Category: Health & Wellness

“There are four kinds of people in the world: Those who have been caregivers; those who currently are caregivers; those who will be caregivers; those who will need caregivers.” – Rosalyn Carter, Former First Lady Caring for a loved one is filled with joys and sometimes sorrows as putting another...

For many families the holidays are filled with togetherness, sharing, laughter and memories. However, holidays can also be stressful and tense even for people with healthy brains. For the 6.5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias and their caregivers, the holidays can also be stressful, frustrating, and...

by Dr. Amy Dore, CLC Board Chair, Metropolitan State University Professor Maddy Chapman, Associate Executive Director, Holly Creek Did you know that ageism is learned and developed during early childhood and continued throughout adulthood? Did you know 61 million adults in the United States live with a disability? Ageism and...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, the health and safety of all residents, families, and team members our highest priority. We continue to be committed to balancing the health and happiness of residents and team members. Our clinical team is trained to monitor and manage our senior living communities to...

As we strive towards our vision of creating communities where aging is honored and celebrated, we also lift up others working towards the same goal. Heidi Wagner is one of our fellow crusaders for changing the conversation around aging. She is a talented photographer who created the Passions Project which...

Movement 4 Life It is not new to hear that 2020 was not a great year, but for senior living communities it was a scary and stressful year. As many of you have noticed in your own lives, Covid-19 has disrupted many of our fitness and daily movement routines. This...

Wouldn’t it just be easier if you could simply walk down the hall to your doctor’s office? At three CLC Communities you can thanks to our onsite Health Clinic and partnership with Redwood Health Partners. Redwood offers primary care services which are available to all residents. The Redwood philosophy is...

This November, Christian Living Communities joins with organizations across the country to celebrate and support family caregivers of older adults. As your family progresses through the various stages of life, you may find yourself acting as a family caregiver for an older adult. You are not alone. According to a...

#WeCareWeWear Mask Up Challenge Christian Living Communities and Cappella Living Solutions recently challenged all 23 of our communities across the nation to spotlight their community’s superb masking-up and infection control efforts by creating videos that highlighted the Why, How, and for Whom they wear a mask. Teams put their funniest,...