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Free Services for Senior Citizens Near Goodyear and Surprise, Arizona

Seniors on fixed incomes can have a tough time affording everything they need. Especially in 2022 where inflation is running rampant. Many families don’t know about some free services for senior citizens that can help ease the burden of paying for everything. In some cases, there may be a small charge for some of these

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13 Peripheral Neuropathy Symptoms and What to Do About Them

Many elderly residents in our assisted living homes have Peripheral Neuropathy symptoms that make life miserable. We’ll go over a lot of information about Peripheral Neuropathy including what is the best treatment for Peripheral Neuropathy. Some of residents describe the symptoms as a part of their body being on fire. And that feeling doesn’t go

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Is Alzheimer’s Genetic? – Are you at Higher Risk?

APOE4. No that’s not the ‘Group Number’ on your insurance card. It does, however, have a lot to do with your health. Especially if you are approaching middle age or later in your life. Scientists are finding out the answer to the question ‘is Alzheimer’s genetic?’. Alzheimer’s disease genetics plays a big role in determining

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How to Prepare for a Telehealth Appointment – 9 Easy Ways

During this pandemic, many doctors are switching over to a telemedicine visit.  That’s a fancy way of saying a video call between a doctor and a patient. Although there are many good clinics in Goodyear and Surprise, AZ, doctors want to be safe around elderly patients. Many doctor’s offices are closed or restricted from seeing patients

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Disinfecting Groceries – Should you Even Try?

With all these “Stay at Home” or “Shelter in Place” orders it becomes easy to think that everything outside your home potentially has the Coronavirus.  Therefore everything that comes into your home, including groceries, is potentially a problem, right? So should I be disinfecting my groceries?  Will disinfecting groceries slow the spread? It really helps

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Where Can You Get Reliable Information on Covid-19?

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic is all everyone is talking about these days. With good reason. This pandemic is affecting the entire world’s population. People don’t know what to do or where to turn. They want to know where can you get reliable information on Covid-19? They’re worried about their families. They’re worried about their jobs. They’re

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7 Encouraging Developments in Types of Treatment for Dementia

Although we’re still a long way from a cure for the various forms of Dementia, there are some encouraging signs. Dementia treatment has come a long way in recent years. And we need new types of treatment for Dementia. According to the World Health Organization, another 10 million people a day receive a dementia diagnosis.

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A Testimonial for Our Goodyear and Surprise Assisted Living Homes

Recently one of our families gave us this testimonial. It was for one of our Surprise assisted living homes. I just wanted to highlight it for several reasons. The testimonial embodied what we are trying to achieve with all our Goodyear and Surprise assisted living homes. “A Paradise for Parents Banff Ln is an outstanding

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A Solution for ‘Sandwich Generation Overwhelm’ – GTD!

We see a lot of families come to our assisted living homes experiencing ‘Sandwich Generation Overwhelm’. What is the Sandwich Generation? They are caught between taking care of elderly parents and growing children at the same time. Did I mention that most of the families we see are also working full time? For many people,

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18 Helpful Senior Resources in Surprise AZ and Goodyear AZ

There are many helpful senior resources in Surprise AZ and there are many helpful senior resources in Goodyear AZ. Many of the resources are provided for free. Local businesses, national non-profits and governmental agencies all offer many of these senior resources. At little to no cost to the senior. Unfortunately, many families don’t know about

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6 Delicious Senior Meal Delivery Services Near Me in Surprise & Goodyear

As we age our ability to get around decreases. Many elderly people find it more and more difficult to make food in their home or ear out in a restaurant. That’s where senior meal delivery businesses come in. We have a lot of families call us asking ‘where are some senior meal delivery services near

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Is Surprise AZ a Good Place to Live for Retirees? 5 Important Facts

Is Surprise AZ a good place to live? Is Surprise Arizona a good place to retire? Many people have truly enjoyed retiring in Surprise Arizona. And what’s not to love? Surprise really caters to the senior population while still providing a nice town for younger families. We obviously love this town since we have three

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8 Stellar Hospices in AZ – Especially Surprise AZ & Goodyear AZ

Our assisted living homes often work with Hospice services in Surprise and Goodyear to provide our residents the best care possible. We wanted to highlight in this article the Hospice companies that have given us the best service. They’ve gone above and beyond to care for their residents. Hopefully this will help you make the tough decision on Hospice a little easier.

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Assisted Living Pottery Classes in Surprise AZ for Seniors

Last week we took residents from our Goodyear and Surprise assisted living homes to paint some mugs as part of a pottery class. We visited Wheels on Fire Pottery to do it. They had the mugs all ready for us and gave us a big selection of paint colors. Our residents had a great time, and we can’t wait to see the final product.

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Solace Hospice AZ in Surprise and Goodyear: A Partner and A Friend

We are doing everything we can at our assisted living homes to make the lives of our senior residents more fun and comfortable. To take care of our residents, we need help from outside medical experts. Some of those experts come from Solace Hospice AZ in Surprise and Goodyear. Other professionals in the area include:

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A Great Chinese Restaurant in Surprise AZ

We recently had a wonderful experience with our assisted living residents. We took some of them out to a local Chinese restaurant, the Big Buddha in Surprise Arizona. Everything about the evening was wonderful. It was a great time for some of our residents in our Surprise assisted living home to meet residents in our Goodyear assisted living home. The food was superb and everyone had a great time.

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An Important “Drug-Induced” Nutrient Depletion Calculator

The residents in our assisted living homes take a lot of medications. It’s pretty typical for older people who have a variety of chronic conditions. We always think of these medications as substances that are supposed to help us. But the drug-induced nutrient depletion that can result may cause more problems than the medications solve.

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Super Slow Weight Training Great for Senior Weightlifting

One of our most popular blog posts lists an overall plan for older people to stay out of a nursing home. Next to nutrition, one of the best ways to stay healthy is to exercise. Especially using resistance training exercises (weightlifting). You can find several blog posts on our site describing senior weightlifting such as resistance band training, Tai

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What is Sundowners Syndrome & 9 Ways to Treat It

Sundowners Syndrome is a condition that affects a great deal of people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. People with Sundowners become agitated and anxious. They have trouble sleeping at night, which causes a lot of stress for both the person and those caring for them. This article shows what the caregivers in our assisted living homes have done to greatly ease this condition in our residents who have it.

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11 Wildest Effects of Iowaska (and what is iowaska)

Recently we had the son of one of our resident’s travel down to Ecuador and participate in an Iowaska Ceremony (also spelled Ayahuasca). He had quite an experience. So we thought we would write a post describing these ceremonies which are growing more and more popular. Some people have had great experiences and some have had very bad experiences. We will let you judge for yourself.

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