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What is Assisted Living?

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 70% of people over 65 will need long-term care at some point. And 20% of them will need long-term care of some kind for more than five years. While a majority of seniors want to stay in their home, a growing number of older adults are discovering the benefits of assisted living to help them maximize their independence as they age.…

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Enjoying A Second Run: Elmhurst Man Recreates a Life of Travel

It’s a perfect day in Duck, North Carolina, in the Outer Banks. Karen Quisenberry and Judy Bowman, along with their dad Glen Ostdiek, have just come into their beach house after a yoga session by the ocean. It’s their 34th year of taking a family vacation to the Outer Banks; they never missed a year, even during 2020. …

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Village Woods Achieves Deficiency-Free IDPH Survey

For the second consecutive year, Village Woods Retirement & Assisted Living received a deficiency-free survey from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).…

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Meet Megan Tengerstrom, Vice President of Operations

Megan began her Providence journey in 2005 as a Certified Nursing Assistant at a Providence community where her friend’s mother worked. “She knew I was a CNA,” Megan says, “And she said, ‘You need to work with us. They take good care of their employees and residents.’ And she was right.” …