Caring Places News

Beautifying Our Spaces: A Caring Places Challenge

At Caring Places Management, we believe in the importance of a welcoming atmosphere for our residents-whether it’s in the compassionate care we provide or the upkeep of the environment in which they live. This year, we were excited to introduce the 2024 Caring Places Landscaping Competition, a new initiative aimed at inspiring our communities to enhance their outdoor spaces, reflecting…
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Stocking Stuffers For Assisted Living Facilities Get Big Community Support

This article was originally published on Central Oregon Daily News Laid out on folding tables at the Redmond Senior Center, heaps of unstuffed stockings. “It renews my faith in humankind I guess,” said Cheryl Garr the Stocking Program Organizer. Piled on the tables, donations for the stockings. Socks, toiletries, candy, games, coloring books, and hand-made crafts all brought by folks…
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Jesycua Pinnell, left, talks with Senator Randi Becker about living at Easthaven Villa in this file photo.

Sustainability of Our Work Is Challenged if We Cannot Extend Emergency Medicaid Funding

This guest commentary was originally published on Yelmonline.com  We may be approaching the two-year anniversary of the pandemic, but those of us on the frontlines providing long-term care for our most vulnerable populations are still navigating what can feel like a day-to-day crisis. For example, as the administrator of Easthaven Villa Assisted Living & Memory Care Community here in Yelm…
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adults have a better chance of surviving COVID-19 in long-term care communities than at home

Long-Term Care Communities Providing Safety During The Pandemic’s

Among all demographics, the pandemic took the severest toll on the elderly. Even the healthiest seniors often proved unable to withstand the effects of the virus. Not surprisingly, this led to high death rates in nursing home facilities. However, recent studies indicate that this was the result of collective patient demographics and not patient care. In fact, one study showed…
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How Caring Places Engages Seniors With Dementia

Dementia care has come a long way in the past century. Whereas dementia care focused on keeping dementia patients sedate in the past, today, it focuses on increasing their overall quality of life. One proven method of accomplishing this goal is through engagement. Per findings published in the US National Library of Medicine, engaging a dementia parent can have several…
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Gardening for older people has multiple benefits, both physically and mentally.

Gardening For Older People: Caring Places Management Offering Therapeutic Connection to Nature

At Caring Places Management, we are always looking for ways to enhance the lives of our residents. That’s why we are so excited to announce our new affiliation with the organization Eldergrow to provide therapeutic gardening programs. We have chosen Beehive Retirement in McCleary, WA, as the facility where we will pilot this program. Gardening for older people offers a…
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Caring Places Management Is Expanding More Communities Into Memory Care Facilities To Meet Demands

For organizations that provide memory care support, it is important to continually evaluate the level of services provided to the community and residents of the organization. Caring Places Management has been in tune with current residents and their families’ needs, delivering the best in memory support for those dealing with dementia and Alzheimer’s. In response to the growing need to…
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Activities for Every Interest!

Our community at River Terrace Memory Care is a diverse group with unique backgrounds and interests. Because of this, we strive to create an activities calendar that has something appealing for everyone. We consider our residents family and we love watching them play, learn and enjoy their days. Our daily activities are chosen with three concepts in mind: the physicality…
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We Have Seen The Light!

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Imagine spending your entire day indoors, wearing sunglasses, or having ink spots throughout your field of vision – or even worse – only looking through a pinhole in a black piece of paper.  These are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when discussing elderly visual acuity. Some suffer from regular aging eyes, some have extreme conditions like Macular Degeneration,…
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