Senior Care News and Resources
World Alzheimer’s Month: Understanding the Signs, Supporting Families, and Finding Hope
Every September, organizations around the globe observe World Alzheimer's Month, a campaign led by Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) to raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. For families navigating a diagnosis, and for the senior living communities that...
Fun for All Ages: Willow Pond and SEB FCCLA host inaugural carnival for senior residents
A little rain couldn’t stop the fun at Willow Pond Senior Care in Statesboro for its first-ever End-of-Summer Family Carnival! The event brought residents, families, friends, staff, and Southeast Bulloch High School Region 9 FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America) students together...
Is It Time for a Little More Support? Signs to Watch For
Most families don't wake up one day and decide their parent needs more help. The realization builds slowly, out of a string of small moments that are each easy to explain away on their own — a missed pill, a stumble blamed on new shoes, a pantry with more expired cans than usual. Independence and...
Coping with Grief in Later Life: When Loss Compounds
August 30 is National Grief Awareness Day, a reminder to talk openly about a subject many families avoid until they have no choice. Grief looks different in later life. Losses tend to arrive closer together — a spouse, then a sibling, then a longtime friend — often without much time to recover in...