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Chapel Hill, NC  – Rising tuitions threaten to put higher education out of reach of most Americans. With few other options, families are forced to take on more debt to finance their children’s education. To counter the widening barrier to higher education, TutorJam.com, the premier online tutoring company, is using cutting-edge technology, a team of top educators and a smart, innovative approach that can provide as much as a 25 percent saving in college tuition fees.

“Advanced Placement (AP) classes allow students to front-load college courses while in high school and save on expensive college tuitions later on” says TutorJam founder and university professor Dr. Ajit Singh. He adds, “The challenge, however, is in finding economically and academically sound solutions to help prepare students for tough AP classes. Our online tutoring programs are designed to rise up this challenge.”

According to the Project on Student Debt, on average, students graduate from college with a $21,000 debt. A study published by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education reveals that, last year, the net cost at a four-year public university amounted to 28 percent of the median family income and a four-year private university cost 76 percent of the median family income.

TutorJam is the premier online tutoring company providing middle-income families with the benefits of one-on-one tutoring, but at a fraction of the cost. Using TutorJam’s online tutoring, subscribers usually save as much as 75 percent as compared to costs at traditional tutoring centers. TutorJam instructors are highly qualified, many with graduate degrees in their teaching subject, and are available 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week. “TutorJam allows students to juggle sports, extracurricular and school work while benefiting from regular instruction with their own personal tutor, in the comfort and safety of their home” said TutorJam Vice President, Nathan Arora.

About TutorJam

TutorJam is the premier tutoring company for students in K-12, AP and college classes. Using a secure, web-based e-learning platform, TutorJam’s highly qualified tutors deliver one-on-one personalized instruction across all subject areas, including math, science, English, and social studies. For more information visit:  www.tutorjam.com/subjects.html.

Nathan C. Arora, Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Nathan has over 7 years of engineering experience at technology firms including Microsoft, Slipstream Data, and Texas Instruments. He has worked extensively with non-profit organizations including Hopelink, United Way and St. Andrews Housing Group in advisory and entrepreneurship roles. He holds a Bachelor’s in Math and Economics from the University of Waterloo, a Master’s of Science from the University of Washington and is an MBA candidate at Duke University.

As our parents age, we’re faced with one tough elder care decision after another. Among them is the decision to bring in a professional New Jersey caregiver to help you provide for your mother’s or father’s assisted living in home care needs. Of course, this decision implies another – deciding who that New Jersey senior caregiver is going to be. As a leader in the home care industry, Synergy HomeCare of New Jersey offers this advice on what to look for in a caregiver for your aging parent.

Education and Experience

Though caregiving comes naturally to many of us, providing professional care to someone in their elder years requires a significant amount of training, even if that care is of a non-medical nature. For instance, caring for someone with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia means needing to understand how the disease affects the mind and how to communicate accordingly. Yet training means little until a caregiver has an opportunity to put that knowledge to use, as firsthand experience – with all its unexpected challenges – is the best education of all.

Compassion, Patience and Dependability

There are some qualities that even the best caregiver training cannot teach. Among them are compassion, patience and dependability – all characteristics essential for you to find in the perfect caregiver for your aging parent. They need compassion for what your mother or father is going through – physically, mentally and emotionally. They need patience for what these changes entail, from mood swings to personal hygiene issues. And they need dependability, as both you and your parent need to know this is someone you can trust to be punctual and follow through with the caregiving services they agreed to provide, from cooking nutritious meals to medication reminders.

Personality

Your mother or father is going to be spending a great deal of time with his or her caregiver. Perhaps you will too. So it is important that the caregiver you choose be someone whose personality meshes well with all involved. Whether it’s someone who can make your mom laugh or someone who is a really good listener for your dad, finding the perfect caregiver is essential.

Of course, finding these qualities in a New Jersey caregiver is much easier said than done if you don’t know where to look. That’s why so many people turn to Synergy HomeCare of New Jersey for all of their assisted living in home care needs. Synergy carefully screens and trains all of their elder care providers and takes the time to carefully match your parent with the caregiver they believe best-suited to provide for his or her needs. And if for some reason the match proves less than ideal, Synergy will replace that New Jersey senior caregiver with another. For details, contact Synergy HomeCare for you Free Home Assessment today.

We provide service to all of New Jersey as well as these cities: Shrewsbury, Paramus, Long Branch, Cape May, Mamora, Atlantic City, Princeton, Pennington, Lakewood, Paterson, Woodcliff Lake. It was back in 2001 when a visionary entrepreneur founded Synergy HomeCare – a national home care franchise and industry leader that not only provides services to the elderly, but men, women and children of all ages and circumstances.