey in 2019, we began by doing a deep dive," Sheffield says. "We were trying to tell one story, and then we had all these little side stories that are just as important."

Judge Sides With ACLU, Orders Albuquerque to Pause Removal of Homeless People's Belongings

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The city of Albuquerque will be banned under a court order from seizing or destroying property of people who are homeless.A Bernalillo County District Court judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday that Albuquerque will have to follow starting Nov. 1.The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and others ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The city of Albuquerque will be banned under a court order from seizing or destroying property of people who are homeless.

A Bernalillo County District Court judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday that Albuquerque will have to follow starting Nov. 1.

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and others filed a lawsuit last December on behalf of several unhoused residents. In the suit, they argued homeless encampment sweeps were unconstitutional.

They asked a judge to stop officials in the state’s largest city from destroying homeless encampments and jailing and fining people who are living on the street.

For now, the city cannot remove people's belongings without notice or an opportunity for a hearing or a way to reclaim them. The only exceptions to the ban are if the property is on school grounds, obstructs streets or poses an immediate safety threat.

The order is only temporary until a final ruling is made.

In a statement, the city called the ruling “dangerous" and intends to challenge it. Officials also warned it “would severely limit our ability to keep our city clean and safe, while getting people connected to the help they need.”

In Phoenix, a judge ruled Wednesday that Phoenix must permanently clear the city’s largest homeless encampment by Nov. 4. Property owners and residents filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court, saying the city had let the tent city become a public nuisance. The city said it was following a law that prevents it from criminalizing public camping.

Phoenix is also dealing with a separate lawsuit in federal court. A federal judge in December issued an emergency injunction prohibiting authorities from enforcing sleeping and camping bans on anyone who cannot obtain a bed in a shelter.

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Casa San Ysidro Presents Harvest Festival 2023

Casa San Ysidro’s Harvest Festival is a free two-day event in conjunction with the Village of Corrales to celebrate the fall harvest. This is the village’s largest festival and events are scattered throughout the town. More than 2,000 people are expected over the two-day period at Casa San Ysidro which houses a collection of rare artifacts in a historic adobe home and multi-acre setting. This year, Casa San Ysidro will host a variety of activities, entertainment, and its famous heritage art show on September 30 and October 1 from...

Casa San Ysidro’s Harvest Festival is a free two-day event in conjunction with the Village of Corrales to celebrate the fall harvest. This is the village’s largest festival and events are scattered throughout the town. More than 2,000 people are expected over the two-day period at Casa San Ysidro which houses a collection of rare artifacts in a historic adobe home and multi-acre setting. This year, Casa San Ysidro will host a variety of activities, entertainment, and its famous heritage art show on September 30 and October 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Every year the Harvest Festival celebrates the living traditions of New Mexico by highlighting the state’s finest artists to help keep cultural arts relevant and vital today. Retablos, santos, incrusted straw, tinwork, pottery, colchas, and jewelry are just some of the traditional heritage arts that will be demonstrated. Throughout the weekend, guests can visit with traditional artists from across New Mexico as they sell and demonstrate their craft, learn about seed planting, take agricultural tours, produce ironwork with the local blacksmith, try traditional spinning and weaving, eat fresh baked horno bread, enjoy performances by local musicians, and much more.

“We’re thrilled to once again participate in the annual Harvest Festival with the Village of Corrales,” said Aaron Gardner, site manager for Casa San Ysidro. “We’re excited to offer our guests a variety of demonstrations from an impressive lineup of artists as well as live entertainment.”

