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January 28, 2022    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

Digital Caregiving: Best Wearable Devices to Help Older Adults and Caregivers

Caring for elderly parents can be a challenge whether you have a full-time job and a busy lifestyle, are taking precautions due to COVID-19 to help seniors stay safe, or

January 21, 2022    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources

7 Things I Learned While Moving My Dad into Assisted Living

You know the saying, “You don’t know until you know”? That’s how watching my dad age, stepping into the caregiver role, and figuring out his living situation felt.

January 14, 2022    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources

3 Objections My Dad Had to Assisted Living and How I Handled Them

The writing was on the wall: Dad wasn’t going to be able to keep living at home alone, or things were going to get a lot worse.

January 7, 2022    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: About Highgate Senior Living

Highgate Residents Look Back on 2021 and Share Their Resolutions for 2022

Although this past year brought many challenges and changes, there’s also much to celebrate.

December 24, 2021    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources, About Highgate Senior Living

7 Highgate Senior Living Activities That Are Resident Favorites

If you’ve never lived in a senior living community, it might be hard to picture what life is like there. You may be wondering, “Don’t residents just play a lot of cards....

December 17, 2021    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources, Healthy Aging

Feeling Old? Do This, Not That

Does your mom tell you that she can’t do what her physical therapist asks her to try? Or perhaps your dad feels too tired to go on a walk with the grandkids. Do you hear....

December 10, 2021    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Memory Loss Resources

9 Tips for Talking About Memory Care with Someone with Memory Loss

If there’s one thing Louisa Torres, memory care coordinator of the Cottage at Highgate at Temecula, has learned about caring for people with memory loss, including her....

December 3, 2021    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

You Are Not the Parent: The Problem with Caregiving Catchphrases

Taking away the car keys, parenting your parents, role reversal — you might hear these phrases a lot when people talk to or about older adults, but elderspeak and....

November 26, 2021    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources, Memory Loss Resources

3 Life Lessons Learned by Memory Care Caregivers

A dementia diagnosis can feel like the beginning of the end. If there’s one thing Courtney Reifel has learned in her four years working in a memory care community, it’s....