Nobody wakes up one morning and just decides. That’s not how this works. It’s slower than that, and a lot messier. It’s months of explaining things away, of telling yourself it’s a bad week, of reorganizing your life a little more each time to cover the gaps. And then something happens, or a few things…
Families searching for memory care in Arvada, Lakewood, or Golden often ask what daily life actually feels like for someone living with dementia. One of the biggest differences people notice in our homes is the presence of our resident dogs. There’s something that happens pretty regularly in our homes that I never get tired of…
I’m going to be honest with you. Watching a parent, or a husband, or a wife change because of dementia is just brutal. There’s no nicer word for it. You keep thinking you’ll get used to it and you don’t, not really. They’re still there — the way they laugh, the stories they repeat, the…
Walk into a memory care home today, and you may notice something interesting. There are many communities today where people of two different generations are living side by side. The Silent Generation and the Baby Boomers. They grew up in different times. And sometimes that shows up in their day-to-day. At Applewood Our House, we…
Lakewood is the kind of place people already know. That matters more than it sounds when choosing memory care in Lakewood CO. For someone living with memory loss, unfamiliar surroundings can make everything harder. New streets. New sounds. Too much movement. Memory care in Lakewood CO communities benefit from a location that avoids most of…
At Applewood Our House, we believe the environment matters. The right lighting and the right sound can change how a person feels — especially in memory care. That’s why we’ve made Memory Care Lighting and Music therapy one of the first things you’ll notice in our homes. We’re installing simple, consistent routines across each house…
