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Tips for Deciding If the Senior Living Lifestyle is What You Really Want
Tips for Deciding If the Senior Living Lifestyle is What You Really Want

The senior living lifestyle is designed to offer benefits that not only help you make the most of life, but are also hard to achieve at home. Here’s how you can decide if those benefits are right for you.

How Safe is Your Home for Aging in Place?
How Safe is Your Home for Aging in Place?

If you’re considering aging in place, make sure your home is as safe as it should be. Check out these tips to reduce your risk for falls, fire, and medication errors and be prepared for emergencies.

Senior Living Pros and Cons by the Type of Care
Senior Living Pros and Cons by the Type of Care

While all the options are a great benefit, it can be hard to choose. Learn which type of care is right for you or your loved one with these senior living pros and cons.

Is Senior Living the Right Choice for Me?
Is Senior Living the Right Choice for Me?

The decision of whether to stay home or more to senior living is easier with these key considerations in mind.

Weighing Your Senior Living Care Options
Weighing Your Senior Living Care Options

With all the senior living care options available, it’s important to understand the difference to not only fit the best fit but to also compare to home. Learn about each here.

Tips for Having the Senior Living Conversation with Your Parents
Tips for Having the Senior Living Conversation with Your Parents

The senior living conversation is often dreaded by parents and adult children alike, but it can be positive and productive if done in the right way. Check out these tips.

Ways to Fund Senior Living Expenses
Ways to Fund Senior Living Expenses

Don’t discount the idea of senior living because of the price tag. There are more ways to help fund senior living expenses than you may think. Check them out here.

Key Differences Between Nursing Homes and Senior Living Communities
Key Differences Between Nursing Homes and Senior Living Communities

Nursing homes and senior living communities are often seen as the same, but that’s not true at all. Here are some key differences.

Senior Living Communities Today: Not What They Once Were
Senior Living Communities Today: Not What They Once Were

Seniors are more active today than ever and senior living communities are moving right along with them. Learn how they’ve changed for the better and how you’ll benefit from life here.

Lifestyle & Care Options in Senior Living Communities
Lifestyle & Care Options in Senior Living Communities

There are more care options in senior living communities than you might think. Learn what you can expect and how the lifestyle can benefit you or a loved one here

Key Questions for Making an Informed Choice in Your Senior Living Search
Key Questions for Making an Informed Choice in Your Senior Living Search

The senior living search can be overwhelming when it comes to finding the right community. These key questions can make the process easier.

Senior Living Amenities: Comfort and Convenience in Today’s Communities
Senior Living Amenities: Comfort and Convenience in Today’s Communities

Senior living amenities are one of the biggest draws to life in these communities. But they’re not just nice-to-have, see how they benefit your life here.

5 Tips to Decorate Your Senior Living Apartment to Feel Like Home
5 Tips to Decorate Your Senior Living Apartment to Feel Like Home

If you’re planning a move and are wondering how to decorate your senior living apartment to make it feel like home we can help. Check out these tips.

Money Matters: 5 Tips to Help in Paying for Senior Living
Money Matters: 5 Tips to Help in Paying for Senior Living

Families often worry about paying for senior living, but there are more options to help than you may realize. Check out our top five tips.

How a Strong Social Life Helps the Health and Wellness of Seniors
How a Strong Social Life Helps the Health and Wellness of Seniors

When it comes to healthy aging, having a strong social life is more important than you think. See how it helps the health and wellness of seniors and how to improve yours.

What Is Assisted Living?
What Is Assisted Living?

Senior living lingo can be confusing, and if you’re considering it to give your loved one more daily support, you likely come across the term assisted living. But what is assisted living? How can it help? Find out here.

10 Exercises to Help Seniors Prevent Falls
10 Exercises to Help Seniors Prevent Falls

Falling is one of the top safety risks for seniors. But exercise can help prevent falls. Check out our recommendations to help improve strength and balance in seniors.

The Roanoke – Salem Region's Parks - And Why Connecting with Nature Benefits Seniors
The Roanoke – Salem Region's Parks - And Why Connecting with Nature Benefits Seniors

Finding Connection and Purpose During Retirement in the Roanoke & Salem Region
Finding Connection and Purpose During Retirement in the Roanoke & Salem Region

When it comes to staying healthy during retirement, most advice revolves around what to eat and how to stay physically active. What many don’t realize though is that having connection with others and purpose during this time of your life is just as important to your health and happiness!

Why the Roanoke – Salem Region Is Great for Seniors
Why the Roanoke – Salem Region Is Great for Seniors

If there’s an area that has it all when it comes to retirement, the Roanoke – Salem Region is it!

How Generosity and Senior Well-Being Come Together Through the Friendship Foundation
How Generosity and Senior Well-Being Come Together Through the Friendship Foundation

Most seniors know that eating right, staying active, getting enough sleep, and maintaining social connections are good for your well-being. But there’s another component that plays a part in your well-being that may surprise you.

Great Options for Retirees: Your Guide to Dining in the Roanoke – Salem Region
Great Options for Retirees: Your Guide to Dining in the Roanoke – Salem Region

There are so many reasons to retire in Roanoke, VA, not the least of which is the dining in the Roanoke – Salem Region. Check out all the options here.

Benefits of Living in a Not-for-Profit Senior Living Community
Benefits of Living in a Not-for-Profit Senior Living Community

Many are surprised that there are both for-profit and not-for-profit senior living communities. Check out the additional benefits that not-for-profit senior living provides.

