Highgate Blog

November 30, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

How to Help Aging Parents When You Live Far Away

If you are providing care to an older parent who lives an hour or more away, you are one of roughly 7 million long-distance caregivers in the U.S.

Being a long-distance....

November 23, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources

When Is the Right Time to Opt for Assisted Living Services?

A common question older adults ask is, “Why would I move out of my house?”

They equate living in their home with freedom, independence, and happiness because that is how....

November 23, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Caregiver & Family Resources

3 Conversation Starters for Talking with Parents About Aging

Jeremy Glover spends a lot of time helping families navigate the move to assisted living. As Community Relations Coordinator at Highgate at Bozeman, he starts every....

November 16, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources

5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Check Out Assisted Living

There are signs that indicate it’s probably time to approach the subject of assisted living with your parents — social isolation, falls, forgotten medication, unsanitary....

November 16, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources, Caregiver & Family Resources

What You Need to Know About Assisted Living Wait Lists

When your loved one decides they’re interested in making the move to assisted living, or you’ve decided a change would be in their best interest, you want to help them....

November 9, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources, Senior Living Resources

How Long Will It Take to Move My Parents into Assisted Living?

Jeremy Glover has been working in the senior living industry for nearly a decade, and it’s not as simple as this, he admits, but there are basically two ways someone....

November 5, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Senior Living Resources, Caregiver & Family Resources

Infographic: Tell-tale Signs from Around the House that It Might Be Time for Mom and Dad to Move

Mom and Dad want to stay in the house. They raised their children there, made their life there, but independent living doesn’t last forever.

As your parents’ physical....

November 2, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources, Caregiver & Family Resources

How Do I Know When I Should Start Exploring Assisted Living with My Parents?

For many years, your parents helped you navigate life. Now, as they age, it’s time for you to help them. It won’t always be easy — who wants to admit they need some help....

November 2, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources

Slideshow: What Are Activities of Daily Living Anyway?

The phrase “activities of daily living” gets thrown around a lot at the doctor’s office, at physical and occupational therapy appointments — and in assisted living....