Keeping Seniors Engaged If you’re looking for ways to keep your loved one active and engaged, look no further. These seven activities are perfect for seniors living in assisted living communities. Classic Board Games Classic board games like checkers, chess, and backgammon can help improve mental skills like strategy and problem-solving. An excellent way for senior citizens to keep their brains active is by playing
Read more →We here at SeniorCareHelper are always on the lookout for great information that can help serve our user community. We recently ran across this great Tedx presentation by Max Lugavere at the Venice Beach TedX event from a few years back. It is still quite pertinent and has some great info about how to make some lifestyle changes that can help avoid Dementia. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0WCb23KPEw
Read more →In an assisted living home three seniors sit quietly in a community living room space. Rose is thinking about how far away her children and grandchildren are, missing their company. Bert keeps mentally going over the mistakes he has made in life, fixated on what people did wrong and how the situations should have been rectified. Betty is thinking about her aching back and joints,
Read more →There has been growing awareness of the importance of exercise, social community and purpose for mental and physical health. This is true for all people, but is particularly important for older adults to cope with the many changes, losses and trials that they have faced throughout life. Some communities are structured to help seniors with such types of established activities, while others still need to
Read more →Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Jolie, Illinois recently broke ground on the new Senior Healing Arts Pavilion. The new addition represents an $11 million investment by Presence Health, based around the senior health of the Romeoville community. The facility will be almost 27,000 square feet and have multiple uses catering to seniors. Services will include immediate care, general office visits, minor care and preventative
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