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It’s HERE! #seniorschangethescript
Our Thankfulness Challenge, #seniorschangethescript has kicked off! Watch this! Our residents will be making videos of the POSITIVE things they see and will be challenging others to follow suit. Watch for your challenge and PARTICIPATE! Mr. Wayne already challenged me, and I’ve made my video and issued a challenge to several others. You can see it here. […]
Never Too Late to Let the Real You Shine Through!
Take a look at the personalities and styles of our fabulous residents!
Inside Assisted Living During a Pandemic: What No One Is Telling You About Senior Care in Difficult Times
The TV news flashes across the screen and you look away from yet another report showing the sad faces of elderly residents as they touch hands with a family member through a window. Suspicions abound as folks complain about not being able to visit in person with their loved ones, and hearing too little about […]
How We Cure the Holiday Blues in Assisted Living
Are you facing this holiday with dread? Having experienced the kind of tragedy in my family that forever alters our holiday celebrations with chairs left empty, I can certainly identify with the heaviness that comes around this time of year. I know I’m not alone as I often reminisce with a resident and we may […]
Assisted Living Resident Reasons for Thanksgiving
“I’m thankful for you!” I said to a resident as she and I finished a conversation about gratitude on this day before Thanksgiving. We had talked about how it’s important to have a day where we consider the good things in life. Sure, life brings plenty of bad things, but it brings so many lovely […]
Castle or Cabin? How to Find the Right Assisted Living Home
Upon her first visit to St. Francis Villa, a new resident’s 3 year old great granddaughter viewed the building with its turrets and Victorian style and announced with awe: “Grammie lives in a castle!” A little one, with no preconceived notions about what assisted living is simply exclaimed in joy over Grammie’s new home. Adults […]
How To Laugh When You Want To Cry
“Mom, stay right here til I get back. Don’t sneak over to your boyfriend’s apartment or anything.” said the daughter with a smile. Her mom, though weak from an illness popped right back with “That’s exactly what I’m gonna do, sneak to my boyfriend’s apartment… Now, where is it again?” Laughter amid tears. Is there any […]
Helicopter Kids: Caring For Your Aging Parent Without Driving Everyone Crazy
We’ve all known helicopter parents. The ones whose children never do wrong. They hover around like helicopters, always ready to save the day should anything go awry. They press for special exceptions and save their kids from life’s little failures, such as a forgotten homework assignment, a lost baseball game or a test that was […]