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18 January 2023
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. In our previous blog post, we presented some facts about Alzheimer’s disease that hopefully helped you feel a bit better about your ongoing journey as a home care provider. Today, we...
16 January 2023
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease that can seriously affect a person’s ability to carry out daily activities. And at the later stages of the disease, an Alzheimer’s patient will require more...
11 January 2023
Welcome back to our Villa Rica-area assisted living and memory care blog where we strive to pass along our love and professional knowledge to all of you caring for special needs loved ones at home. In last week’s blog post we covered “Ways to Make Your Assisted Living or Dementia...
9 January 2023
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. Last week’s assisted living and memory care blog post focused upon ideas how you can engage your support group for strength, insight, and reward for your journey as a assisted living...
4 January 2023
Happy New Year and welcome back to our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community blog. Today’s message is very simple and something we hope each of your will act upon. There is no doubt that all you special caregivers out there, selflessly tending to your...
12 December 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. A common discussion during the Holiday season is: “During the happiest time of the year, why do I sometimes feel down”? Well, sometimes it’s explainable because a particular Holiday, month, or...
5 December 2022
Hello dear residents, resident’s family, and the entire local community who are soldiering through the dedicated and blessed love in providing in-home assisted living services or memory care services. Today we share a story from one of your fellow The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care blog...
30 November 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. This blog is adapted from Martin J. Schreiber’s "My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver". Full credit is offered here to Mr. Schreiber as the author and...
28 November 2022
With Thanksgiving in the rear-view, early Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and other warm greetings assigned by your faith this Holiday season. Just so you know, we unapologetically say, “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Hanukkah” here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care. We’ll offer “season’s greetings” as...
16 November 2022
Most of you are aware that our team of professional memory care and assisted living care providers here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care are there for all of you, young and seasoned alike. Allow us to deviate here to pay tribute to all of...
14 November 2022
Thanksgiving, 2022 is just a little more than a week away. We thought it would be appreciated to craft a Thanksgiving-focused blog reasonably in advance of the holiday to give all our readers time to reflect and hopefully act upon some of our notions. The Thanksgiving holiday conjures an assortment...
9 November 2022
Very warm Veteran’s Day greetings from all of us at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care. To all of our dear Veteran residents within both our senior assisted living community and our memory care community, we trust you’re feeling our love, admiration, and respect. For those...
7 November 2022
The holiday season is here, and we all look forward to spending quality time with our loved ones. While we will enjoy special meals and special events here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care, for at-home caregivers the holidays can be stressful. For you loved...
31 October 2022
Greetings once again from your Villa Rica-area assisted living and Villa Rica memory care community here at Manor Lake. With apology in advance for being late serving notice here, but did you know that October is “Pastor Appreciation Month”? Even if you’re reading this blog post early in November, strongly...
24 October 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. One of the most common frequently asked questions this time of year is “what ideas do you have to make this Halloween holiday special for my memory care loved one”? Well,...
19 October 2022
Welcome back to the third (and final) episode of our three-part blog mini-series covering the subject of “Caregiver Stress”. We looked back on the calendar year 2022 to date and discovered that issues related to caregiver stress was a regular and recurring subject that those self-managing assisted living services at...
12 October 2022
Welcome back to the second of our three-part blog mini-series covering the subject of “Caregiver Stress”. We looked back on the calendar year 2022 to date and discovered that issues related to caregiver stress was a regular and recurring subject that those self-managing assisted living services at home and also...
10 October 2022
Welcome to the first edition of a three-part blog mini-series that will cover the subject of “Caregiver Stress”. We looked back on the calendar year 2022 to date and discovered that issues related to caregiver stress was a regular and recurring subject that those self-managing assisted living services at home...
3 October 2022
Our team of professional memory care and assisted living care providers here at The Birches at Villa Rica are there for all of you, young and seasoned alike. Today’s blog offers “food for thought” pertaining to senior knee pain. Knee pain is so very common within the senior community. So,...
28 September 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. We’re all feeling the pinch of rising costs due to inflation, but seniors are even more likely to worry about rising costs. Saving for retirement and closely managing your expenses are...
26 September 2022
Retirement can be a difficult time in life. You may find that you’re not as active or have health concerns, which means living on your own becomes harder. Daily tasks like cooking meals and doing laundry can become unwelcomed. The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care offers...
