Highgate Blog

January 4, 2019    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources, About Highgate Senior Living

How to Work with Highgate Team Members to Ease the Transition to Assisted Living

Although the move from one’s home to a new home at Highgate Senior Living is a life-changing one, it does not have to be fraught with stress and anxiety. Just ask Shelia....

December 28, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources

Infographic: Questions to Ask When Researching an Assisted Living Community

Type “assisted living” into your Google search bar, and about 1.8 billion results pop up in less than 1 second. Finding the right community for your loved one might feel....

December 28, 2018    Highgate Senior Living

Topic: Assisted Living Resources

5 Tips for Making the Most of Your Assisted Living Tour

Finding the right assisted living community for an aging parent, spouse, or other loved one can be an overwhelming responsibility.

Most people begin the process online,....

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 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 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....