Stonecrest of Rochester Hills - Senior Housing Michigan

Assisted living facilities are gaining popularity these days for a number of reasons. If you have elderly living there and you want to make them feel special this holiday season, here are some great ideas. Explore and have fun! No matter the reasons your seniors are residing in an assisted living facility, they need your attention during the holiday season. Away from their families, in a senior care center, they still need to feel they are at home. This feeling of being at "home" can be easily highlighted during the holidays. You can help your loved ones celebrate without having them travel. Below are 5 great ideas to celebrate this holiday season with your loved ones! Plan to Decorate Get the whole family out to decorate your loved one’s room. You can have the kids and seniors work together on crafts that can be used to decorate with. Why not make homemade displays for the room? It can be holiday frames for the pictures using Popsicle sticks, markers, glue, an...

Chocolate has the credit of being a sweet and sinful treat that is full of calories and sugar. But according to research, by consuming chocolate there may be surprising health benefits. There are many different benefits from eating chocolate. It contains antioxidants that help your immune system by lowering the risk of infection. We have listed additional benefits of eating chocolate below. Recently a study was conducted at the University of Oslo in Norway that showed that there is a connection between the brain function of elderly and chocolate cocoa. To find this information, they did a cognitive study before and after they ate chocolate. The results afterwards were better after eating small amounts of chocolate. It has also been discovered that dark chocolate, especially, was helpful in treating dementia and strokes.  Further studies have shown that chocolate can also be beneficial for the heart. The results from different studies have shown that elders who ...

Undoubtedly, a real danger to a senior’s life is depression and loneliness which can make them prone to diseases. And, no occasion is better than Valentine’s Day to celebrate the love and friendship with senior citizens, get them out of their routine life and have fun together. Certainly, the day is highly focused on romance, but people visiting assisted living communities can make a big difference in the lives of seniors by spending quality time together and participating in planned activities which can make Valentine’s day a very special one for them too. You can easily brighten up the day of any senior by giving them valentine gifts and much more as mentioned below: Homemade Cards: While some seniors might be feeling lonely at this time of the year, connecting with them can reduce negative feelings and creating homemade cards can be the best choice. Since, they are the ultimate way to share emotions and best wishes for the elderly. Pop-Up Cards: T...

We all know that the assisted living is different from the nursing home, but it can also involve the same health care benefits that are provided by the nursing home. Even, the residents don’t get the nurses on 24 hour duty in these to provide the health care protection, but they can easily call them whenever they need. In the case of any emergency, the assisted living communities can provide the professional certified doctors and nurses to their residents. If the resident has normal and minor health problem, then the communities can also help to provide them medication and therapies to cure these diseases The regular activities and exercises can also programmed for the residents physical and mental health. These activities are also the part of the health care service, provided by the assisted living communities to the senior citizens. These services include extra charges, according to the packages that you decided. To improve the mental ability and for better interaction wi...