Halloween is the perfect opportunity to be creative! With so many fun activities to take part in, it may be hard to decide what to do, so we’ve compiled a short list of our favorites! Costumes Costumes provide an abundance of opportunities to engage your brain creatively. There is the planning stage where you imagine what you want to be. The gathering/making stage where you put everything together: whether you make your own outfits with needle and thread or pair pre-made pi

Effective communication, at its core, is very collaborative. It takes patience, clarity, and empathy from all parties to have important conversations while maintaining a feeling of dignity and respect. And make no mistake, the decision to move into an assisted living facility or senior community is an important one! It can fundamentally change someone’s life, alter power-dynamics, and upset pre-established patterns of communication within families. In our experience, making t

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