It’s never easy seeing a parent increasingly need help to manage things they used to be able to manage on their own. You might have…
“Don’t you dare think about putting me in an old-folks home!” Sound familiar? For many families, what once was a joke at family gatherings when…
Moving can be stressful no matter your age. From deciding what to take and what to leave to packing and physically moving, this change is…
The Ivy at Ellington is nestled in the Connecticut River Valley and set against the backdrop of the Shenipsit State Forest. But if you visited…
When Bianca Syriac planned the Yoga & Tai Chi on the Green event, she expected it would take place on The Ivy at Ellington’s gorgeous…
If you haven’t been to an assisted living community before, it’s hard to know what to expect: Are residents told where to be and when?…
Whether you’re not yet a family caregiver or you are just stepping into the role, you might be surprised by how much effort, money, and…
There’s no doubt about it — making the move to assisted living is hard. Not only is it a stressful process, from putting the house…
Moving is stressful no matter what your age. But when you have decades of belongings to sort through, it can feel like an emotional roller-coaster,…
What we don’t know tends to scare us, and change brings about a lot of unknowns. If your parent is worried about the move to…