FDA Approves Drug to Treat Agitation in Alzheimer’s Dementia
On Thursday, May 11th, the Food and Drug Administration approved, for the first time, a drug to treat agitation symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease.
Visiting Loved Ones with Dementia in a Community
When visiting with a loved one in a senior living or long-term care community, many types of feelings and emotions can arise. Here are some tips and suggestions that can make your visit an enjoyable one.
An Assisted Living Community Can Make Hearing Loss Easier
For an aging senior who is struggling with hearing loss and for whom activities of daily life are simply growing more difficult by the day, assisted living is a senior care option to consider.
Worried About a Senior and Their Army of Medications? Talk Assisted Living
If you’re worried about your elderly parent and the medications they need to take, sit down and talk about assisted living as soon as you can. Here are some ways they help.
May is National Walking Month
Dust off your sneakers and lace them up because May is National Walking Month! Walking is good for our mind, body, and soul. Check out this article from Active Nation for more information about the benefits of walking.
DOES MEDICARE OFFER FREE GYM MEMBERSHIP?
Keep those New Year’s resolutions and enjoy traveling because many Medicare Advantage plans and a few Medicare Supplement plans do offer free gym membership.
Our Bus Rides Are So Successful
Our bus rides have been a huge success! Next week we will be going out for ice cream in the afternoon. Bus rides are typically on Mondays for AL and Thursdays for MC.
Happenings at The Springs at Simpsonville
We had the pleasure to celebrate 6 of our amazing seniors for their Birthdays. Looking forward to ordering our monthly cupcakes or sheet cake so everyone can be recognized who had an April Birthday. See more events.
How to Help Downsize for a Move to Assisted Living
For a senior who is downsizing to transition to assisted living (a great elder care choice to make), that may be a difficult process. You can help by going through these things step-by-step and starting small.
Challenges of Alzheimer’s and Assisted Living Relief
Memory care assisted living is designed to help those with memory-related challenges, including Alzheimer’s. The staff will be well-versed and trained on how best to help those residents who struggle with their memory.
