Virginia held back a tear as she reminisced the days of spending time together with her mother when they were both younger. “My mother taught her girls everything they needed to know about cooking, sewing, or anything else a girl should know about,” she said, as she pulled the covers up on her mother’s bed.…
Applewood Our House was proud to be a part of the Leaders in Dementia Care Training program that is run by The Alzheimer’s Association. We understand the only way we can provide higher quality care to our residents is to keep learning advanced care treatments that allow us to stay at the top of…
IN2L Comes to Applewood Our House. Computer systems for seniors have been difficult for many of the elderly to grasp in the past. This is because companies and people were using standard computers to train seniors at a slower pace. Under those circumstances, many seniors were reluctant to try or stay with a program.…
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…
A small assisted living home is what many seniors need for better quality care. This is especially true when there is a low ratio of residents to caregivers. For Alzheimer’s and dementia patients, their lives become increasingly more difficult as the disease progresses. Patients most often tend to enter assisted living home facilities between phases…
Several years ago, were lucky enough to celebrate a wonderful 100th birthday with Helen and her daughter Shirley at Applewood Our House in Golden, CO. It was an amazing celebration of a life well lived and caused us to do some reflection on what it REALLY means to turn 100! You might not know…