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Merry Christmas from Care Wagon Medical Transport!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS GATHERINGS
& A WONDERFUL YEAR AHEAD

From Our Care Wagon Family To You and Yours!

Bring On The Merry and Have Your Jolliest Holiday Ever!

Our Care Wagon Medical Transport Team is excited to provide wheelchair accessible transportation for our disabled neighbors to attend holiday gatherings or nearby worship services, shopping trips, 

or even future hair dresser/barber appointments! 

 

Call us now to discuss your great destination ideas.

(909) 428-CARE (2273)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

HAPPY HANUKKAH

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

We Get You There With Care!

Care Wagon Medical Transport will be 

FULLY OPERATIONAL Christmas Eve & Christmas Day!

Making it possible for "Special Disabled Guests" to attend 

Family Holiday Gatherings is our joy!

Best Wishes for a Wonderful Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM OUR CARE WAGON FAMILY TO YOURS!

Happy ThanksGatherings!

Care Wagon Medical Transport will be 

FULLY OPERATIONAL Thanksgiving Day!

Making it possible for "Special Disabled Guests" to attend 

Family Holiday Gatherings is our joy!

Care Wagon will be closed Friday, November 23rd

to celebrate Our Family ThanksGathering

and will reopen on Monday, November 26th, to serve you.

Care Wagon Medical Transport LLC

(909)428-CARE(2273)

We Get You There With Care!

Elderly Loved Ones May Feel Isolated During Holiday Gatherings Due To Possible Hearing Loss

Don't let unrecognized hearing loss isolate our elderly loved ones, who created so many beloved family holiday traditions!

Care Wagon Medical Transport and The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is urging families across America to encourage loved ones with hearing loss to get their hearing checked and to have any hearing loss properly treated. 

By visiting www.hearingcheck.org, family members can use a simple, interactive screening tool to check their hearing in the comfort and privacy of their own homes. Families can also check their hearing together during holiday gatherings as a way to offer support to loved ones.

"The holiday season is meant to be a time of thanks, celebration, and joy," says Sergei Kochkin, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Better Hearing Institute. "But for many people, it is a time of year when unaddressed hearing loss can cause them to feel particularly isolated and depressed. Even when surrounded by loved ones, a family member's impaired ability to hear and  actively participate in conversation cuts them off. Oftentimes, they are left with a sense of sadness, inadequacy, and emotional isolation. This is especially true when the hearing loss is either unrecognized or is being 'hidden' by the family member with hearing loss."
Hearing loss is one of the most commonly unaddressed health conditions in America today, and affects more than 31.5 million Americans. When left untreated, hearing loss can lead to isolation and depression—a health issue that is already prevalent during the holiday season and may likely be more widespread this year, given the added financial worries that many Americans are currently facing.
So this year, be especially vigilant if you see that Uncle Fred is quiet at Thanksgiving or other holiday dinners. Maybe he can't hear you and needs your help in bringing him close to the family again.
Signs and symptoms of hearing loss include not being able to hear well in a crowded room or restaurant, having trouble hearing children and women, keeping the television or radio turned up to a high volume, needing to ask family and friends to repeat what they're saying, or experiencing ringing in the ears.
"When a family member experiences unaddressed hearing loss, it silently erodes the loved one's quality of life—undermining family relationships, interfering with short-term memory, and creeping into virtually every aspect of daily living," says Kochkin. "The good news is there are solutions to help loved ones with hearing loss regain the gift of sound so they don't need to draw back in silence. Hearing loss can be easily diagnosed, and there are modern-day solutions that can help people hear better."

If someone you love is experiencing hearing loss, try these tips to help them feel included in your upcoming holiday celebrations:

• Keep the volume on the music and television down. Background noise makes it difficult for people with even mild—and sometimes undetected—hearing loss to follow the conversation.
• Try to talk to your loved one from the side on which he or she hears best.
• Speak clearly and not too fast. Don't talk loudly or shout.
• Face the person as you speak, and keep your hands away from your face.
• Write a sincere, loving letter before a big holiday family dinner or get-together, or suggest that your loved one write one, to remind folks about the need to speak clearly, one at a time, and to use effective communication strategies, such as repeating then rephrasing when your loved one doesn't understand them.
• If you plan to host a holiday dinner or party, consider leaving the dishes and silverware in the china closet. Instead, use holiday-themed paper plates and plastic cutlery. This will cut down dramatically on the noise from cutlery clattering on plates.

