ASSISTED LIVING GIVES SENIORS A HELPING HAND: Assisted living isn’t designed to take freedoms away, it’s there to give seniors more. Ask the residents at Auburn Ravine Terrace. While they may need help with housekeeping, cooking and bathing, staff members assist them with those tasks so they can go about their lives. Read more
WWII VET, 85, SOARS OVER THE UINTA MOUNTAINS WITH HIS SWEETHEART, 80: Roy Hedin doesn’t have many regrets in life. He flew B-25s in World War II, traversed the length of the Grand Canyon in a two-seater plane, worked as a Salt Lake City firefighter for 38 years and has hiked nearly every peak in the Uinta Mountains. So when Silverado Senior Living Hospice workers asked him if he had any unfulfilled dreams, he could think of only one. Read more
INNOVATIVE ALZHEIMERS’ CARE: For Juanita Odom, playing the piano touches a part of her soul that Alzheimer’s disease has been slow to dismantle. With more than 300 songs in her repertoire, she often triggers a light in other memory-loss residents in a new innovative living arrangement in Shreveport.
“My mother and father haven’t danced in more than 10 years, but when Mrs. Odom played the piano at a picnic recently, they danced for three songs,” said Dianne Gosslee, who’s watched her father gain 15 pounds and return to life in the past month since he moved into The Cottages at The Glen.
“The smile he had on his face, it was like his soul had returned.”Read more
ASSISTED LIVING MOMENTUM: The Blue Ridge Business Journal tracks the growth of assisted living as a top choice for seniors seeking assistance with daily activities. Read more
ASSISTED LIVING WORKS FOR ALZHEIMERS: Anne Ellett, N.P., M.S.N., health services vice president at Silverado Senior Living discusses tactics for assisted living providers caring for residents living with Alzheimers’ and dementia. Read more
PROTECTING SENIORS’ CHOICE: Oklahoma passes “informed choice” legislation, enabling seniors to remain in assisted living as long as the resident or their family, physician, and assisted living provider agree that necessary services to meet the residents’ needs can be provided through the community or other appropriate parties. Read more
MEDICAID WAIVERS PAY FOR ASSISTED LIVING:More than 40 states have adopted waiver programs to allow Medicaid-eligible residents to use Medicaid money for assisted living communities. Because the cost of assisted living is about half that of a nursing home, many state government officials view assisted living as a more cost effective and appropriate setting for many frail seniors. Read more
NBC ANCHOR BRIAN WILLIAMS ON FATHER’S CARE:Brian Williams, anchor of the NBC Nightly News, talks about his father’s lifestyle in an assisted living community in New Jersey, in a news series titled “Trading Places.” Read more
SUPPORTING AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE: From planting prize-winning flowers to taking up calligraphy, seniors enjoy autonomy and choice in assisted living, according to an article in AARP Bulletin titled “Assisted Living: 10 Great Ideas.” Read more
SUNRISE NAMED EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR: The Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities has named Sunrise Senior Living, the nation’s largest assisted living provider, “Employer of the Year” for 2007. Read more
EMERITUS BRAIN HEALTH PROGRAM IN NY TIMES: The New York Times recently included coverage of Emeritus Assisted Living’s innovative Brain Health Program in an article titled “As Minds Age, What’s Next? Brain Calisthenics.” Read more