Too often seniors move into a senior community because they appreciate the decor, or the size of the apartments or that it’s in the town they’re most familiar. But little do they know, choosing a senior living residence is as about important as choosing a spouse. The community will take on the overall personality of the one who is directing it. If you have a stale, bitter director, you’ll have a stale, bitter community. If you have a happy, peaceful director, guess what? You’ll have a happy and peaceful community.
In a unanimous decision, the council gave its final approval for the construction of the Carlton Plaza Senior Living Community on Fifth Street. Construction is due to begin in September and will last about 14 months. The plaza will be built on 2.5 acres and contain 103 assisted care units, housing up to 127 people.
When you’re a little kid, the chances are that you didn’t waste one minute of your carefree life thinking about whether or not you would be living in a retirement community when you were older. Many people view these communities as places where you go when you have no other option, and your health or lack of available family members has made it necessary to sacrifice your independence. However, the state of the art facilities that we are operating in California have made it possible for many active seniors to start looking at these communities as places where they can go to relax and live in comfort they never could have imagined before.
As people age, it’s not uncommon for their friends and families to start mentioning the possibility that they might someday think about moving to retirement communities where they can enjoy life without a lot of the typical day to day responsibilities of living on their own. Usually, these comments are taken in the wrong way, [...]
When you close your eyes and envision a retirement home or assisted living facility, what image comes to mind? If you’ve paid any attention to the negative press coverage that this industry has received because of those that have tried to abuse the system, you might think of cramped rooms and insensitive staff members who [...]
Memories are precious gifts that keep our experiences and emotions alive in our hearts long after pictures have faded, or ticket stubs have been lost. Without our memories, it’s sometimes hard to remember who we are, and how we relate to the world around us. There are many parts of growing older that enrich our [...]
As Americans, we place a very high value on independence and the ability to work hard and enjoy the benefits of our labor. When something interferes with our ability to take care of ourselves or the people that we care the most about, it can be very frustrating, and sometimes downright unsafe. Coping with dementia [...]
If you were to ask most elderly persons living in America today, what they valued most highly in their personal lives, you would probably find that good health and independence were pretty high up on the list. This is because many of the individuals that make up the current aged population are from a generation [...]
Have you noticed that your parent or older relative is having trouble moving around the house and keeping up with all the day to day tasks that they used to enjoy? Getting older is a wonderful time in a person’s life, where they should have the opportunity to slow down and enjoy the important things, [...]
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