Less is More: Dealing with Loss, Grief, & the Holiday Season

The following blog was written by Rev. Howard L. West III M.Ed., M.Div., Executive Director of Spiritual Life Services of Country Meadows Retirement…

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Elopement Prevention: Assisted Living Preparedness Part 3

It was a chilly, February afternoon in Elizabeth City, North Carolina when Ruby Whedbee, a 90-year-old resident who suffered from dementia, wandered away…

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What is Long Term Care Insurance?

Senior living communities are finding that a greater percentage of their residents currently possess long term care insurance more than their resident populations…

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Fire Safety Training: Assisted Living Emergency Preparedness Part 2

It was still early on March 3, 2017, the dark sky blanketing over the sleeping city of West Baltimore, Maryland. Kozy Kottage, an…

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Severe Weather Safety: Assisted Living Emergency Preparedness Part 1

As Hurricane Florence, later deemed a tropical depression, passed through the east coast in mid-September 2018, states issued evacuations and warnings, saying that…

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Medicare Training 101: What Administrators Need To Know

Let’s face it — Medicare is complicated. Between the terms for Medicare eligibility, the multiple Medicare coverage options, and the new changes concerning…

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