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Continuing Care Retirement and Medicaid
March 15, 2024Living in a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) has some distinct advantages. First, you have pretty much everything you need right in one place: wonderful food, fellowship, shelter, safety, transportation, and even access to nursing care when you need it. You shed worries about things like snow removal, house and yard maintenance, and annual real estate taxes. Another huge benefit is having all levels along the continuum of care readily available to you as you age: independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled and long-term nursing care (nursing home).
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Advocating for Your Health
March 15, 2024It finally feels like summer! Most of us go about our daily routines without giving...
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Increase Awareness About Parkinson’s and Its Impacts
March 1, 2024April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. It is an opportunity to increase awareness about the disorder and its symptoms, as well as to support people living with Parkinson’s disease.
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Personal Identity and Dementia
March 1, 2024Who we are is important. When a person has dementia that sense of who we are may diminish.
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Assisted Living: What Does That Mean?
February 2, 2024We receive many calls from family members trying to decide if or when Mom or Dad should go to a residential assisted living community. That can be a tough decision, so here is some general information that might help explain what residential assisted living is all about.
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The Relationship Between Aging and Malnutrition
January 22, 2024As we age, we’re confronted with physical issues that we never had to deal with in our younger days. We tire more easily, and we nap more frequently. Our senses may weaken, and we don’t see, hear or smell as well as we used to. We feel aches and pains that we never felt before. There is another issue that we don’t always think about that can play a partial role in all of the above, and that is malnutrition.
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Let’s Talk Nutrition With Coach Mike
December 21, 2023And it’s really nothing groundbreaking. It’s built around something you’ve all heard before: “everything is okay in moderation.”
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You Should Start Rucking
December 21, 2023What is rucking? Rucking is walking with weight. That’s it.
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Tips for Thriving Through the Holidays
December 21, 2023The holidays are a busy, sometimes stressful, joyful, and often overindulgent time of year, which means it can be challenging to prioritize our health.
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When to Transition to Assisted Living: Key Factors to Consider
December 19, 2023Deciding when it's time to sell your family home and transition to assisted living is a deeply personal and often emotional journey. While there's no one-size-fits-all answer, several key indicators can help guide your decision:
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