Our Residents had a spectacular outing to the Circus last night from both the Golden and Lakewood Applewood Our House, where new memories begin. Take a look at the photos and SMILES… this is living!!
There are distinct differences between frontal lobe dementia (frontotemporal dementia or FTD) and Alzheimer’s disease. However, before breaking down the two disorders, it is best to describe the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Where New Memories Begin Barb our activities Director, takes our “Where New Memories Begin” commitment very seriously, she has done fabulous outings and activities for our residents and families. Over the last few months, just to name a few, she has taken the residents, fishing, bowling, to Casa Bonita, brought in Critters to play with, created personalized place mats, created stained glass art kites … the list goes on. We love her commitment and enthusiasm…
The entire family at Applewood Our House went on a fishing trip up in the mountains on July 21st, what a fabulous outing and way to spend the day, mountain fresh air and cool breezes…
In this article, we will discuss how to pay for long term care. When seniors are unable to care for themselves and carry out daily tasks, it might be time to implement long-term memory care. The inability for seniors to remain independent depends on how long they can remain injury and illness free. Long-term memory care for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia patients usually make up the majority of long-term health care patients. It is designed…
At each of our Applewood Our House locations, the inclusion of pets into the daily lives of our residents, is very important to us. We have a house dog at each location and some of our caregiver staff also bring their dogs to work with them. Pets can really help our residents who suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is an incurable form of dementia. It vastly decreases the mental…