Top Reasons that Senior Residents Move to Senior Living
Since our local family built and opened The Pines Senior Living and Memory Care to serve our neighbors of Clarks Summit, we have had thousands of seniors who have lived with us. Many are surprised to learn the various reasons that motivated residents to live at our...
Common Misconceptions About Senior Living
For many seniors and families managing care for their elders in Scranton and the surrounding area, moving into a senior living community is a tough decision. Deciding where to move is the easy part of the process. The hardest part is not to where you are moving, but...Healthy Heart Healthy Life
According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of illness in the US, accounting for about one in every four deaths. Although your chance of getting cardiovascular disease increases with age, we cannot assume that it’s going to happen....
I want to go home!
By Vince Baglivo, CDP Memory Care Advocate One of the most heart-wrenching requests for care staff to hear when caring for a resident living with dementia, is “I want to go home!” and it’s also one of the most challenging to navigate. A common question among staff is,...
Beating Spring Allergies
By LeeAnn Rutkowski Keeping seniors safe, comfortable, and healthy is part of the mission at The Pines Senior Living. Our team is committed to on-going education for ourselves so that we continue to educate the community and families in the greater Scranton area....
Thoughts on task related intervention in memory care
By Vince Baglivo, CDP Most of us want to feel useful. We seek to find our place in a world that’s continually changing. We want to feel valued and achieve a sense of purpose that gets us out of bed in the morning. For many of us, it’s the very reason we do what we do....
Recalculating
Many of us who have had older GPS devices recall hearing the announcement “recalculating” when we’ve gone off course while traveling because we’d missed a turn or the usual road was closed due to unexpected construction. Though frustrating, we simply grit our teeth,...
March Wellness Check
Spring Ahead March 13th We all get excited to “spring ahead” but the main effect this has physically is on our sleep schedule. Waking up Monday morning March 14th may not be so easy, having lost an hour of precious sleep. How time changes affect you depends on your...
Heart Health Awareness
February is National Heart Month, and Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death for men and women in this country. Heart disease is defined as damage to all or part of the heart, damage to the coronary arteries, or a poor supply of nutrients and oxygen...Visit our beautiful residence ideally located in the quiet hills just outside of Scranton.
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