How to Support Your Loved One’s Transition to a Senior Living Community
As you prepare to navigate your upcoming move, here are some key steps to take to ensure everyone’s emotional, mental, and physical needs are being considered along the way.
Choosing a Senior Living Community During the Holidays
For families and loved ones looking for senior living support, sometimes waiting until after the holidays to move seems like the best choice. However, amidst the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, initiating senior living ahead of the holidays might provide an unexpected sense of peace for everyone involved.
Giving Back to Seniors this Holiday Season
If you’re looking for organizations to give back to, here are some of our favorites that help address the various needs the senior adults have, including food insecurity, healthcare, social engagement, and companionship.
Different Types of Dementia
According to Alzheimer’s Disease International, there are over 100 forms of dementia. Today, we will take a look at a few of the most common types of dementia, the characteristics that make them similar, as well as the markers that distinguish one from another.
Signs to Look Out for this Holiday Season
As our parents, grandparents, and loved ones begin to age, it can be hard to know if they’re safe living alone. While you have some extra time together this holiday season, there are some signs you can look out for to determine whether your loved one might need additional support.
Navigating Difficult Emotions
In general, hobbies can be fun to practice in our spare time. However, research suggests that regularly participating in hobbies can have a positive impact on one’s mental health.
Benefits of Community Based Living
In a society that often overlooks our elders, memory care communities are uniquely poised to usher in empathy, serenity, and vibrancy at an incredibly pivotal time in a person’s life.
Things to Do While Visiting Your Loved One at Westminster Memory Care
Whether you enjoy history, arts and culture, exploring the outdoors, or local food experiences, there's something for everyone!
Navigating Seasonal Depression
If you’re experiencing seasonal depression, you are not alone. We are here to help.
Westminster Memory Care’s Guide to Seasonal Wellness
Our list of seasonal wellness tips will help to keep you and yours healthy as you make plans this season, especially when visiting with friends and family.
World Mental Health Day: How Mental Health Can Impact Senior Adults
This World Mental Health Day, we want you to know that no matter what you are going through, your experience matters. You matter. No one should have to be alone with complicated thoughts or feelings.
Benefits of Reading for Senior Adults & October Reading List
Whether you have a favorite reading nook in your home, a cozy spot in one of our communal spaces, or even a cherished spot outdoors, there’s nothing quite like unfurling the world of possibilities that awaits us inside a good book.
Sharing Your Story: A Staff Perspective
From activities directors, chefs and nutritionists to administrative staff, clinicians, and custodians, assisted living communities are only as good as the team operating them. The importance of planting empathy, compassion, and thoughtfulness into each day cannot be overstated.
An Open Letter to Loved Ones
In so many ways, walking a loved one through this chapter of their life is a sacred journey. In other ways, it is one of the most complicated experiences in life. Being responsible for your loved one’s care and medical needs is hard. Balancing your own life on top of that is hard. Difficult thoughts and emotions are frequent companions here.
Sharing Your Story: A Loved One’s Perspective
Seeking senior living options is a journey that varies from person to person, but one thing we know with certainty is that the decision is never simple. In some cases, the decision to engage a senior living community comes from a family member or dear friend who is in the position of navigating such choices on behalf of their loved one.
Holistic Benefits of Assisted Living
In a society that often overlooks our elders, assisted living communities are uniquely poised to usher in empathy and individualized care at an incredibly pivotal time in a person’s life. While the need for assisted living is different for every person, the desire we all have to thrive in a compassionate environment during our silver years is a common thread that connects us to one another.
How To Navigate Senior Care Options: Skilled Nursing vs Assisted Living
As our loved ones age, the question of appropriate care becomes paramount. Understanding the distinctions between skilled nursing and assisted living is crucial for making informed decisions tailored to the unique needs of our elderly loved ones.
Managing Your Loved One's Money
As our loved ones age, their cognitive abilities tend to decline; this often impairs their ability to responsibly manage their finances. This can be an uneasy conversation to have, but it is definitely a necessary one. Who will oversee their finances when they cannot anymore? We are here to provide you with important information to understand what course of action to take and what problems to look out for if you have to become their financial manager.
What Do You Need to Know About the Stages of Alzheimer's Disease?
While memory loss is a large part of Alzheimer’s disease, it tends to be our focus when it should not be. Individuals who suffer from Alzheimer’s undergo many neurological and physical changes, which can cause challenges for them and those around them. We have found that being informed and educated about the disease is the best way to prepare for the road ahead.
Understanding the 5 A's of Alzheimer's Disease
If you have a loved one with Alzheimer’s, you know it can be difficult to communicate with them at times. Understanding the 5 A’s of Alzheimer’s can help you.
Apraxia: inability to perform purposeful movements. When this happens, their brains and muscles just are not communicating.