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Innovations in Alzheimer’s Care: The Silverado Golf Program

Posted on May 6, 2011 | No Comments
For over two decades research has shown that modifiable lifestyle factors, such as inactivity, may affect the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease. For someone with Alzheimer’s, physical activity may also prevent the frequent complications of falls, behavioral disruptions, inability to ambulate, and weight...
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Who will make the world better for those with Alzheimer’s?

Posted on April 11, 2011 | No Comments
Who will make the world better for those with Alzheimer’s? … Children will. By Steve Winner, Silverado Senior Living Co-Founder/Chief of Culture and Co-Author of “The Silverado Story – A Memory-Care Culture Where Love is Greater than Fear” Every day, infants, toddlers, grade-schoolers and teens...
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Dirt Therapy

Posted on April 5, 2011 | No Comments
Simply referred to as “Dirt Therapy,” gardening activities at the Silverado Senior Living community in Plano, TX have become among the most popular resident engagement activities to date. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find a planter box in the outside courtyard that wasn’t...
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Silverado Raises the Bar for Excellence in Senior Living

Posted on March 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
Silverado Senior Living was recently honored by the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) as part of the 2011 Best of the Best Awards. This is the fourth year ALFA has recognized Silverado as an industry-leading service provider for our commitment towards the future of senior...
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Silverado Helps Underserved Seniors Find a Place to Call Home

Posted on March 22, 2011 | No Comments
Elderly adults are among the most underserved publics in the United States and although recent reports have broadened the national awareness of their plight, little of that focus has been dedicated to those who have lost it all. Already on the margins of society,...
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Silverado Partners with UMBC to Teach Online Dementia-Care Course

Posted on March 18, 2011 | No Comments
Silverado President and CEO, Loren Shook will be leading the first-ever online dementia care course at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). The Dementia Care 101 course will include four 2-hour classes to be held from April 19 through May 10 and focus on...
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Silverado Barking Club Brings Philosophy of L.I.F.E. Full Circle

Posted on March 8, 2011 | No Comments
At Silverado Senior Living, caring for our pet companions is a community effort. Our residents love to showcase their animals and include them in many aspects of their daily activities. In return for their loyal companionship, our residents love to spoil their mascots with endless...
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Silverado – Encinitas Showcases its “Healing Paws”

Posted on March 3, 2011 | No Comments
Recently Silverado Senior Living – Encinitas was visited by Sandie Lampe, Pet Columnist for San Diego Home & Garden and Contributor to San Diego’s KUSI News. Sandie had visited the Encinitas community before and witnessed, first-hand the incredible impact that our pets have on the...
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The Therapeutic Wonders of Community Pets

Posted on March 1, 2011 | No Comments
Since its beginning, Silverado Senior Living has believed in the therapeutic value of pet interaction and to this end, our communities have adopted an array of pets to meet almost any desire. Our pets include cats, dogs, and a variety of birds, but some communities...
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Innovation at Silverado

Posted on February 21, 2011 | No Comments
Silverado Senior Living strives to provide the highest quality of care to those we serve, by implementing programs that are innovative in their use of resources and technology. Through this innovation we are able to make our services more personalized for the resident and more effective...
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Valentine’s Gifts for the Memory Impaired

Posted on February 14, 2011 | No Comments
Valentine’s Day is a special time of year for all to celebrate the power that love has in bringing people together. Experts at Silverado Senior Living believe that time spent together and simple pleasures are ideal gifts for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease and other...
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New Alzheimer’s Study Seeks Participants

Posted on February 8, 2011 | No Comments
The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) began in 2004 as a landmark study to analyze thousands of brain scans and genetic profiles, with the intent of determining the best way to measure the effects of treatments of Alzheimer’s disease. This year however, researchers hope to...
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F.D.A. Advisory Committee Recomends Brain Scan for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s

Posted on January 26, 2011 | No Comments
Last week the New York Times reported that an advisory committee for the F.D.A. recommended unanimously that the agency approve the first-ever test that allows physicians to see the plaques typically associated with Alzheimer’s disease in a living person. The brain-scan in itself is not...
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Derek Munson to Speak on Recognizing Bullying and Overcoming Adversity

Posted on January 24, 2011 | No Comments
This Wednesday, January 26th nationally recognized author, Derek Munson will conduct an interactive presentation based on his award-winning children’s story, Enemy Pie. He will be conducting two presentations in the Los Angeles area at: Pressman Academy from 2:00PM – 3:00PM 1055 South La Cienega Blvd.,...
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Study Shows Dementia Patients are Over-Hospitalized

Posted on January 21, 2011 | No Comments
A recent post in The New Old Age blog of the New York Times reported on a study of Medicare spending among patients with advanced dementia in Boston area nursing homes. The 300-person study showed that 30% of total Medicare expenditures for these patients was...
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