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Topic- Innovator awards
The Mayflower's Live and Learn series enriches the lives of participants
The City of Winter Park, Florida, is primarily known as a desirable place to live, a center for arts and culture, and the home of one of America’s premier liberal arts colleges. Rollins College, founded in 1885, has topped the US News & World Report rankings of southern regional universities for the last eight years. Further, Rollins ranked second on the list for the previous 10 years. Since 2010, when the idea was proposed, this prestigious private institution has collaborated with The Mayflower continuing care retirement community, also in Winter Park, to deliver an “enrichment series” for residents.
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Grand Lake Gardens' community garden feeds the hungry
For nearly 50 years, Grand Lake Gardens has offered residential living on an intimate scale in Oakland, California. The senior living community features 90 apartments serving nearly 100 older adults, providing services that include hospitality, recreation, dining, wellness, and in-house assistance. Residents can gain access to a full continuum of care, if they wish, or choose the flexibility of a rental plan.
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SPRI's Step360 Pro: challenging balance in active older adults
Behind the growing population of age 50-plus adults is an industry busily promoting healthier, more vibrant aging. Led by the International Council on Active Aging®, the active-aging industry has grown and evolved over the last decade in how it supports health, well-being and quality of life for older people. Today, industry professionals routinely encourage clients to live as fully as possible in all areas of life with the help of products, programming and environments that support active lifestyles. As the industry continues to evolve, companies that are intent on serving the older-adult market keep developing creative wellness products and services to meet the expanding needs of this population and the industry. Once such company is SPRI Products, Inc., a GAIAM company based in Libertyville, Illinois.
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Timber Ridge at Talus fosters a well environment and an environment for wellness
Timber Ridge at Talus prides itself on providing a lifestyle of flexibility and choice for older adults in the Pacific Northwest. Located outside Seattle in Issaquah, Washington, Timber Ridge is owned and operated by Life Care Services, LLC, an Iowa-based developer and manager of senior living communities. The company’s LifeCare™ concept is offered at Timber Ridge through apartment-homes in different sizes, styles and floor plans combined with supportive services for healthy, active living. Programs on campus focus on nutrition, fitness, active life, and well-being, while long-term healthcare allows individuals to age in place without significant fee increases. Other compelling factors about Timber Ridge include the community’s location, landscape and thoughtful design.
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The Man Cave: 'a place where creativity and socialization flourish'
Take a retired engineer with a big interest in building models and a small closet in which to do projects. Add a quest for more room and a sympathetic staff response. Mix with community members who want in on the fun. And there you have the makings of the Man Cave, the most popular wellness program at Atria Woodbridge in Irvine, California.
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Brain Health University: giving older adults tools to protect cognitive function
In 2002, to support healthier, more fulfilling lives for residents, SLC focused on the meaning of wellness for this population. “The basis for our quest was the World Health Organization’s publication on the six dimensions of wellness,” says RonnDa Peters, vice president of marketing. “David Koelling, vice president of corporate operations, and Terry Fay, corporate director of resident programs, led the charge to package a wellness-focused environment using the six dimensions—physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual and vocational—into a signature program, Fit for Life” (since rebranded Wellness Everyday™). The program received an ICAA Industry Innovators Award in 2003.
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