Living Well Bridges Care: What It Is and Who It Helps
If you have been noticing changes in a parent, like memory issues that are getting difficult to overlook, you might be looking at senior care options, especially if they have already received an early-stage dementia diagnosis. But in your search, neither of the most popular options may feel quite right; your family member may seem to need more than what assisted living provides, but a secured memory care neighborhood feels like a step beyond where they are right now. If that tension sounds familiar, a program called Bridges may be exactly the kind of support worth exploring.
Our Neighborhood Summer Fun Is in Full Swing at Arbor Terrace Basking Ridge
Summer brings something new to look forward to every day at Arbor Terrace Basking Ridge. In our latest video, you will see residents enjoying a sweet waffle breakfast, sharing scoops of ice cream, gathering for a backyard barbecue, and laughing their way through a friendly water balloon toss. Watch the video below to see summer in action, then schedule a tour to experience community life for yourself.
Health and Wellness Social Wellness and Aging: What Families Need to Know
Let's talk about something that probably isn't on your parent's medical chart.
Navigating What's Next A Family Playbook for Senior Care Disagreements
The disagreement probably didn't start with raised voices. Maybe it was a passive-aggressive comment in the family group chat: "Well, I'm not the one who lives 300 miles away." Or a tense silence after you brought up the idea of assisted living in Somerset, NJ, and your sibling shut it down before you finished the sentence.
Health and Wellness Is Your Parent's Medication List a Safety Risk?
You didn't think much of it at first. Your parent mentioned their new cardiologist prescribed something for cholesterol, on top of the blood thinner their primary care doctor started last spring. Then the rheumatologist added an anti-inflammatory. Somewhere along the way, an over-the-counter sleep aid became a nightly habit nobody discussed with anyone.
Our Neighborhood Girl Scouts Grow More Than a Garden at Arbor Terrace Basking Ridge
Our Girl Scouts from Troop 63009 started a monthly gardening club with residents at Arbor Terrace Basking Ridge as part of their Silver Award project — a story Basking Ridge Patch recently covered. Aviana Efraimov, Rachel Ellis, Kate Marcoff, and Natalie Tomaich planted an indoor herb garden and an outdoor vegetable garden alongside residents. They also built wheelchair-accessible planter boxes and wrote instruction guides, so the gardens keep growing long after the project ends.
Health and Wellness The Daily Habits That Protect Emotional Health as You Age
Most conversations about aging focus on the big things: chronic conditions, mobility, medications, finances. But there's a quieter factor that shapes how older adults feel day to day, and it often gets overlooked: what they actually do with their time.
Health and Wellness Early Signs a Senior Needs More Support: A Family Guide
You noticed it during your last visit. The mail was piling up on the counter, some of it unopened, some of it months old. The fridge held expired food your parent would have never tolerated before. And when you asked about it, the answer was a quick, defensive "I've just been busy."
Health and Wellness 5 Health Changes That Mean Your Parent Shouldn't Live Alone
You've been keeping a mental list. The bruise on your dad's forearm he couldn't explain. The prescription bottles on the counter with the caps still on, refills he never picked up. The way your mom paused mid-sentence last Sunday, searching for a word she's used her whole life.
Health and Wellness How Wellness Programs in Senior Living Support Mind, Body, and Spirit
Your parent still makes their own coffee every morning. They still read the newspaper cover to cover. But lately, the routines that used to anchor their days have started to thin out. The neighbor who used to stop by for walks moved away. The yoga class at the community center felt too fast. The garden that once filled summer afternoons now feels like too much effort.