Communities celebrate July 4 with golf carts, good food
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 17, 2024
Senior living communities from coast to coast donned their red, white and blue as they celebrated another installment of the Fourth of July. Learn more, and find out how to submit your photos!
Friendship between residents, students blossoms after planter box donation
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 03, 2024
Thanks to a project in a local high school geometry class, assisted living residents at Good Samaritan Society – The Pines in Jackson, MN, received two planter boxes for their community garden. Find...
New York unveils animatronic pet, intergenerational game initiative to combat loneliness
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Foster Stubbs
Jun 25, 2024
The New York State Office for the Aging will deliver 4,725 animatronic pets and games to older adults through the state’s aging network. The move is part of phase 6 of its animatronic pets initiative...
Woodshop group mixes sawdust and smiles
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Foster Stubbs
Jun 05, 2024
The “Woodies” at CC Young Senior Living use woodworking to connect with the community. Find out more, and learn how to submit your photos!
AI implant allows stroke survivor to communicate in both Spanish, English
Jun 03, 2024
A bilingual brain implant has enabled a stroke survivor to communicate in both Spanish and English, offering promising implications for senior living operators managing bilingual residents with communication...
BAYADA leans on technology, innovation to overcome home health headwinds
May 31, 2024
As home health providers grapple with challenges like workforce shortages and reimbursement pressures, the need for innovative solutions is clear. BAYADA Home Health Care, a nonprofit organization, has...
Summer book release explores AI as a companion to offset loneliness
May 28, 2024
With an international epidemic of loneliness, artificial Intelligence, or AI, may offer technology-based social interaction and companionship. That’s according to robotics expert Tony Prescott, a professor...
Technology helped older adults stay connected during pandemic, small study finds
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Foster Stubbs
May 21, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic changed almost everyone’s social calendar, with meet-ups moved to video chats, office collaboration happening over communication apps, and social media replacing lunch with a friend.
People in the news, May 21
May 21, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at American College of Health Care Administrators, Kendal at Ithaca, NADONA, National Church Residences, Morning Pointe Senior Living, Page & Turnbull, Prestonwood...
Wunder the Adventure Pup makes fast friends at retirement community
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Foster Stubbs
Apr 24, 2024
Wunder the Adventure Pup was sent back to the animal rescue three separate times but has finally found a home at Sage Oak Denton. Find out more and learn how to submit your photos!