21 September 2022
We’d like to share some keen insight regarding the subject of napping and how some scientists conclude that napping can help boost cognition. It is a professional obligation for the staff here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care to exercise continuing education on the subjects...
19 September 2022
Today’s blog post is targeted for our entire assisted living and memory care blog-reading community. Whether you are a beloved senior assisted living resident here at The Birches, a loving family member of a memory care service resident, or one of the many providing loving care of a senior loved...
12 September 2022
By now, most of you know that we manage our The Birches Assisted Living & Memory Care blog for the benefit of all of you at home in the Villa Rica area caring for your loved one with senior assisted living needs and/or memory care challenges. We do this because...
7 September 2022
Hello everyone from your friends and neighbors here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care. Some of you might recall that in early August we produced an assisted living and memory care blog post focused on identifying the “national days” of August. We discussed the fact...
6 September 2022
Labor Day is behind us. That means that the “fall season” is in full swing. We’re not referring to one of the four calendar seasons of the year (the Fall season officially starts on Sept 22), we’re talking about senior fall risk. We’re talking today about the risk of falls...
31 August 2022
Hello and welcome back to our The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care blog. Today we turn our focus to the upcoming Labor Day weekend and how all of you providing assisted living care and/or memory care support services to a loved one. Labor Day is more...
29 August 2022
Hello dear residents, resident’s family, and the entire local community who are struggling through providing in-home assisted living or memory care services. This goes out to you whether you are or are not actively searching for professional assisted living or memory care services in and around Villa Rica. Those of...
24 August 2022
Today five million people in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s disease and related memory loss. As our population ages, that number will increase. Appropriate support services and environments such as those that residents of The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care enjoy, help them make the...
22 August 2022
As always, welcome back to our senior living & memory care blog where it is our passion to assist our assisted living residents and family, our memory care residents and family, and of course to all of you at-home caregivers as well. Some of you at-home care givers simply need...
17 August 2022
When a parent or older loved one moves into an Assisted Living or Memory Care Community like ours here at The Birches, it is very important that family members and friends maintain the same level of connection with them that existed previously. Both our assisted living community and our memory...
15 August 2022
Greetings once again to our faithful blog readers, cherished assisted living residents, memory care residents, and family members all! Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the privilege to consult a couple of callers concerned about their relatively young spouse exhibiting concerning cognizant behavior. One spouse was in his mid-40’s,...
10 August 2022
From all of us here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care, we appreciate the positive feedback from our assisted living and memory care blog readers regarding the practical utility of our blog messaging. Many of our readers are at home taking care of their loved...
8 August 2022
We appreciate the positive feedback from all of us here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care regarding the practical utility of our blog. It is now August, and the increasing heat index can be deadly for the young and senior alike. But summer danger is...
3 August 2022
Hello everyone from your friends and neighbors here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care. We know that many of you struggle to come up with new ideas on what to discuss with your assisted living loved ones or your memory care loved ones. And we...
1 August 2022
If you have been diagnosed with memory impairment, stop and realize that you are not alone and that you are loved. Consider all of us here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care to be a ready, empathetic, loving, and professionally experienced resource for you. The...
27 July 2022
If you follow our blog, you know that we take great pride in helping you, our neighbors here in Villa Rica who lovingly provide at-home assisted living care and/or memory care support to your loved ones. We know that along with your deep love for your memory care loved one,...
25 July 2022
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from professionally serving seniors, it’s that they are all unique. Here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care, time has taught us to never underestimate the power of the individual. Today’s senior has evolved away from the one-size-fits-all model. Savvy...
18 July 2022
Hello and welcome back to our The Birches Assisted Living & Memory Care blog. Today we turn our focus to all of you at-home care givers who looking for inspiration and strength to carry on in your assisted living care and/or your memory care support services. We’re here for you....
13 July 2022
Whether you are a faithful subscriber to our senior assisted living and memory care blog or have arrived us for the very first time, we are guessing your age is somewhere in your forties or older. People in their teens are locked down in their Twitter and Tic Toc accounts....
11 July 2022
If you are a subscriber or frequent viewer of our assisted living and memory care blog, you know that here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care, we take great pride in our holistic approach to managed care. We invest heartfelt time and energy managing this...
