Highgate Blog

May 3, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: 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

Topic: 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

Topic: 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

Topic: 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

Topic: 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

Topic: 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,....

April 5, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

From Daughter to Caregiver: When Caregiving Creeps Up on You

Lisa and her husband lived in Mississippi for six years before they decided to move back to Great Falls, Montana. A self-proclaimed “military brat,” Lisa had grown up....

April 5, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

When the Stress of Caregiving at Home Becomes Too Much

Beverly spent her career working as a nurse in long-term care nursing homes. When her husband, James, started struggling with incontinence, she put in a catheter. When....

March 29, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

3 Tips for Getting More Support from Your Siblings When Caregiving

You do not have to be best friends with your siblings to get the support you need as your care for your aging parents. However, if you have a loyal relationship with....