For individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, thoughtfully designed environments can make a meaningful difference in daily life. Memory care neighborhoods offer more than ...
As soon as a memory support "neighborhood" opened in Jefferson's Ferry Life Plan Community in South Setauket, Megs Shea, 88, moved right in. "She started with independent living and then went to ...
According to Alzheimer’s Society statistics, women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia as men, due in part to the fact that women have longer life expectancies. To meet the ...
Discovering a loved one has dementia and can no longer safely live on their own has the potential to create a lot of upheaval. While most of us are familiar with the term nursing home, few of us ...
With approximately one in eight elderly Long Islanders diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, treatments for this progressively debilitating disease are essential. And as the population ages, yet even ...
When a New Jersey facility opened a new memory care neighborhood last month, it touted a special building design, dementia-specific caregiver experience and training, and life enrichment programming ...
A senior living community in Torrington has completed construction of 39 new apartments and launched what it calls the region’s first transitional memory care “neighborhood.” Keystone Place at Newbury ...