Delicious and Healthy Meals for Seniors

Meals for Seniors – How to Serve Delicious and Healthy Meals to Assisted Living Residents

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There are many nutritious meals for seniors. Eating healthy, delicious meals is a critical part of daily life for seniors, especially those living in assisted living facilities. As seniors age, their nutritional needs change and they require food that provides adequate nutrition to support their health and quality of life. However, planning and preparing nutritious meals tailored for seniors can be challenging. This article provides tips and guidelines for serving tasty, nourishing meals to seniors…

Searching for Senior Care

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Have you ever tried searching for senior care? There are some strategies to help you find more specific attributes of a community.   The interest in terms around assisted living remain high while certain more specific terms such as skilled nursing and memory care have increased greatly in searching for the right community for you or your loved one. Currently searches are still attached to the senior, care, assistance and nursing and specialty terms however…

Part 6 – Causes of Dementia – Guide by Applewood Our House Assisted Living Memory Care

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Causes of Dementia The easiest definition of dementia is, the deterioration of cognitive functioning abilities and the loss to properly remember or process data in the mind. When cells in the cerebral cortex (The section of our brain that holds our memories and thoughts, our personality, and the ability to perform our daily tasks) are damaged, the common symptoms of dementia are visible. I did find the breakdown of the word dementia to be fascinating…

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How to Find an Assisted Living and Memory Care Facility That is Right for You

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  Eloise began trying to find an assisted living and memory care home seven years ago. She knew something wasn’t right with her husband, Leonard, a 67-year-old retired school teacher, began repeating the same stories. He also asked Eloise the same questions that she answered multiple times before. The breaking point came when received a call from the Illinois State Police that they found her husband walking along the side of Interstate I-55. He was…

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Assisted Living Facilities in Arvada CO – Memory Care for the Elderly

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Assisted Living Memory Care Facilities in Arvada CO Applewood Our House has two assisted living memory care facilities in Arvada CO.  We serve seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Music therapy is a way to encourage seniors to listen to music that they truly enjoy. This helps us develop an innovative music therapy program for our residents. As a result of music therapy, residents experience a higher quality of living, including increased…

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Assisted Living – Learn How More Seniors are Enjoying and Accepting Assisted Living Facilities

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When someone mentions assisted living facilities, the first impression is a place where seniors are completely helpless and need round-the-clock surveillance and help. While there are some seniors who require more care than others, there are some seniors who enter a memory care home out of convenience. This type of care for seniors hardly existed 40 years ago, according to AssistedLivingFacilities.org, which says the trend began in earnest in the late 1970s. Before then, you…