by EngAGE EnCOURAGE | May 9, 2023 | Aging Seniors, Health & Wellness
Does this headline spark your curiosity? It sparked our curiosity because providing fitness and exercise resources and support for a variety of members and participants has always been challenging. Joe Holder, a Nike master trainer, coined the phrase...
by EngAGE EnCOURAGE | Jan 6, 2023 | Aging Seniors, Brain Health, Health & Wellness, Support Resources
We have a famous inventor to thank for saying something often used to encourage someone to stay optimistic after a failure or disappointment. Alexander Graham Bell once said, “When one door closes, another one opens, but we so often look so long and so...
by EngAGE EnCOURAGE | Oct 6, 2022 | Aging Seniors, Brain Health, Health & Wellness, Senior Cognitive Impairment
Why does a smell trigger a memory? Our brain collects information, like smells and sounds, through our five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Each of our five senses has its special sensor that sends information through the nervous system to the brain....
by EngAGE EnCOURAGE | Sep 7, 2022 | Aging Seniors, Brain Health, Dementia Experience, Health & Wellness, Oakwood Creative Care Day Club, Senior Cognitive Impairment, Support Resources
Why is creativity important? According to an article published in the NIH Online library titled “Creativity as a Stepping Stone toward a Brighter Future,” creativity has the power to help people lead happier and more meaningful lives. People sometimes describe...
by EngAGE EnCOURAGE | Jul 7, 2022 | Aging Seniors, Health & Wellness, Support Resources
Between longer days and warmer nights, we love summertime for all its opportune moments to get out in the sun and soak up some much-needed vitamin D! But with warmer weather often comes a greater threat of dehydration and heat stroke. For seniors with Alzheimer’s and...
by EngAGE EnCOURAGE | Jun 2, 2022 | Aging Seniors, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain Health, Dementia Experience
Temperatures are rising quickly, which tells us all that summer is here! With warmer weather and longer days, summer offers the perfect opportunity to create a new routine full of curiosity and inspiration for seniors living with dementia. Although your goal might...
