Assisted Living & Adult Family Homes
Olympia WA • Tacoma Wa • Puyallup WA
Nancy Watkins has spent ten years serving seniors and their families, representing assisted living and memory care communities and working with adult family homes and other long-term care providers in Washington. She helped to rewrite Washington’s regulations to better serve its seniors and developed the state’s first Aging and Disability Services Administration-approved training program for managers of memory care and assisted living communities. She knows what to look for and the questions to ask when touring a care setting. And she can tell you who is doing a good job. When developing a list of options for a senior’s care setting, she will include only those settings that have met her high standards for quality care.
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Looking Ahead to Senior Games in Olympia WA
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase, Senior Games? A bridge tournament, or maybe pinochle or chess? Well, fun as that might sound, it’s not quite what these active folks are looking forward to this month. You see, the Senior Games are a place for those 50 and up to compete against others and better themselves through sport and fitness. And the Games are coming to Washington this summer.
Most states have Senior Games activities, and we are fortunate that Olympia will be hosting the Washington games in July 2013. The events are… Continue reading
Senior Housing in Olympia WA: “Am I Doing What’s Best for Mom and Dad”
Given the choice between living at home and living in an assisted living facility, most people would probably choose to stay in their own home. Many of us harbor images of the “rest homes” our grandparents may have lived in, or the stereotypical cold, institutional feel that many movies and novels use as settings for stories involving seniors.
While there remain some less-than-ideal senior housing situations for aging family members, it is more common for senior housing in Olympia WA to focus on caring for the whole person. The senior housing in Olympia WA we represent go well beyond… Continue reading
Considerations for Senior Care in Olympia WA
With baby boomers turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 every single day, many individuals and their families are considering senior care and housing options such as assisted living. When considering senior care needs it is important to think about what your needs really are. Senior care services can meet your needs in health care and support services of individuals suffering with physical disabilities, chronic medical conditions, various forms of age related dementia or a terminal illness, in addition to meeting simple safety and security needs.
Assisted living and adult family homes help seniors with their daily activities, insure that… Continue reading
