{"id":3998,"date":"2014-10-04T17:36:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T17:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/allentown\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2014-10-04T17:36:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T17:36:42","slug":"did-you-know-october-3rd-was-world-smile-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/blog\/2014\/10\/04\/did-you-know-october-3rd-was-world-smile-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know? October 3rd was World Smile Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smiles for Elder Care in Allentown, PA \u2013 It doesn\u2019t Cost Anything<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019re still young, you haven\u2019t yet reached your 70s, but you have a family member who has. You know that they require some type of elder care<\/strong>, such as home care for the elderly<\/strong>, and you think that this means the best years of their life are over. You feel bad for them and wish there was something that you could do to make things better.<\/p>\n

There is. You can smile<\/em> for them.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, even though you assume that the elderly individual is feeling sorry for themselves, wishing that they didn\u2019t have to contend with the physical limitations or health crises that they have on a regular basis, it doesn\u2019t mean that their life has come to an end. It also doesn\u2019t mean that they are unable to do anything<\/em> at all.<\/p>\n

Unless they are in a coma and unresponsive, there are still plenty of things that a person of any age can do. They may require assistance to do those things, but with the right level of home care<\/a> for the elderly<\/strong>, they can still do them.<\/p>\n

Far too many people (including the elderly) assume that just because they reach a certain age and they have trouble getting around that they need to give up on activities, visiting with friends, and doing other things they enjoy. They don\u2019t have to. With the proper level of assistance and thanks to modern technology, it\u2019s entirely possible to do almost anything.<\/p>\n

October 3rd<\/sup> is World Smile Day and that means it\u2019s the perfect time to think about all of the positive<\/em> things that you can celebrate with and for the elderly people in your life. Take time to spend a day with the elderly individual in your life. Celebrate the joyous moments that they have had and ask them about the things that they may still want to do.<\/p>\n

You may notice that your elderly loved one is depressed. It can be tough to lose physical abilities over time. Sometimes just the love and support that we have around us, and a few wonderful and well-placed smiles can make a world of difference.<\/p>\n

We shouldn\u2019t need a reason to smile in life. It truly is a gift but once in a while it\u2019s nice to be reminded that it is. For the person in your life who relies on or requires some type of elder care<\/strong>, remember to smile at least once this week, just for them<\/p>\n

If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring elder care services in Allentown<\/a> PA, call the friendly staff at Extended Family Care of Allentown<\/span><\/strong> at (610) 200-6097.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serving Allentown & the Surrounding Cities of Bethlehem ,Easton, Emmaus, Macungie, Whitehall, Schnecksville, Catasaqua, Northampton, & Nazareth<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re still young, you haven\u2019t yet reached your 70s, but you have a family member who has. You know that they require some type of elder care, such as home care for the elderly, and you think that this means the best years of their life are over. You feel bad for them and wish there was something that you could do to make things better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[62],"class_list":["post-3998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elder-care-allentown-pa","tag-elder-care-allentown-pa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13525,"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions\/13525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extendedfamilycare.com\/allentown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}