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25 September 2023
Hello to all our blog fans here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care. Today we return to the daily subject of inquiry from seniors and their caregivers alike: What are the critical indicators that it is time to pursue professional assisted living services? We answer...
18 September 2023
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. Whether you are a cherished resident, a family member, or someone...
4 September 2023
Greetings once again from your Villa Rica-area assisted living and Villa Rica memory care community. Today’s blog post is for all of you at-home memory care support providers who might be stressing about periodically (or maybe even often) misplacing your keys, your cell phone, your TV remote, or other commonly...
28 August 2023
Welcome back to our Villa Rica-area assisted living and memory care blog! A healthy heart is conducive to brain health which helps mitigate the chances of cognitive decline and impairment. While the exact risk factors for dementia are not set in stone, certain lifestyle changes do seem to have a...
21 August 2023
Welcome back to our Villa Rica-area assisted living community and our Villa Rica memory care community’s blog. We manage this blog on behalf of our cherished residents, their families, and of course for you Villa Rica-area homecare heroes taking care of your assisted living and/or memory care loved ones. Today,...
14 August 2023
Welcome back to our Villa Rica senior assisted living and memory care blog! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), loneliness and isolation are connected to serious health problems. A national Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report found that nearly one-fourth of people over age 65...
7 August 2023
Greetings and welcome back to our Villa Rica senior living and memory care blog. When an elderly parent or family member is living independently, there will come a day when you can’t escape the reality that their well-being is at risk. As time goes on, your loved one may require...
31 July 2023
It is never easy to make the decision to transition a loved one into an Alzheimer's care community. You'll be forced to grapple with tough questions like, "Is it the best decision for my loved one?" and "Will the quality of care be worth the cost?" Once you have a...
24 July 2023
Greetings once again to all 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 a few fun ways to stimulate cognitive health and have a lot of fun while doing it. Cognitive decline is a...
17 July 2023
Today five million people in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s disease and related memory loss, and as our population ages, that number will increase. Professional memory care support services such as those provided to our cherished residents here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care...
10 July 2023
What makes our memory care team at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care so good at their beloved profession is a both an innate and learned powerful shift in perspective. Our staff is innate in their perspective because this profession draws a loving and kind heart...
26 June 2023
We’re glad to have you here on our assisted living and memory care blog and hope you find it useful. Through the kind feedback from you, our blog readers, we know we’re making a difference with our efforts. We received feedback about a blog post we did way back when...
19 June 2023
Transitioning into an assisted living community like ours here in Villa Rica can (and should) be a welcome and exciting chapter in life. Your new community will be filled with newfound freedom and the luxury of time. But for some, this transition can also bring an unexpected sense of loneliness...
12 June 2023
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...
5 June 2023
One of the truly rewarding aspects of serving our senior assisted living community and our memory care community is chatting with visiting family, friends, clergy, and all other kind souls that visit us on a daily basis. Those engagements are rewarding to us personally, but more importantly, they are teaching...
29 May 2023
Our focus for today’s senior assisted living and memory blog post is for you, the friends and relatives of our cherished memory care residents here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care. If you are hesitant to visit a friend or relative with significant memory care...
22 May 2023
Are you or a loved one considering professional assisted living services or professional memory care services here in Villa Rica? While there are many factors to consider when making this decision, one that can't be overlooked is the proximity of family and friends. Being close to loved ones can provide...
15 May 2023
Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner. While Memorial Day signifies the start of summer to many, to those who have served our country or have a loved one that fought and did not come home, Memorial Day is a sacred day of remembrance. Here at The Birches at...
8 May 2023
Many older adults plan to age independently but are ultimately forced to make decisions about their care as their health and physical independence decline. According to the Pew Research Center, nearly 12 million Americans over the age of 65 live alone. At some point, together with their aging parents, adult...
17 April 2023
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. Most older adults know the day will come when it’s time to downsize. But no matter how realistic you are about the necessity of downsizing — or rightsizing, as it’s sometimes...
12 April 2023
Our senior living and memory care blog team considered changing the title of this blog post to: “Legal Documents Every Adult Should Have”. The focus of this blog clearly is not limited to our beloved Villa Rica senior living community and our Villa Rica memory care community, however, on average,...
3 April 2023
With the sun out shining bright and winter starting to loosen its grip, it’s the best time to celebrate spring and Easter! Just like any other special occasion and holiday, it is possible to keep up your favorite Easter traditions here in our Villa Rica senior living and memory care...
27 March 2023
Hello everyone from your friends and neighbors here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living and Memory Care. If you’re struggling with aging parents who refuse your best efforts to help, you’re far from alone: A whopping 77% of adult children believe their parents are stubborn about taking their...
20 March 2023
Hello to all our blog fans here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care. Today we return to a FAQ, a subject that we’ve covered before, and a topic that is understandably stressful for both our seniors and their families. Transitioning to managed care means saying...
15 March 2023
Welcome back to our blog page associated with our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. We’re also here for you Villa Rica-area homecare heroes taking care of your assisted living and/or memory care loved ones. If you looking for ideas on how to celebrate St....
8 March 2023
Welcome back to our assisted living and memory care blog here at The Birches. As we get older, we start reaching for sweaters more often, shivering (even when you think you should be warm), or maybe turning up the thermostat more often than not. Is it really getting that much...
6 March 2023
Greetings once again from your Villa Rica-area assisted living and Villa Rica memory care community here at The Birches. Dementia changes lives and introduces new challenges seemingly on a daily basis. Dementia changes the way a person thinks and feels, and it changes the way a person makes even the...
27 February 2023
We hear horrible stories from at-home care providers concerning an elderly loved one who was short-changed or downright scammed, financially or otherwise. Our caring professionals here at The Birches at Villa Rica Assisted Living & Memory Care feel it is important to remind you that con-artists and scammers lurk, and...
22 February 2023
Welcome back to our assisted living and memory care blog here at The Birches. As your parent or other loved one ages, you almost certainly have worries about their health and wellness. For many, conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or other memory issues are a top concern because of how...
13 February 2023
Well, it’s “all hands on deck” time for your Villa Rica senior assisted living blog team as well as your Villa Rica memory care blog team here at The Birches. We’ve left our computers and are now busying about to brighten our communities in preparation for Valentine’s Day. Our beloved...
8 February 2023
Greetings once again from your Villa Rica-area assisted living and Villa Rica memory care community here at The Birches. As we age, our joints lose fluid and our muscles lose elasticity, leading to a natural decrease in flexibility. Seniors who lose flexibility find it hard to complete normal daily tasks...
6 February 2023
Greetings once again from your Villa Rica-area assisted living and Villa Rica memory care community here at The Birches. Everyone ages differently and will have a specific set of physical and emotional needs. For many, mobility issues make it difficult to do things like pick up groceries and attend medical...
30 January 2023
Welcome back to our blog page for our Villa Rica-area assisted living and our Villa Rica memory care community. We take great reward in the form of personal feedback from our blog readers that we inspire you with our efforts here. But we humbly submit that it is YOU who...
25 January 2023
Heart disease is a significant threat to our cherished seniors, and we need you to understand that we take senior heart health seriously. The following items are primary goals of our assisted living community and our memory care community in an effort to reduce the risk of our senior residents...
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...