04 Mar 2019 Talking With Your Parent About A Senior Living Community Life is full of phases. When you’re a child, you depend on your parent to care for you. As time…
16 Jan 2019 Making Every Resolution Count It’s 2019, time to make every resolution count. We’ve selected our ten favorites for seniors – or anyone wanting to…
07 Jan 2019 Stay Connected When we think of overcoming obstacles, it’s hard to argue that anyone had more to overcome than Helen Keller. Yet…
05 Dec 2018 Family Traditions & Holiday Tips “There'll be parties for hosting Marshmallows for toasting And caroling out in the snow There'll be scary ghost stories…” …
01 Nov 2018 Being Thankful For many Americans, Thanksgiving represents perfection in a holiday tradition: family, friends, food, shopping, and of course football. As we…
05 Oct 2018 The Importance of a ‘This is Me’ Questionnaire Consider this situation: A 68 year old wheelchair-bound man with moderate to severe dementia is being assisted with shaving by…
01 Oct 2018 Wellness For Life: Healthier Lifestyle Wellness can be achieved at almost any point in life. It can include eating right, exercising more and improving your…
15 Sep 2018 Is it Dementia? For anyone over the age of 50, you know that the last time you misplaced your keys, or you forgot…
01 Sep 2018 Wellness For Life Wellness can be achieved at almost any point in life. It can include eating right, exercising more and improving your…
15 Aug 2018 The Seven Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease While some Alzheimer’s experts break the disease into three stages (early, moderate and end), Dr. Barry Reisberg from New York…
01 Aug 2018 Saluting Our Seniors We salute all Kaplan residents in recognition of National Senior Citizens Day – a time to honor and recognize your…
20 Jul 2018 SHOULD MOM MOVE IN WITH YOU? THE ANSWER IS NOT SO EASY AND NOT SO OBVIOUS For some families, it’s a no-brainer. Mom or Dad can’t live alone anymore. Time to give back for all those…
03 Jul 2018 Patriotism and Retirement How the two can go together perfectly. The Fourth is a time we all get a little nostalgic. Maybe you…
26 Jun 2018 Kindness: Pass It On! There are many ways to express kindness, and interpretations of kindness are personal to each of us. Psychology Today (www.psychologytoday.com)…
26 Jun 2018 Make 4th of July Activities Fun For Seniors When older adults are included in group celebrations like 4th of July, they feel engaged in life and connected with…
13 Mar 2018 4 Tips for Surviving Winter Storms 1. Prevent injury while shoveling Each year, thousands get injured and even die while shoveling snow. Make sure you protect…
22 Nov 2017 FORGET THE SALES PITCH – HERE IS LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE As a daughter, choosing a senior living community for my mother was a difficult decision. We searched long and hard…
11 Sep 2017 Handling Observational Status at the Hospital This might just sound familiar to you, it may have happened to you or an elderly loved one…. In April,…
handsome male doctor writing medical prescription for senior patient 24 Aug 2017 The Weakest Link in Our Healthcare System in America The Weakest Link in Our Healthcare System in America So, you’ve navigated your frail parent’s hospital stay and now it’s…
23 Jul 2017 The Patient Wants to Leave. The Hospital Says ‘No Way.’ Navigating health care can be an arduous process for anyone, especially when it comes to eldercare for yourself and/or a…
