Senior Living Resources

Blog – May 21, 2020 According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) older people and those with pre-existing medical conditions or compromised immune systems are at the highest risk for severe illness from the coronavirus. That seems to be the case for many viruses, bacteria and other pathogens….

Blog – April 3, 2020 While COVID-19 seems to have popped up, the fact is pandemics are not new. There have been virulent strains of plague, smallpox, yellow fever and multiple Flu epidemics, SARS and COVID-19. After we win the fight against this pandemic, it is important to note, there will be more. Are we…

Blog – March 23, 2020 According to the Centers for Disease Control, seniors are a high-risk age group in the COVID-19 pandemic. Those with an underlying health condition are extremely vulnerable. Grocery stores are setting special early hours for seniors so they are the first to enter and the only group in the store during the…

Blog – January 7, 2020 Senior living spaces and designs, like the seniors who reside there, continue to evolve in 2020. To begin with, seniors are living longer than they did even a decade ago. The level of care increases and lasts for a longer time as seniors experience greater and greater acuity. The level…

Blog – December 20, 2019 When did we stop playing games? Our lives after high school or college become extremely busy with very little time for play. When we finally do take a break, we spend a lot of it in front of a screen. Play is fun and according to a number of studies,…

Blog – November 19, 2019 Home is where the comfort is Most of us enjoy our homes and probably can’t imagine ever leaving them. However, as senior living communities are changing for the better, more and more seniors prefer these environments to their own homes. Here’s a few reasons why: senior living has definitely become…

Blog – October 17, 2019 Older adults are not what any of us imagined when we were growing up. The grandparents of the new millennium are living longer. They are more active and more interested in being social than their grandparents were. 50 million Americans are 65 and older and they are more racially and…

Blog – September 27, 2019 Gone are the days of overstuffed cushioned sofa’s and antique sideboards, claw-foot tables and press backed chairs. Welcome to the new and stylish contemporary design of Senior Living Communities across the US. Seniors are loving it! Whatever the motivation to move from a home to a senior living community, seniors…

Blog – August 16, 2019 Metal furniture has evolved a little from the 1960’s folding card table and chair sets but metal still has a long way to go to achieve the homelike environment today’s seniors have come to expect. Furniture for seniors and assisted living communities must contribute to a safe environment, be easy…

Blog – July 31, 2019 We sit more as we age and while our taste in the style of seating we occupy may remain the same, the type of seating has probably changed a bit to accommodate our changing bodies. Comfortable armchairs for seniors can help support areas of the body that are, by time…