Memory Care

• Talking About Quality of Life With Your Aging Parents

  As you and your parents plan for the future, it’s important to understand how they define quality of life. The ability to enjoy a meal with friends or spend time with loved ones may be factors that contribute to quality of life. For others, it may be the ability to get outside and enjoy nature.……

  January 18, 2017
• Staff Spotlight: Bringing Innovation to California Memory Care

  Ashley Hill makes the rounds to spend quality care time with California dementia care residents For Memory Care Specialist Ashley Hill, a typical day at work doesn’t really exist. Continue Reading Staff Spotlight: Bringing Innovation to California Memory Care

  January 17, 2017
• Helping Your Aging Parent Adjust After a Move

  Here are a few things to think about as you help a loved one adapt to life after moving to an assisted living community. Even when you know that you made the right call by helping your loved one move to a senior living community, the transition is bound to take some time. After all,……

  January 17, 2017
• Signs Your Parent May Need Assisted Living

  How do you know a parent needs more help than you can give? Here’s how to tell when they need assisted living. Deciding that your parent would benefit from round-the-clock, comprehensive care, it’s good to understand all that assisted living communities offer to support your loved one and for you. Continue Reading Signs Your Parent…

  January 17, 2017
• Mercy Retirement & Care Center Plans for Its Second Century

  The Oakland assisted living community is kicking off a project to engage with the neighborhood and reconfirm its commitment to local seniors. When a devastating earthquake struck San Francisco in 1906, the Sisters of Mercy were forced to relocate the elderly patients of St. Mary’s Hospital to Oakland. More than 100 years later, Mercy Retirement……

  January 17, 2017
• Staff Member Spotlight: Carmel Dolcine-Joseph

  Elder Care Alliance’s Corporate Director of Clinical Services takes a hands-on approach with every aspect of resident services. You might expect a Corporate Director of Clinical Services and Memory Care Programming to be sitting in an office making big decisions about processes and implementing new programs for the care of approximately 500 residents in four……

  January 17, 2017
• What You Think You Know About Dementia May Be Wrong

  New approaches to memory care are part of the movement to reduce fear and misconceptions about dementia. In the media, people with dementia are typically portrayed as frail and disengaged. They’re usually shown in a nursing home slumped over in a wheelchair or looking off into empty space. These images contribute to the “public narrative……

  January 17, 2017
• Creativity Opens Doors in Memory Care

  A resident art project represents the best of Elder Care Alliance’s memory care communities. A very special mural welcomes anyone who enters the BridgeHaven memory care neighborhood at AlmaVia of San Rafael. Ten residents with a flair for color and creativity created the mural and an accompanying piece of art. More than a project to……

  January 16, 2017