Tips for Decluttering and Preparing for a Move to Senior Living
Thank you to Alejandra at Redfin for sharing her tips on how she helped her mother move into senior living. “Adjusting to life in a retirement home can be tough – it involves big changes, like leaving behind a home and all the memories it contains, as well as the feeling of losing a measure […]
Loving your residents: A Program Director shares her experience
By Laura Redilla, Program Director at Commonwealth Senior Living at Churchland House As our residents are telling us their love stories, I decided I would tell you why I love my residents and why they are my love story. Growing up I saw my grandparents every single day. They were at our house when we […]
Caring for a Spouse with Dementia: Chocolate in the Morning
As we’ve discussed in other posts, love may look and feel a bit different for spouses whose loved ones are struggling with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Everyone shows their love in different ways. One of our family members began writing about his wife’s journey with Alzheimer’s a few years ago. He imagines the world through […]
There’s Always More to the Story: Ruth and Andy
We had the pleasure of listening to our resident’s love stories this year as we have in years past. But this year we took a page from the Legacies Project and spent some more time recording a few of these stories in greater detail. We chose three which represent different stages of love that our residents might […]
There’s always more to the Story: Anita and Robert
We had the pleasure of listening to our resident’s love stories this year as we have in years past. But this year we took a page from the Legacies Project and spent some more time recording a few of these stories in greater detail. We chose three which represent different stages of love that our residents might […]
Loving a Spouse with Dementia: Frank and Claire
Frank and his wife, Claire have been married for 63 years. Frank was a minister and Claire was a school teacher. She retired in 2000 and took up some tutoring work. As the years went on, Frank could see some warning signs that Claire’s cognitive ability was changing. The tutoring became too challenging. “It’s like […]
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