June 3, 2025
Activities, Support and Care
June 3, 2025
Activities for Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Think of an Assisted Living Home and your mind immediately pictures a room full of seniors. relaxing on their recliners staring into space or worse still, staring at a T.V. This is where a real
June 3, 2025
Self care for Caregivers of loved ones with Dementia
What is Caregiver Burnout? Caregiver Burnout is a term used to describe the state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion experienced by one person taking care of another person who needs assistance with daily living
June 3, 2025
10 Types of Dementia commonly mistaken as Alzheimer’s Disease
There are at least 10 different types of dementia and no two dementia’s are the same. Our primary focus over the next few months will be discussions about the different types of Dementia, the
June 3, 2025
Early Signs of Dementia: The Red Flags to Look Out For
When your loved one gets a little forgetful, you may think he is just getting older and less mentally sharp. But as time goes by, your loved one may show a variety of other
June 2, 2025
Is Guilt preventing you from Placing your loved one in Professional Care?
Emotions run high and it is natural to feel that we’re breaking our promise to our parents when we consider transitioning them to a Care Home. The feeling that we are betraying them when
June 2, 2025
When is Procrastination Not Appropriate? Making a timely decision for your loved ones…
Dragging out the decision to find the right Care for your loved one with Memory Care needs can be detrimental to their Quality of Life. Let’s Face it.. we’re all busy with our daily
June 2, 2025
Caregiver Empathy In Assisted Living and at Home
Empathy towards our Caregivers The definition of empathy is: The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts and experience of another of either the past or
June 2, 2025
Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia – What’s the Difference?
One of the first questions that arise with the behavioral patterns Mom or Dad may be exhibiting is: Does my Mom/Dad have Alzheimer’s or Dementia? At Evergreen Cottages, “Memory Care” is our specialty, Alzheimer’s
June 2, 2025