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An African drumming circle promotes active aging at Willamette Oaks
Willamette Oaks Retirement Community is a complex of apartments for “people who love life,” according to its motto. Located alongside the Willamette River in Eugene, Oregon, the community “strives to provide a stimulating environment that offers meaningful opportunities for older adults to stay mentally, physically, and socially fit and engaged with life,” says former Programs and Events Coordinator Candy Davis. “Residents can choose from a daily menu of professionally led fitness classes—from tai chi and Hawaiian dance to weight lifting and fall recovery—as well as individual coaching in the use of modern exercise equipment.” They also socialize and interact through “resident-led parties, card games, films, discussions, meetings, holiday observances, and excursions.”
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WALK! with Aegis Therapies invites participants to adopt healthier, active lifestyles
To help individuals take up healthier, active lifestyles, Aegis established the WALK! with Aegis Therapies initiative. Held in conjunction with Active Aging Week, ICAA’s annual health promotion campaign, the Aegis initiative “serves not only as a highly worthwhile educational tool,” Schram observes, “but also as a terrific morale booster for residents and staff alike.”
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Palates 360: Morrison's new concept aims to transform community dining
How can senior living communities better meet the needs and wants of the Silent Generation? Morrison Senior Living, a division of Morrison Management Specialists, has extensively researched this issue over the past three years, including interviews with residents and community leaders. The result is a framework of six strategies, called “The Essential Elements of Transformation,” intended to help communities serve the demographic group that now ranges in age from mid-60s to mid-80s. Among the framework’s areas of focus are lifestyle, wellness and resident engagement.
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How miniature horses enhanced life and wellness at Kensington Village
“For recreation therapists, the prospect of implementing a large-scale and innovative program is like winning the lottery,” says Daniel Bisson, recreation manager of an active retirement community in Alberta, Canada. “It’s a singular event,” he continues, “but one with the potential to make a huge impact.”
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Pathway's Camp VIVA! provides an outdoor adventure for assisted living residents
Integrity, professionalism, teamwork, responsibility and quality. These are the five core values of Chicago-based Pathway Senior Living, a for-profit provider of independent and assisted living communities in Illinois. On its website, Pathway defines each value. “Responsibility” is encapsulated as follows: “We are responsible for making a positive difference in the lives we touch.” One way the company makes that difference is through VIVA!™, its life enrichment program.
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Attitude and generosity make giving a year-round event by Colleen Koziara
The Year of Caring and Sharing started as an average annual food drive in 2009. For the Thanksgiving season, all Pathway Senior Living Supportive Living Communities were working to collect food for the food banks in Chicago. We really advertised the food drive and encouraged not only our staff, but also our residents and even the families of our residents and staff to participate.
The Pathway residents, including those with limited financial resources, were able to contribute more than 3,700 pounds of food to the Chicago-area food banks. After the food drive, no one could ever say again that our seniors were not still able to be a valuable asset to the world outside the walls of our communities.
