Tag: Family Holidays

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.

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

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

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.

Maybe Mom, Dad, Grandma, or Grandpa live in an assisted living facility. Maybe they don’t get around as well as they used to. Maybe they have had a recent decline in health. Do they have any form of Dementia? Perhaps you want to bring them to your home for a holiday visit. How can you ensure their safety and well-being and still enjoy precious time together? The key is to plan ahead! From pick up to drop off, here is a list of helpful hints that hopefully will create peace of mind and allow for a memorable visit!

Daphne Davis at Pinnacle Senior Placements talks about using Zoom and other creative ways to reach out to our family members during the pandemic.

During the holiday season, family members tend to visit their senior loved ones around Thanksgiving and Christmas, and then the attention drops off. Kelley Smith describes how CarePartners Living ramps up activities after the holidays to keep the momentum going, so residents don't suffer from loneliness following that surge of holiday attention.

In the past 8 years of doing 12 Days of Goodness, the statistics on seniors who are alone seem to get worse, and yet,...

Culture, Connections and Celebrations: how to communicate and establish rapport. For people who haven’t seen their senior loved one in a while, or feel...

We want to do right by our loved ones, but this is also the time when families are coming together for holidays. Many of...