If you’ve been diagnosed with a neurological disorder such as Parkinson’s disease, your care team will likely include a physical therapist or physiotherapy clinic. Because neurological conditions affect so many parts of your body’s general function, conditions like Parkinson’s disease can interfere with your ability to walk, eat, hear and see. Physical therapy treatments will aim to help preserve the body’s natural functions as best as possible. Here are some of the benefits that you may see from physical therapy as a Parkinson’s patient.…
When your elderly parent has dementia, it can be hard to make the decision that you are going to have to put them in an assisted living facility. Sadly, there will be a time when you just can’t care for your family member on your own, and they will need more than you can give them, especially when it comes to keeping them safe. The facility has tools that they can use to make sure that your loved one is safe.…
Learning and participating in creative arts activities in retirement communities, like Heritage Commons, keeps residents active and healthy. When older adults learn new creative skills, they look forward to more and more learning. All of this creativity is the basis of remaining healthy. Here are some ways that older adults are learning new creative skills in retirement communities:
Art Classes - Learning to draw, paint, make a collage, scrapbook, or make jewelry can be very fun for older adults.…
