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Typically, as seniors age and require some level of assistance with activities of daily life they initially look to move into an assisted living community. Once someone receives a memory impairment diagnosis, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia or even Parkinson’s, determining when to make the move into a specialized memory care assisted living community is…

Sooner Rather than Later Four Reasons to Move Your Loved One into North Woods Village: Making the decision to move your loved one into a Memory Care Community is often a very difficult one. It is often hard to determine when the right time to make that move is, but there are downsides to waiting…

North Woods Village at Edison Lakes is excited to announce that Tiffany Fultz, LPN, Director of Health and Wellness has successfully earned her national certification as a Certified Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Care Trainer CADDCT adding to her Certified Dementia Practitioner (CPD) certification. North Woods Village at Edison Lakes is committed to advancing Alzheimer’s and…

Did you know that those with dementia often try to follow the same routines and do the things they did before their dementia diagnosis? Why should you substantially change your routine just because you are diagnosed with dementia? Documenting your routines now before any possible dementia diagnosis or as early as possible once you are…

Animals of all kinds have become increasingly common in the treatment of individuals with dementia related disorders. Animal-assisted therapy or zoo therapy has been used in the care of adults and elderly people for years. We see verification of this approach when we see how our residents are excited to see and interact with animals…

Driving after diagnosis with dementia seems dangerous but it happens frequently. Our recent community education event, Driving and Dementia, presented by Dr. Christina Stemmler and Charles Backs, Esq., Elder Law Attorney, talked about people driving when diagnosed with dementia during this casual but informative presentation. Dr. Stemler explained the various testing that she performs to…

(Kalamazoo, MI) North Woods Village of Kalamazoo is excited to announce Debra Murrey has joined the Memory Care Specialist Team as Executive Director. Debra is a seasoned memory care Executive Director bringing over 20 plus years of leadership and healthcare experience to our new community. She is a true blessing for our community, staff, residents…

Michiana’s first assisted living memory care community, North Woods Village at Edison Lakes, has been recognized as the Best Assisted Living Community by the Goshen News. Locally owned and operated, North Woods Village Memory Care was the first community in the area purposefully designed and built to serve persons suffering from memory impairment and their…

Take a look at the Insight Interview by our Inverness Lakes team, featuring our Executive Chef, Scott Tomkinson and Director of Health and Wellness Eric LeCount as they talk about the new and great things happening in our Fort Wayne memory care community.