2023 Harvest Festival Schedule

Saturday, Sept. 30

10:30 a.m. to noon: Acoma Pueblo Enchantment Dancers

12:30 – 2 p.m.: Heritage Artists Market

2:30 – 4 p.m. : Luis Campos – Spanish Guitar

Sunday, Oct. 1

10:30 a.m. to noon: Acoma Pueblo Enchantment Dancers

12:30 – 2 p.m.: Eli del Puerto – Music of New Mexico

2:30 – 4 p.m.: Recycle Man – Interactive Music with Recycled Objects

Artists and Demonstrators

Dolores Martin - Pottery & Weaving

Carol Lucero Gachupin - Jemez Pueblo Pottery

Rosalie Chavez - San Filipe Pueblo Pottery

Kat Leon - Acoma Pueblo Pottery

Diane Wilhoite - Loom Weaving

Myra Chang Thompson - Spanish Colonial Weaving

Carla Wackenheim - Knitting, Spinning, Weaving

Jason Younis Y Delgado - Tinwork

Juan Lopez - Filigree Jewelry

Charlie Carillo - Santos & Retablos

Dave Sabo - Blacksmith

Las Aranas - Spinning and Weaving Guild

Felix Lopez - Santero Bulto & Retablo Demonstrations

Krissa Lopez - Santero Bulto & Retablo Demonstrations

Joseph Lopez - Santero Bulto & Retablo Demonstrations

Jerry Montoya - Tinwork Demonstrations

Larry Marken - Heritage Games

Ronald Lah - Antiques

Martina Rosetta - Horno Baked Bread and Pies

About Casa San Ysidro: In the early 1950s, Shirley and Ward Alan Minge took a late 19th century building and turned it into a plazuela-style rancho to house their exuberant collection of New Mexico vernacular art. Today, Casa San Ysidro: The Gutiérrez-Minge House embodies the collective creativity of generations of artists and craftspeople in its furnishings and architectural features, exemplifying an interesting tension between tradition and change that New Mexicans have lived with for centuries.

Casa San Ysidro is open to the public from February through November, with tours and public programs. Visit our website – cabq.gov/casasanysidro – for further information. Details subject to change.

2nd Saturdays at Casa San Ysidro — 1 to 4 p.m. — Free

2nd Saturdays on select months explore themes of community, creativity, tradition, and

innovation. Events include lectures and demonstrations. Participation is free.

This is why Raven Defense Corp.'s founders bet on themselves

When Chris Patscheck and his three colleagues left Raytheon Technologies Corp. in 2018 to found their own aerospace defense contracting business, they were making a big bet on themselves.The founders of Albuquerque-based Raven Defense Corp., which offers advanced satellite communications for government and commercial partners, took advantage of the IRS’ Rollover as Business Start-Up ...

When Chris Patscheck and his three colleagues left Raytheon Technologies Corp. in 2018 to found their own aerospace defense contracting business, they were making a big bet on themselves.

The founders of Albuquerque-based Raven Defense Corp., which offers advanced satellite communications for government and commercial partners, took advantage of the IRS’ Rollover as Business Start-Up (ROBS) program in order to pool their retirement savings and get the capital-intensive startup off the ground.

“We basically decided we trust each other to either grow this business and retire early or lose our retirement and never get to retire,” CEO Patscheck said.

Five years later, Raven Defense, which also provides monitoring services for missile tests conducted by the Department of Defense, has grown to 50 employees and is celebrating its one-year anniversary in a new 25,000-square-foot headquarters.

Looking back, Patscheck said utilizing the ROBS program avoided a lot of problems startups have when seeking funding through external investors such as a venture capital firm: They all have to answer to someone else.

“We can make decisions rapidly. We can be very disruptive with our technologies and our course changes because we can have a quick meeting and go do anything we need to do within our structure,” he said.

That doesn’t mean things were easy from the beginning. Unlike most growth startups that can take a product to market immediately, defense contractors face an uphill battle.

“With the Department of Defense, you can have a really cool product that your customers absolutely need. They can want it and have the funding for it, but if you don’t have a contract vehicle set up, you can wait for three years to get a deal,” Patscheck said.

This factor led Raven to another unique program called Other Transaction Authority which gives the DoD the authority to fast-track certain prototype projects.

“It allows the government to bypass a lot of their own bureaucracy to work with small businesses to do innovative things,” Patscheck said. “It really short-circuited a lot of activities and was an enabling factor for us to get early contracts of a pretty good size.”

But still, Patscheck said the company was very close to running out of money and shutting its doors during the Covid-19 pandemic. After coming out of that, Raven banded together and invested what money they had into building new technology.

“We came out of the pandemic much, much stronger than we went into it,” he said.

Part of that strength is owed to the company’s new office near the intersection of I-25 and Jefferson St. NE.

“It was a huge leap for us,” Patscheck said of the space, which also features a 4-acre test site.

Patscheck said the new office gives the company more capability to grow its staff, build more product and keep more inventory.

“When you’re touring major customers through a 5,000 square foot facility, it was almost a joke,” he said. “When you come into our new facility, you think, ‘Oh, these guys are a serious aerospace defense company.' ”

Although Albuquerque is loaded with talent, getting workers to leave their comfortable jobs at Sandia National Laboratories, Intel Corp. and Kirtland Air Force Base isn’t easy.

“Everyone’s trying to grow their staff and yet no one’s getting everyone they want,” Patscheck said.

One of the biggest reasons Raven’s employees cite for joining the company is its culture, Patscheck said.

“We aren’t this corporate meat grinder,” he said. “I expect you to work your allotted 40-hour week, and if you’re working overtime, I need to know about it so we can hire more people.

“We’re not an entity that’s going to grow just for growth's sake to run our people into the ground.”

Raven Defense Corp. was the No. 1 ranked company in Albuquerque Business First's 2023 Fastest Growing Companies Awards in the Large Category.

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