by EngAGE EnCOURAGE | Apr 4, 2023 | Brain Health, Health & Wellness, Research & Outcomes, Support Resources
Scientists who study the brain are discovering real physical changes to our brain during different seasons. Discover Magazine recently provided research information revealing how the human brain might change from season to season. Some of those changes are due to the...
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 | 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 | Aug 9, 2022 | Care Partner, Health & Wellness, Support Resources
As a care partner, you play an integral role in ensuring your members with dementia have all the tools they need to enjoy life beyond their diagnosis. You’ve selflessly taken on the responsibility of overseeing their health, wellness, diet, and activities–to name a...
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 | May 10, 2022 | Aging Seniors, Brain Health, Health & Wellness, Memory Care Programs, Senior Cognitive Impairment, Support Resources
Building an emotionally safe and positive environment plays a specific role in promoting and fostering lifelong learning during all stages of dementia. Our words carry a lot of weight to them, but our body language does a lot of the talking, too! The Marbella...
