Here at Applewood Our House Assisted Living Memory Care, the engagement with our residents never stops! We are doing crafts like coloring, window painting, and painting rocks! Games like playing with bubbles ball toss, and bean bag toss. Listening to music, I mean who could pass up a good dance party! And even some chores, only if they want to help and are able! They can feel helpful again by sorting the warm clean laundry,…
We are celebrating Mother’s Day the best way we can! By still staying connected and sharing moments and memories. To all the Moms out there, Happy Mother’s Day to you and your families from our family. Applewood Our House is all about moments and memories with our residents, team and families. We love sharing these little moments with you and hope you enjoy them just as much as we do.
You might be looking at the title of this post and thinking what in the world are we talking about?? Story Time! Every month we have a Care Cafe for families who have a loved one with memory care needs. This group is facilitated by, Dale Carter, she is an incredible person with so much insight into the challenges you can have when caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or Dementia. In the world today we…
By Elizabeth George “Thirty seconds is a long time when you’re on the high side of high-intensity interval training. Thirty seconds is a very long time when you’re enduring pain. And, 30 seconds can feel like an eternity when your baby is screaming on a crowded airplane. But it’s not a long time for a caregiver to enter a room in which a memory care resident is relaxed in a recliner, gather her clothing from…
From our vision in 2010 we feel very fortunate to have cared for many elders during this time. Growing from 1 Home in 2010 to 5 by 2020. Our Care Team is full of hugs and care and love our residents until the end. See our 10 years of service in our 5 homes… View our Decade of Applewood Our House Thank you to so many of our families, community providers, residents and Care professionals…
The holidays present a great chance for you to visit with senior loved ones that you may not have been able to spend a lot of quality time with for a while. It can also be a perfect time to be sure that your senior loved one’s holiday is safe on top of being festive. Whether your older loved one is spending the season in your home or his or her own, following these home…