6 July 2022
In our continuing effort to support those of you who lovingly support your senior loved ones, our team of Villa Rica-area assisted living and Villa Rica-area memory care professionals thought it would be wise to again share eight facts you should know about summer and senior care. We want all...
29 June 2022
The 4th of July is a very special day on the American calendar. As such, there is no reason that anyone who wants to celebrate it should be prevented from doing so. Here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care, we work hard to make sure...
27 June 2022
We wish to express thanks to those of you who provided such warm and welcome feedback on our recent five-part blog series focused on signs that transition to professional memory care is well advised. As you know we manage our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care...
22 June 2022
If you are one of our blog fans, you know that we pride ourselves here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care for helping more than our residents and their families. We take great pride in helping you, our neighbors here in Villa Rica who lovingly...
20 June 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. This is the fifth and final blog post within our five-part series focusing on a single indicator of signs that a transition to professional memory care will be in the best...
13 June 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. This is the fourth blog post within our five-part series with each post focusing on a single indicator of signs that a transition to professional memory care will be in the...
6 June 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. This is the third blog post within our five-part series with each post focusing on a single indicator of signs that a transition to professional memory care will be in the...
1 June 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. This is the second blog post within our five-part series with each post focusing on a single indicator of signs that a transition to professional memory care will be in the...
30 May 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. We hope you had a loving and memorable Memorial Day Holiday. We are certain that those who invested the ultimate sacrifice look down upon us in celebration of the enabling role...
25 May 2022
Today’s blog post is targeted for our entire blog reading community. Whether you are a beloved senior assisted living resident here at Manor Lake, a loving family member of a memory care resident, or one of the many providing loving care for a cherished assisted living or memory care loved...
23 May 2022
Here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care, we take great pride in our holistic approach to managed care. We invest heartfelt time and energy managing this senior care blog for the purpose of assisting those of you at-home senior care providers to help you deliver...
18 May 2022
Today’s blog post is targeted for our entire blog reading community. Whether you are a beloved senior assisted living resident here at The Birches caring for a military veteran, a loving family member of a memory care veteran resident, or one of the many providing loving care of a veteran...
16 May 2022
We pride ourselves here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care for helping more than our residents and their families. We take great pride in helping you, our neighbors here in Villa Rica who lovingly provide at-home assisted living care and/or memory care support to your...
9 May 2022
If you’ve ever flown on a commercial flight, you were briefed that “in the event of an emergency, secure your oxygen mask first”. This clearly makes sense because you can’t serve those dependent upon you unless you take care of yourself first. One of the things we take seriously here...
4 May 2022
Greetings once again to all of our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community residents, family, neighbors, and friends. Today we’re going to share with you today some simple things you can do to brighten your senior’s day. It doesn’t take much to make a big...
2 May 2022
Today we look to educate all our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community residents, family, neighbors, and friends on the subject of arthritis, an ailment common to so many. Any chronic health condition can impact day-to-day life, and arthritis comes with its own set of...
27 April 2022
Greetings to all followers of our Assisted Living and Memory Care blog! Every year our phones light up on/or near the first of May. This is the time of year when people across the country first start thinking about Memorial Day (May 30th this year) and how they are going...
25 April 2022
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. No matter what stage of care need your elderly loved one is at, you can trust that you have proven professionals right around the corner here at The Birches at Villa...
20 April 2022
As always, welcome back to our senior living & memory care blog where it is our passion to assist our assisted living residents and family, our memory care residents and family, and of course to all of you at-home caregivers as well. In our previous senior living and memory care...
18 April 2022
Hello and welcome back to our The Birches at Villa Rica's Assisted Living & Memory Care blog. Today’s focus is fully upon all of you at-home care givers who looking for inspiration and strength to carry on in your assisted living care giving and/or your memory care support services. Family...
13 April 2022
Greetings all! With Easter rapidly approaching, we know many of you are busy with travel, event, and praise plans for the upcoming Easter Holiday. We want to take the briefest of moments here to send to you, from all of us here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living...
11 April 2022
For elderly and seniors, the month of April is national “Stress Awareness Month” and a good time to take stock of your mental health. Well, allow us to customize that introduction if you may. For all of us, the month of April is national “Stress Awareness Month”. We talking to...
