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May 17, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Caregiver & Family Resources

What to Do When Your Aging Parent Doesn’t Want Your Help

According to the article “My Parent Is So Stubborn!” published in the Journals of Gerontology, 77% of adult children say their aging parents are stubborn when it comes....

May 3, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Assisted Living Resources, Caregiver & Family Resources

Preventing Conflict with an Aging Parent During a Role-Reversal

According to Metlife, approximately 41% of adults age 65 and over have limitations in activities of daily living (such as eating, bathing, or dressing) and instrumental....

May 3, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Assisted Living Resources, Caregiver & Family Resources

Infographic: Caregivers’ Quality of Life Improves When Loved One Moves to Assisted Living

Caregiving for a loved one full-time can be stressful. Just ask Lisa Carter: “It’s hard to admit that you can’t do this day in and day out,” she says. “But it’s not an....

May 3, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Caregiver & Family Resources

The Fine Line Between Caring and Controlling

Although seniors are fiercely protective of their autonomy, they may not want help from their children when it is needed.

April 26, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

About Highgate Senior Living, Caregiver & Family Resources

4 Ways Highgate Uses the Family-Centered Care Approach

When you are searching for a long-term care option for your loved one, you want to find a place that puts your loved one first. Some assisted living and memory care....

April 19, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

About Highgate Senior Living

Why I Love Working at Highgate Senior Living

Shelley Phoenix has worked in health care for 20 years — and nowhere is like Highgate Senior Living. At Highgate, the purpose of every person who works there, no matter....

April 19, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

About Highgate Senior Living, Memory Care Resources, Caregiver & Family Resources

How Highgate Helps Memory Care Residents Have a Positive Experience

Caring for a loved one with dementia can be difficult, exhausting, and emotionally draining, yet you might believe you are the only one who can take care of your loved....

April 12, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Memory Care Resources

Finding the Right Memory Care Community for Dad

Lisa and her siblings had followed their dad around the world as he served in the U.S. Air Force. Now that James was a 100-percent disabled veteran, Lisa and her sister....

April 12, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Caregiver & Family Resources

From Caregiver Back to Daughter Again: Adjusting to the New Normal

For many years, Lisa was used to sleeping with one eye and one ear open just in case something happened to her mom and dad. It was not like the day after her dad, James,....