Senior living resources, insights, stories and tips

Welcome to our senior living resource center, your go-to source, where you can find practical advice, expert insights, and inspiring stories designed to help you make informed decisions and enrich your experience.

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Staying Connected: How Magnolia Trails Supports Families of Residents

At Magnolia Trails, we recognize that maintaining strong family connections is vital for the well-being of our residents. Our commitment to fostering these bonds is embodied in...

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The Power of Familiarity: How Life Stations Create Meaningful Moments

If you were to step inside a memory care community, specifically a Sonida Senior Living Magnolia Trails community, you would see areas with life-like babies, animals or household...

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Creating a Home at Magnolia Trails: How Environment Impacts Memory Care

At our Sonida Senior Living communities around the United States, we offer memory care services as part of a specialized program called Magnolia Trails™. Our Magnolia Trails...

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Providing Proper Nutrition and Meals Makes a Difference

Ensuring memory care residents are properly fed with plenty of nutritious options may often be overlooked in memory care facilities....

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Enhancing family connections in memory care: A core mission at Magnolia Trails

Families are a key—and often overlooked—part of the resident experience in memory care centers. In our Magnolia Trails communities, we...

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Express Yourself: Art Therapy Becoming Important Part of Communication, Connection for Seniors

For many seniors, art therapy is playing an important role in how they communicate and connect with the world. Even if they have never picked up a paintbrush before, this form of...

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Routines and Schedules Are a Must for Memory Care Centers

Planning activities for our loved ones with dementia is one of the biggest challenges that memory care communities face Yet,...

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The Right Environment in Memory Care Matters

Residents living with dementia often feel confused, irritated, overwhelmed or even scared. Because of this, a memory care community should...

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Helping Seniors with Dementia and Alzheimer’s During the Holidays

For many, the holiday season promises joy and warmth. But for caregivers of seniors with Alzheimer’s and other forms of...

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