From Guilt to Grace on the Long-Term Care Journey
Learn how to move from guilt to grace as you navigate long-term care decisions for a loved one with dementia.
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Making the Move to Memory Care: Guidance for Families Facing the Next Step
Making the move to memory care is never easy. Learn how to handle resistance, understand transitional trauma, and ensure your loved one has the support they need.
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Memorial Day: A Day of Honor
At Aegis Living, it has been our privilege and pleasure to care for many veterans and their family members over the years in our assisted living and memory care communities.
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How does springtime affect Alzheimer’s?
Seniors with Alzheimer’s disease are heavily affected by fluctuations in their regular routines, and they can experience issues when seasons change. This is a common concern during the onset of winter, which can greatly exacerbate sundowning, an increase in restlessness and…
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Honoring and Helping our Aging Veterans
Veterans Day is our opportunity to honor the men and women in uniform who have bravely fought for our freedom and served our country.
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Managing the Parent - Child Role Reversal
There comes a time as adult children when we need to step into a caregiver role for our aging parents.
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What are ADLs?
There is a common term that you will hear if you are researching assisted living or memory care communities: ADLs. ADL stands for Activities of Daily Living. These are everyday tasks that, as we age, may become impossible or extremely difficult for one to do without assistance…
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7 Options to Pay for Senior Housing Now and Later
Your parent’s future might be a topic that they don’t want to face, or perhaps you have been in denial. It can be a complicated issue, filled with challenges and difficult decisions. However, many families find that in the end, their parent is happier and healthier having made…
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Senior Population Growth Drives Development
America’s aging population is transforming all aspects of healthcare, including senior housing. You’ve likely noticed new senior housing popping up in your neighborhood, maybe even new Aegis Living communities! That’s because senior living operators are preparing for what’s…
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Simplified Guide to Long-Term Care
While you may have mapped out your travels after retirement, have you considered your long-term plans, or what you may want when you need a little extra help?
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Finding the Right Assisted Living Community
With so many assisted living options available, finding the right fit for your loved one could come down to minor details that make their new community feel like ‘home.’ While some needs are obvious, like great staff, quality care, and well-cared for campus, it’s the little…
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Independent and Assisted Living Differences
Have you noticed that your parents are having a harder time keeping up with their family home and could benefit from downsizing? Senior living communities are a great way to ensure your parents remain active and social. We recently broke down the differences between assisted…
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Nursing Home or Assisted Living?
Have you noticed that your parent could use a little help? They’re missing their medications; maybe they’ve had a fall that requires they have more assistance day to day. Now it’s the time to decide where to go, but you’re not sure what kind of care they need. Do they need a…
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Do’s and Don’ts for Visiting Your Loved One with Dementia
Visiting a loved one with dementia may present interesting challenges. Depending on what stage they are in their dementia diagnosis, a good day can be a joyful reminder of the loved one you’ve always known, while a bad day can be discouraging. It is important to visit a parent…
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What to Expect Moving to Aegis Living
Your longtime home may have been sold.
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From Transitional Care to Memory Care
If your parent is showing mild or early signs of dementia, do they need to move into memory care?
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What Makes Aegis Living Different?
CEO and founder, Dwayne Clark, created Aegis Living with the determination of creating an alternative to the sad “old folks’ home.”
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Who Will Take Care of Mom?
When you ask, “Who will care for my mom or dad?”
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Are Married Couples Healthier?
Many studies support the link between marriage, good health, and mental wellbeing.
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Finding Diversity in Assisted Living
Our assisted living and memory care communities are highly diverse - both in the people we serve and the staff who care for them.
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How to Find the Best Assisted Living Near You
Step-by-step guide to finding quality assisted living near you - with 2024 cost ranges, tour checklists, and the questions that reveal the most.
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Nursing Care in Assisted Living Communities
When your parent moves to an assisted living community, it is typically because you are concerned that they cannot live on their own due to illness […]
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Types of Care Offered in Assisted Living?
This is a common scenario for many families who don’t know where to turn for help.
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Seniors Engaging with Amazon’s Alexa
Our Life Enrichment Directors, who manage all activities and outings for our residents, are a fountain of information.
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Dementia Whisperer: Transitional Trauma for Those with Dementia
What if you tucked yourself snuggly into your bed at night, only to be startled awake when you realize that you have woken up in a strange bed in an unfamiliar room?
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Does Medicare or Medicaid Cover the Costs of Assisted Living?
Your parent can no longer live on their own, but what is the best fit for their care needs? The decision of where to you move your parent or how to care for them cannot be wholly based on economics, but the financial impact on a family needs to be accounted for. Your best…
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Life expectancy around the world continues to increase steadily.
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Dementia Whisperer: Denial, A Survival Mechanism
In denial, we find our comfortable place - where nothing is changing, and the alarm bells are silent.
