Learn how team members are celebrated and rewarded at Legacy Senior Living communities throughout the Southeast. At Legacy Senior Living communities throughout the Southeast, you will find dedicated teams of caregivers committed to providing our residents with the highest quality of care and service. We strive to treat all residents with honor, respect, faith, and [...]
If you are the caregiver for a family member who has Alzheimer’s, this information will help you learn more about the potential causes of wandering. In our effort to help raise awareness about Alzheimer’s, we devote time to community outreach in the local areas we serve. A question Legacy team members are frequently asked is [...]
If you’ve been putting it off or if the conversation is one you will soon need to have, here are 6 tips for talking about Assisted Living from Legacy Senior Living. Talking with a parent about moving to assisted living isn’t always easy. In fact, adult children who call our Legacy Senior Living communities often [...]
In honor of Independence Day, Legacy Senior Living shares tips to help older adults stay independent at every age. Maintaining independence is important to adults of any age, including seniors. Having the ability to manage a household, come and go as you please, and remain self-sufficient is something older adults often cite as their goal [...]
Caregivers often wonder about a senior with Alzheimer’s emotions. Do emotions linger after memory fails? If a senior in your family has Alzheimer’s disease or a similar form of dementia, you might wonder how they are feeling and how much their daily life is impacted by their environment. As the disease progresses and communication skills [...]
Here's Senior Care 101. Learn more about the different types of senior living, independent living, assisted living, and memory care. If you are considering a move to a senior living community or helping an older family member explore their options, understanding the difference between each type of senior care isn’t always easy. But the distinctions [...]
Summer heat can present health risks for older adults. Follow these 5 summer safety tips to keep an older adult in your family safe. As we prepare to welcome the first day of summer on June 21st, we want to take time to share a few safety tips. While most of us enjoy spending time [...]
Gardening offers therapeutic benefits for people of all ages and that includes active seniors and adults with dementia. Digging in the dirt helps to nurture and heal the body, mind, and spirit. In honor of National Gardening Week, celebrated from June 3rd through June 9th, we are sharing a few of the therapeutic benefits associated with [...]
This week of May is National EMS Week. Learn more about this celebration and an initiative designed to help people learn how to react during a medical crisis. Emergencies happen when we least expect them. Sometimes it’s a car accident on the way to work that results in an injury. Other times it might be [...]
While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, there are other forms. Learn more about the unique symptoms and causes of 7 common types of dementia. Alzheimer’s is by far in the most common types of dementia. It accounts for nearly three-fourths of all dementia diagnoses in this country. An estimated 5 million [...]
