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Memory support communities or dementia support communities offer all the services of an assisted living community. These services include meals, laundry, housekeeping and assistance with daily living from dressing to medication management. However, memory support communities are designed…
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Benefits of Memory Support Communities
When to Seek Memory Care for Your Loved One
Do you know when to seek memory care for a loved one diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia? Not everyone with Alzheimer’s or dementia needs to live in a memory support community. If your loved one simply needs more assistance with daily living, an assisted living apartment…
How to Recognize When It’s Time for Assisted Living
We often get asked the $64,000 question, how do I know when it’s time to move a loved one to assisted living? The answer to this is as unique and personal as the individual’s journey with aging or dementia. Some people are able to stay in their home as they age, with family sup…
Creative Ways to Stay Connected with Loved Ones Through the Holidays
While many of us are spending the winter holidays apart from family and friends, there are still so many ways to make the season special and to connect with each other. This is even more important to the seniors in our lives, especially those that live in a care community. Coming up with c…
Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
October is typically when individuals and teams gather across the nation to walk together with the goal to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care and research. This year the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s looks a little different, but the commitment from the various communities…
Skilled Rehabilitation: Providing a New Lease on Life
As we age, our body goes through many changes including, but not limited to, a decline in balance, heart conditions, and joint deterioration in the knee, hip, shoulder or ankle. Personalized therapy and skilled rehabilitation programs provide help in the recovery process and gets the patie…
Sensory Loss in Seniors
Each of the five senses connects us to our world in different ways, but as we age they begin to change. The staff and caregivers at The Preserve understand that sensory loss has a great impact on older adults and also can be difficult to grasp for those who are not experiencing the same. A…
How We Weather the Storm During Hurricane Season
With the hurricane season upon us, the health and safety of our senior residents, staff and extended community is top priority. Even though it will not likely peak until August or September, The Preserve is working behind the scenes to prepare for what is being forecasted as a very active …
Bus Jensen’s Birthday Bash: The Preserve Celebrates First Resident to Turn 100!
Bus Jensen was born in 1920, just as telephones were becoming commonplace in homes. Fast forward 100 years, and Bus is still using the phone to communicate with family and friends. Sort of. Rotary dial phones are long gone, so these days he’s using an iPad to FaceTime his children and gr…
Providing Connections Through Technology to Our Residents with iN2L
During this time of social isolation in all communities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the availability of technology-based tools is more important than ever to help seniors stay connected to the outside world. Implementation of iN2L, or It’s Never 2 Late, at The Preserve has done just th…