How You Can Enjoy a Full Senior Living Continuum of Care Without the CCRC Fee
How You Can Enjoy a Full Senior Living Continuum of Care Without the CCRC Fee

The downside of some CCRC communities is the large buy-in, but there is a way to benefit from a senior living continuum of care with that fee. Here’s how.

What to Look for and Questions to Ask When Touring Senior Living Communities
What to Look for and Questions to Ask When Touring Senior Living Communities

To make the most of your visits when touring senior living and help you compare communities, learn what to look for and what to ask.

A Look at Senior Living Care Options
A Look at Senior Living Care Options

Identifying and explaining the different levels of care: IL, AL, MC, SNF.

Dispelling the Most Common Fears About Senior Living
Dispelling the Most Common Fears About Senior Living

Misperceptions about senior living keep many from experiencing all its benefits. Here we’ll identify common fears about senior living and show how today’s communities dispel them.

Determining Your Senior Living Needs and Wants
Determining Your Senior Living Needs and Wants

Deciding to move is a huge first step, but there’s much more to consider. To help make it easier, determine your senior living needs and wants before researching communities. Here’s how.

How to Make the Senior Living Decision Easier
How to Make the Senior Living Decision Easier

With all the options available, many people get overwhelmed when making the senior living decision. These questions can help make it easier to find the right community for you or your loved one.

Tips for Deciding If the Senior Living Lifestyle is What You Really Want
Tips for Deciding If the Senior Living Lifestyle is What You Really Want

The senior living lifestyle is designed to offer benefits that not only help you make the most of life, but are also hard to achieve at home. Here’s how you can decide if those benefits are right for you.

Daily Life & COVID-19: Making Independent Living Work in the New Normal
Daily Life & COVID-19: Making Independent Living Work in the New Normal

Ways for Seniors to Stay Active During COVID-19 (and Why You Should)
Ways for Seniors to Stay Active During COVID-19 (and Why You Should)

COVID-19 Stress and Seniors: 10 Ways to Protect Your State-of-Mind
COVID-19 Stress and Seniors: 10 Ways to Protect Your State-of-Mind

How Seniors Can Avoid Social Isolation During COVID-19
How Seniors Can Avoid Social Isolation During COVID-19

7 Benefits of Downsizing to Senior Living
7 Benefits of Downsizing to Senior Living

Before automatically choosing to stay at home, consider all the facts like these numerous benefits of downsizing to senior living.

Independent Living: Comparing the Cost Versus Value
Independent Living: Comparing the Cost Versus Value

To determine if the cost of independent living is worth its value, learn about average pricing, specific benefits, and how they compare to home here.

Comparing the Cost and Value of Assisted Living with Care at Home
Comparing the Cost and Value of Assisted Living with Care at Home

Before assuming the cost of assisted living will be more expensive than care at home, learn how to truly compare the two and the extra value of life in a community.

Online Scams Seniors Should Be on the Lookout for
Online Scams Seniors Should Be on the Lookout for

Online scams targeting seniors are all too common, but you can help protect yourself. Here's how, along with some of the most common online scams to look out for.

Tips for Families Comparing the Cost of Senior Living with Staying at Home
Tips for Families Comparing the Cost of Senior Living with Staying at Home

Families often assume the cost of senior living will be more than staying home. But that's not always the case. See how to compare the true costs.

Comparing the Costs of Senior Living Versus Staying at Home
Comparing the Costs of Senior Living Versus Staying at Home

Families often assume the costs of senior living will be too much versus staying at home. But that’s not necessarily the case when comparing the true costs of both. See how here.

Ways to Fund Senior Living Expenses
Ways to Fund Senior Living Expenses

Don’t discount the idea of senior living because of the price tag. There are more ways to help fund senior living expenses than you may think. Check them out here.

Common Misunderstandings About Medicare, Medicaid, and Senior Care
Common Misunderstandings About Medicare, Medicaid, and Senior Care

4 Options That May Help You Pay for Senior Living
4 Options That May Help You Pay for Senior Living

When (And How) to Talk about Managing Your Parents’ Finances
When (And How) to Talk about Managing Your Parents’ Finances

Ways to Save (& Earn) for Retirement
Ways to Save (& Earn) for Retirement

Why Home Is Not Always Cheaper Than Senior Living
Why Home Is Not Always Cheaper Than Senior Living

What You May Not Know About the Cost of Senior Living
What You May Not Know About the Cost of Senior Living

Comparing Costs: The Value of Independent Living versus Home
Comparing Costs: The Value of Independent Living versus Home

Successful Seniors: 10 Stories of Purpose Discovered Later in Life
Successful Seniors: 10 Stories of Purpose Discovered Later in Life

Easy Seasonal Recipes to Support Senior Nutrition
Easy Seasonal Recipes to Support Senior Nutrition

Senior Health: 10 Ways to Stay Active this Spring and Summer
Senior Health: 10 Ways to Stay Active this Spring and Summer

Senior Health: Ways to Stay Socially Connected and Why It’s So Important
Senior Health: Ways to Stay Socially Connected and Why It’s So Important

Aging Gracefully Then and Now: How Getting  Older Got Reinvented
Aging Gracefully Then and Now: How Getting Older Got Reinvented

How Safe Is Your Home?
How Safe Is Your Home?

Nutrition Tips for Seniors to Dish About
Nutrition Tips for Seniors to Dish About

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