6 April 2022
Welcome back to our senior living and memory care blog! We received some great feedback on our previous blog post regarding Easter activities that you can enjoy with both your assisted living loved ones and/or your memory care loved ones. A couple of readers passed along the vital role that...
4 April 2022
On Easter, people of all ages spend time with their loved ones and celebrate spring. For many older adults, this holiday brings back wonderful memories of their childhood. It is also a great time to involve seniors with dementia in some exciting activities. If your elderly loved one has been...
23 March 2022
This is a follow-up to last week’s blog post giving you ideas to enjoy Spring with your loved one’s who reside with us here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care. We follow those ideas with a suggestion from one of our most active family members...
21 March 2022
Spring is in the air! Staff and cherished residents alike here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care are taking moments to smell the roses. Well, roses aren’t in bloom just yet, but you get our drift. Whether your loved one resides within our senior assisted...
14 March 2022
Have you ever “drawn a blank” trying to figure out something fun to do while visiting your loved one within our Senior Assisted Living community here in Villa Rica or within our Memory Care Community also in Villa Rica? Well, rest assured you are not alone. We all tend to...
7 March 2022
Getting the news that your parent, in-law, or spouse has dementia is devastating. There’s no other way to put it. Hopefully this is the most sobering challenge of your lifetime. Here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care, we will be honored to help you every...
28 February 2022
We realize that the high percentage of our The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care blog know that we invest time and energy as a service to our community. We understand that all of you providing at-home senior assisted living care and/or memory care services to your...
21 February 2022
As promised, today we follow last week’s blog post with some guidance for those of you who feel some form of formal cognitive evaluation is required for you or a family member. But first, once again warm winter greetings to you, our faithful assisted living and memory care blog readers,...
14 February 2022
Warm winter greetings to you, our faithful assisted living and memory care blog readers, cherished assisted living residents, memory care residents, family members, and a special shout-out to all of you angels out there providing at-home care to a senior loved one in need. A funny thing happened at a...
7 February 2022
The therapeutic nature of music is something for all of us to consider. Today’s blog post will primarily focus on the therapeutic effect that music can offer your loved one living here in our senior assisted living community or our memory care community. We’ll touch on the scientific evidence of...
24 January 2022
Greetings once again to all of our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community residents, family, neighbors, and friends. Today we’re going to share with you today some insights into an increasingly popular concept called “Self-Care”. This topic can benefit everyone whether you are a member...
17 January 2022
It comes as no surprise to us that our most frequently asked question from those researching professional assisted living options here in Villa Rica is, “What Exactly is Assisted Living”. The reason is simple this question is asked so often. It is because assisted living has no single definition. It...
10 January 2022
First and foremost, stop and realize that you are not alone and that you are loved. Consider all of us here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care to be a ready, empathetic, loving, and professionally experienced resource for you. Being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, no doubt,...
3 January 2022
New Year’s Greetings from all of us here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care! We are now a couple of days into the calendar year 2022. Many of us authored our traditional “New Year’s Resolutions” and are working through the details of strategic self-improvement. But...
13 December 2021
In the past year, Americans across the nation experienced toilet paper, food, hand sanitizer, and paper towel shortages. Some industries were put at extraordinary risk due to short supply of vital staples. The Assisted Living and Memory Care support providers were arguable at the top of the list for the...
6 December 2021
This post cites Alzheimer’s research that publishes some very uplifting findings! Whether you are a beloved senior assisted living resident here at The Birches at Villa Rica, a loving family member of a memory care service resident, or an at home care provider, the subject of dementia touches almost all...
29 November 2021
Very warm Christmas season’s greetings from all of us at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care. We fully realize that life’s conflicts get in the way of being with family over the Holidays. For all of you with family members serving our country overseas and unable...
22 November 2021
Very warm Thanksgiving greetings from all of us at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care. As business owners, clients, prospective clients, friends and family, and suppliers our sense of appreciation for all of you has never been higher. Like us, each of you have had unique...
15 November 2021
Today’s blog post is targeted for our entire blog reading community. Whether you are a beloved senior assisted living resident here at The Birches, a loving family member of a memory care service resident, or one of the many providing loving care of a senior loved one within your own...
