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How Can Occupational Therapy Serve My Loved One in an Extended Care Facility?
If your loved one is in an extended care facility, the services that they receive are second to none. With help with simple daily tasks to therapy with a licensed professional, your loved one deserves the best treatment there is. Within that setting, occupational...
Compassion & Integrity
How seven Louisiana nursing facilities have adjusted to care for hundreds of residents during pandemic
When the COVID-19 outbreak began in March, there was immediate concern in local communities about Louisiana nursing homes and long-term care facilities. But inside those buildings, hundreds of staff members were redoubling their efforts to care for their residents....
Long Term Care Services for Alzheimer’s Patients
What is Alzheimer’s Disease? Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disorder that causes brain cells to waste away (degenerate) and die. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia - a continuous decline in thinking, behavioral and social skills that...
Extended Care Facilities & Assisted Living Facilities – What’s the Difference?
Senior care homes come in many shapes and sizes, but there is always a perfect place for every person. Over the last few decades Senior care homes have evolved and “nursing homes” aren’t quite what they used to be. It is important to note, that at our Extended-Care...
What Can I Expect From a Skilled Nursing Facility?
As our loved ones age, it is important that their later years are filled with the best care possible. With so many options available for them, it is vital to have all of the information so you can make the best decision. A skilled nursing facility provides the highest...
Foods that help fight memory loss
About 40% of people aged 65 or older have age associated memory impairment. In certain studies, 1 out of 9 individuals aged 45 and older admitted to experiencing some degree of thinking problems such as confusion or memory loss. While aging is a normal process, parts...
What Benefits Can My Loved One Reap from Senior Physical Therapy?
As your loved one gets older, their flexibility, strength, and balance may begin to decline. This, potentially coupled with osteoporosis, attributes for most of the risk of falls in the elderly population. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that negatively affects bone...
A Letter to the Families and Residents of Camelot Rehabilitation at Magnolia Park
To the Families, Residents, and Employees of Camelot Rehabilitation at Magnolia Park: "I want to thank our wonderful team of caregivers at Camelot Rehabilitation at Magnolia Park for their excellence and compassion in their efforts to care for our residents. We have...
How Mental and Physical Health are Linked for Seniors
About a quarter of seniors live alone, and many report regularly experiencing loneliness. Fifteen percent of seniors have a mental health diagnosis such as depression or anxiety. The COVID-19 crisis has the potential to exacerbate senior loneliness, triggering a...
7 Immune System Boosting Foods for your Senior
Dictionary.com defines the immune system as: “a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell-forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular...