On Thursday, August 5th, Arveda's Buda community had their Grand Opening Celebration.  One hundred and five guests attended the event that included a ribbon cutting by the Buda Chamber of Commerce.

We held the Arveda Buda Grand Opening ceremony on August 5th, 2010.  We had well over 100 visitors at the event and we were honored to have the city of Buda Mayor, the Honorable Bobby Lane and the City Manager, Mr. Ken William in attendance, as well as many other city officals and chamber representatives in attendance.

Jennifer responded to a family caregiver on the Alzheimer's Reading Room (www.alzheimersreadroom.com) who expressed the difficulties of caring for his mother in relation to not being able to have any alone time and her negative responses.   The article provides guidance on behavioral issues that are common during the illness.  

The link below will take you to the article.  We hope the reader finds the information helpful.

Alzheimer's Caregiving Dealing with Behavior

http://www.alzheimersreadingroom.com/2010/07/alzheimers-caregiving-dealing-with.html

View the press release.

“Caring for very special people in a very special way”

Buda Businesses Preview Tour

Wednesday, June 30^th

11:00am-2:00pm

 You are invited to stop by for a quick tour and light refreshments.

Arveda Alzheimer’s Family Care

645 FM 967

Buda, Texas 78610

512-295-5600

We are accepting reservations for move-ins.

Request information

(License Pending)

Barry Peterson-Emmy Award Winning CBS News Correspondent has written a book about caring for his wife who was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 55 years old. CBS Sunday Morning news ran a story, this morning, about Barry's journey of providing care for his wife Jan.  Some of the proceeds from the book support the Alzheimer's Association.

The following link takes you to a YouTube trailer about "Jan's Story", narrated by Barry Peterson.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E66ds_gu9iE&feature=player_embedded

This post does not constitute a recommendation for the book.  The post is for informational purposes only.

The Alzheimer's Association 2010 Austin Memory Walk is October 16.

We invite you to join the Arveda Alzheimer's Family Care Memory Walk team and walk 3 miles with us.

If you are not able to join us, please consider donating in honor or in memory of a loved one.

Donations raised fund Alzheimer's care, support and research.

http://memorywalk.kintera.org/austin10/arvedacare

We hope you will join us to help create a world without Alzheimer's!

(Courtesy of the Alzheimer's Association Website at www.alz.org)

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has added early-onset/younger onset Alzheimer's to the list of conditions under its Compassionate Allowance Initiative, giving those with the disease expedited access to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The Alzheimer's Association, a longtime advocate for those with early-onset Alzheimer's, has played an integral role in this movement to reduce the length of disability decision process.

To read the Alzheimer's Association statement and for the application process follow the link below:

http://www.alz.org/living_with_alzheimers_social_security_disability.asp?type=homepage

The Arveda Alzheimer's Family Care Assisted Living residence in Buda is nearly finished.  The landscape is almost complete and the final building inspections are scheduled for June 4, 2010. 

Our team is very excited to be assisting families very soon.  If you are a family caregiver or a professional caregiver and would like information about the services which will be offered at the Arveda community, please call Mrs. Kim Terracina at 512-637-5402 or you can contact us by submitting an information request directly from this post.

The following picture is of the backyard landscape going in with the safety walking paths.   When the yard is completed there will be shade structures, benches, and other seating areas for the residents to enjoy.