1 November 2021
Today’s blog post is authored for all of you at-home care providers providing your loved one with senior assisted living or memory care services. This is our way of giving back to the community so that your beloved senior has the best chance of living a safe and happy life....
25 October 2021
Sometimes the most beautiful moments with your senior loved one starts right outside your front door and in your driveway. Whether you are an at-home care provider or currently trust us with your senior assisted living or memory care services, consider going for a therapeutic drive with the ones you...
18 October 2021
By now, most of you know that we manage our Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care blog for the benefit of all of you at home caring for your loved one with senior assisted living needs and/or memory care challenges. We do this because you are neighbors...
11 October 2021
This blog post if for you angels out there taking care of a loved one at home suffering from Alzheimer’s. Although it’s a longstanding tradition here at The Birches Assisted Living & Memory Care here in Villa Rica to celebrate Halloween with both our assisted living and our memory care...
4 October 2021
Our team of professional memory care and assisted living care providers here at The Birches Villa Rica are there for all of you, young and seasoned alike. Today’s blog offers “food for thought” pertaining to senior nutrition. Your senior Mom or Dad’s dietary requirement is significantly different than your senior...
27 September 2021
Greetings once again to all of our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community residents, family, neighbors, and friends. We had a family member call us and ask if we could repost our recommendations for preparing loved ones for the upcoming flu season. She asked us...
20 September 2021
Welcome back to our assisted living and memory care blog. We’ve covered the first seven of this eight-part series on the subject of “When and How to Seek Professional Assisted Living or Memory Care”. Those seven blog posts are conveniently linked for you in the topic list below: Open the...
13 September 2021
Welcome back to our assisted living and memory care blog. We’ve covered the first six of this eight-part series on the subject of “When and How to Seek Professional Assisted Living or Memory Care”. Those six blog posts are conveniently linked for you in the topic list below: Open the...
6 September 2021
Welcome back to our assisted living and memory care blog. We’ve covered the first five of this eight-part series on the subject of “When and How to Seek Professional Assisted Living or Memory Care”. Those five blog posts are conveniently linked for you in the topic list below: Open the...
30 August 2021
Welcome back to our assisted living and memory care blog. We’ve covered the first four of this eight-part series on the subject of “When and How to Seek Professional Assisted Living or Memory Care”. Those four blog posts are conveniently linked for you in the topic list below: Open the...
23 August 2021
Welcome back to our assisted living and memory care blog. We’re here for you dear residents, resident’s family, and the entire local community. We’ve covered the first three of this eight-part series on the subject of “When and How to Seek Professional Assisted Living or Memory Care”. Those three blog...
16 August 2021
Welcome back to our assisted living and memory care blog. We’re here for you dear residents, resident’s family, and the entire local community. We’ve covered the first two of this eight-part series on the subject of “When and How to Seek Professional Assisted Living or Memory Care”. Those two blog...
8 August 2021
Welcome back to our assisted living and memory care blog. We’re here for you dear residents, resident’s family, and the entire local community. Last week we posted the first of an eight-part series on the subject of “When and How to Seek Professional Assisted Living or Memory Care”. That blog...
2 August 2021
Hello dear residents, resident’s family, and the entire local community who are struggling through providing in-home assisted living or memory care services. This goes out to you whether you are or are not actively searching for professional care services in and around Villa Rica. As professional assisted living and memory...
26 July 2021
In our last blog post, we discussed five benefits of chiropractic care for the elderly. That blog post hopefully got you thinking about a different way to manage pain. Today, we’re going to talk about something equally (or more) important than managing pain. We’re going to talk about managing heart...
12 July 2021
Summer greetings to you, our faithful blog readers, cherished assisted living residents, memory care residents, and family members all! A common goal within our entire care team is to leave work each day and reflect that “I made someone smile today”. It is the goal of this blog post to...
2 July 2021
The 4th of July is a favorite summer holiday for Americans across the country. Whether you’re enjoying a barbecue with your dear loved ones here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care, or with them at home with you, we all relish the opportunity to celebrate...
21 June 2021
At The Birches Assisted Living and Memory Care here at Villa Rica, we celebrate our residents and their spirit of independence not only on July 4th, but every day of the year. Our dedicated and loving staff is here to accommodate the unique lifestyle our residents choose so that they...