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When you’re a caregiver to someone with dementia, mealtime can be a chore ... and sometimes, a struggle. There are a lot of factors to consider: your loved one’s abilities, their food preferences, your time, the ease of cooking ... it’s tempting to just ...

Creating a caregiver team is a necessary complement to caring for your loved one with dementia, says Alicia Seaver, Vice President of Memory Care Operations for EPOCH Senior Living and a Certified Memory Impairment Specialist. “A caregiver team is ...

It should come as no surprise that dementia doesn’t just affect the individual – it is very much a family diagnosis. The effects of cognitive disease extend beyond the person to their spouse, children, caregiver and anyone who loves them. If your loved ...

A diagnosis of dementia is life-changing, not just for the individual who has it, but also for family members. Cognitive diseases like Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia touch the lives of everyone who is close to the individual, and every family ...

You’re never too old to make a positive change in your life. In fact, making New Year’s resolutions should be on every senior’s 2020 to-do list, says Michelle Pelham, Executive Director at Bridges® by EPOCH at Nashua, a memory care assisted living ...

It’s the start of the new year, which also means the start of putting New Year’s resolutions into play. We always start with good intentions, but for many of us, the ideal often dwindles away throughout the year due to schedules, old habits and a variety ...

It’s a new year, and for many, this is a new opportunity to reinvent themselves (or at the very least, try new things to improve themselves). That’s something we all have the capacity to do, no matter how young or old we are ... or even if we have ...

With the holiday season in full swing, residents’ families reflect on their favorite festive memories with their loved ones. Christmas Tree Shopping  Pat Mansfield, Friend of Judy Brock, Bridges® by EPOCH at Pembroke Resident I vividly recall the time ...

With the most wonderful time of the year upon us, residents’ families reflect on their favorite festive memories with their loved ones. Linda Kelley shares these lovely memories with her mother, Helen Gagnon. My mother made the holidays truly ...

With Trisha Solomon, Daughter of Louise Solomon, Bridges® by EPOCH at Hingham Resident The belle of the ball, the hostess with the most-ess, the star of the show – my mother was all of these at Christmastime, and she made the holiday special for ...

During this holiday season, residents’ families reflect on their favorite festive memories with their loved ones. Nancy Albertson shared these cherished holiday memories of time spent with her mother, Emily Ann Greenwood, a resident at Bridges® by EPOCH ...