Culture, Connections and Celebrations

Kelley Smith from CarePartners Senior Living joins Suzanne to add insights and advice to the fifth and sixth of Teepa Snow's six tips for making holidays successful for those who have Alzheimer's and dementia.

With the holiday season upon us, we all go into a “go mode” and between shopping for gifts, preparing our homes with decorations, and...

Kelley Smith from CarePartners Senior Living joins Suzanne to share Teepa Snow's six tips for making holidays successful for those who have Alzheimer's and dementia.

Getting through the holiday season for families who may have differences or be at odds can be overwhelming. It seems like we all start...

Kelley Smith from CarePartners Senior Living advises on Teepa Snow's tips 3 & 4 for making holidays successful for those who have dementia.

When do you start discussing having more care for mom and dad? Oftentimes, people wait too long. In this segment, Daphne Davis of Pinnacle Senior Placements offers the broad picture health analogy of a three-legged stool: hydration, medication, and nutrition, which balance fine so long as all three are done well. Daphne gives us some warning signs that it may be time to have that dreaded conversation with a senior loved one that they could benefit from some assistance at home.

Happy Thanksgiving to ALL of you! It’s that time of year when millions of families across the country are preparing themselves for turkey, stuffing, gravy,...

The past few weeks, so many of us here in Western Washington are getting adjusted to Standard Time, which often times means waking up...

For our senior loved ones, visits are about quality time. Take time for really listening, hearing stories, inviting the stories, giving them a sense...

Culture, Connections and Celebrations: how to establish rapport with our senior loved ones as the holidays approach. Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements advises...