"Most important, if someone you love appears to have a hearing loss, encourage them to get a hearing screening," Kochkin urges. "Many people decide to get their hearing checked because someone they love suggested it and provided support. And now, with the interactive tool available at www.hearingcheck.org, family members can more easily take that first, critical step in reclaiming their hearing, quality of life, and relationships."

What better gift can you give 

this holiday season?

 Happy Holidays! 

from Care Wagon Medical Transport

Care Wagon Medical Transport LLC

We Get You There With Care!

FALL BACK ~ END OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

Care Wagon Medical Transport
would like to remind everyone to
Turn Back Your Clocks
 and Change Those Smoke Alarm Batteries

Please also reach out to your elderly relatives, friends and neighbors that may need help completing these tasks for their safety!

This 1st WEEKEND of NOVEMBER we all get an extra hour of sleep as we turn our clocks back one hour to mark the end of Daylight Saving Time. The American Red Cross recommends changing your smoke alarm batteries and testing those alarms at the same time.

In addition to checking your smoke alarms, Care Wagon is also asking everyone to PRACTICE HOME FIRE DRILLS. Make sure all household members know two ways to escape from every room of your home, and set up a meeting place outside in case of fire. Practice escaping from your home at least twice a year and at different times of the day. Teach household members to stop, drop and roll if their clothing should catch on fire.

Enjoy your extra hour of sleep this 1st Weekend of November!

Care Wagon Medical Transport LLC

Labor Day Is The First Monday In September!

Have a Safe and Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Labor Day was created as a way to acknowledge and pay tribute to the workforce for all that they have done to make our country prosperous and strong.

The first Labor Day was celebrated in New York City, and other cities followed this example in the following years. It was in 1894 that Congress passed a law making the first Monday of September a legal holiday.

The original holiday was meant to handle a problem of long working hours and no time off. Although the battle over these issues would seem to have been won long ago, this issue is starting to come back with a vengeance, not for manufacturing workers but for highly skilled white-collar workers, many of whom are constantly connected to work.

If you work all the time and never really take a vacation, start a new ritual that honors the original spirit of Labor Day. Give yourself the day off. Don’t go in to work. Shut off your phone, computer and other electronic devices connecting you to your daily grind. Then go to a barbecue, like the original participants did over a century ago, and celebrate having at least one day off from work during the year!

Care Wagon Medical Transport will be taking Monday off to observe Labor Day. We will be fully operational and available for service on Tuesday. 

Thank you so much for your understanding!

HAPPY NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZEN DAY!!

August 21st is National Senior Citizen Day!

If you have a senior relative, friend or neighbor, please take a little time to make their Senior Citizen Day special. 

Here are a few unique but simple ideas to do just that.

* Write them a letter or make them a little card telling them how much they mean to you.
* Just dropping by to say hello can make them feel very special.
* Work on a jigsaw puzzle together. Large format puzzles make it easier to see and handle the pieces.
* Check around the house for things that might have become difficult for your senior citizen to do, like changing high light bulbs or smoke detector batteries for their safety. 
* Create a collage of new pictures of friends, family, and particularly grand and great grandchildren. Add a nice frame and put it on a table where it can be viewed or attach it to the wall.
* If your elderly citizen has a pet, bring along a special pet treat or maybe a new pet throw blanket for its bed.
* Take your senior citizen for a nice outing - perhaps a museum, a movie or even a short visit to a local park might be enough to bring some enjoyment to their day. 

!!! If your senior is disabled, you can still take them for a nice outing!!!! Wheelchair accessible transportation to personal interest destinations can be easily arranged with a local medical transportation company. Gift Certificates for non-emergency wheelchair accessible transportation may also be available to purchase for a future destination such as a trip to a salon/barber or other personal interest destination.

* And if your senior citizen prefers to stay home, bring a nice lunch or dinner to share and bring a movie along.

Have fun!!

Put a Jigsaw Puzzle together with a Senior Citizen!

Happy National Senior Citizen Day to all from Care Wagon Medical Transport!