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Dementia Whisperer: Family Caregivers and Guilt
If you are a caregiver or an adult child concerned about the health of your parent, you may have experienced a common emotion: guilt.
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What is Memory Care?
As the baby boomer generation reaches retirement age, the demand for senior housing is skyrocketing.
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What is Assisted Living?
Are you worried that mom might take another bad fall?
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Aegis Gardens: Chinese Culture Assisted Living Community
Facing the decision to move your mom or dad into an assisted living community can be difficult for any family.
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Your Career in Assisted Living
For many of us, Labor Day marked the beginning of the new school year, or maybe the end of summer.
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Touring an Assisted Living Community at Different Times of the Day
Perhaps your mom has lost a significant amount of weight recently because she is no longer cooking and her cupboards are bare.
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Sundowning: Tips for Managing Difficult Behavior in the Evening
You may be wondering, What is Sundowning?
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Early Signs of Dementia
Has your Mom stopped baking for the holidays?
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How to Pay for Assisted Living: 7 Funding Options
Seven proven ways to pay for assisted living - from private savings and long-term care insurance to VA Aid & Attendance and Medicaid waivers.
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Plan Ahead: Long Term Care Insurance
No one wants to think about being unable to care for themselves in old age. But according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 70% of all adults over the age of 65 will need some type of long term care. Long term care insurance can help pay for the…
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FREE: Senior Care Emergency Preparedness Kit
Peace of mind comes from being prepared. Learn how our Preparedness Kit can help your family. If you’re noticing changes that indicate your parent or senior loved one is needing some assistance, do you know what the process to getting more help? If your parent or an elderly…
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Sharing Memories Through the 5 Senses
Dementia can be a cruel thief, stealing short-term memories from your loved ones. They may forget to eat or drink during the day. They may no longer be able to recognize their home or apartment. And cruelest, they may forget the name of their spouse or children. Where these…
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Top tips for touring an assisted living community
When walking into an assisted living community for the first time, you may be overwhelmed. It can be a mix of emotions and concerns. By staying focused and knowing what to look for, your decision-making process may be easier and more helpful to find the perfect fit for your…
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The Story of Dwayne J. Clark, Aegis Living founder
Aegis Living is a leader in the world of assisted living, thanks to decades of dedication providing seniors with comfort, security and memory care. While it stands at the forefront of senior care today, Aegis Living has humble beginnings that date to 1997, when Dwayne J. Clark…
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Planning for dementia care
When your loved one receives a diagnosis of dementia of any kind, life changes. While the disease itself will not progress to its latest stages immediately, your mind is probably racing. How will you care for your mother or father? What will he or she need as the condition…
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Keeping our seniors safe: Innovative safety measures at Aegis
When someone places their parent in an assisted living community, they may become overwhelmed with concerns.
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The powerful impact of music on memory care
As you search for the best community for your loved one who requires senior living or Alzheimer’s care, be sure to seek out memory care. Memory care involves many techniques that can keep your loved one happier and healthier. Even when our cognitive faculties begin to go, we…
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Types of Assisted Living: How to Choose the Right Care Level
A clear comparison of the main types of assisted living - from standard support to memory care and skilled nursing - to help you choose.
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Advice on paying for assisted living
As you look into assisted living options for your senior loved one, you’ll encounter a lot of difficult questions. What does he or she need in terms of care? How far out of your way can mom or dad really live before it becomes a stress on both of you? And - for many people…
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Is it time to think about assisted living?
Denial is the most common reason people wait until a fall, injury or illness before they start to seek information on assisted living. So what are the signs that your parent may need help before an emergency happens? Even when you know your parent could use some extra help…
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Celebrating Love at Aegis Living
Romantic love is not only the domain of the the youth - seniors continue to long for intimacy and affection. Many maintain relationships even in the face of Alzheimer’s. In fact, having one’s significant other around can help muster up old memories and provide a source of…
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The different levels of care provided by Aegis
As your parents get older, it can become increasingly challenging to care for them on your own. For instance, In some circumstances, it’s no longer safe for your mother to live independently, and in other cases, the growing demands of her medical needs - whether it be…
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Finding peace in Life’s Haven
At Aegis Living, one of the main goals is to improve the quality of life for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease. The core of each memory care community is the Life’s Neighborhood program, which was designed to increase enjoyment and enhance general mental, physical and emotional…
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The many care options at Aegis Living
Living a happy, healthy life is about more than just medical care, which is why Aegis Living commits itself to reinventing the way seniorsare treated in assisted living environments. With a mission based on compassion, Aegis’ 30 communities are dedicated to making a difference…
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How Aegis makes assisted living a home for seniors
Aging is a natural part of life, but for some individuals, getting older can take a toll on their health. In these cases, assisted livingcommunities like Aegis offer a new, better equipped second home. Kristen Moored, Aegis at Marymoor’s director of operations and care, knows…
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