Recent Posts in Assisted Living Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 29-Sep-2016 Tips for Caring for Your Aging Parent Taking care of an aging parent may be the highest calling of your entire life. However, it also means sacrificing time, money, and your own experiences to be by their side 24/7. According to a study by MetLife, nearly 10 million adult children over ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 31-Mar-2016 What are Activities of Daily Life? If you have ever looked into assisted living or spoke with a care professional, you might have heard the term ‘Activities of Daily Life’ or ADLs used in conversation. ADLs are tasks that are essential to living independently that should ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 12-Feb-2016 What Are the Early Signs of Dementia? It is only natural to feel as though we have lost some of our memories as we age. How do you discern whether or not memory loss is a natural part of aging between a sign of something more serious? Do you know how to recognize the symptoms of dementia ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 30-Dec-2015 The Cost of Assisted Living What is the cost of care? Everybody wants to know and within the first 60 seconds, people ask, “How much is this going to cost?” It’s not a bad question. Unless you can afford the car, why bother looking under the hood and kicking ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 22-Sep-2015 When to Consider Dementia Care One of the biggest challenges that families and individuals face when considering dementia care is the stigma. Nobody wants to be institutionalized, and nobody wants that for their loved ones. Although this seems like the biggest hurdle for many ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 28-Aug-2015 All Seasons Assisted Living Receives High Praise At All Seasons Residential Assisted Living, our goal has always been to provide our residents with the highest standard of care possible, all in a warm and comfortable environment. With that in mind, we are particularly flattered to have received ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 17-Aug-2015 Top Three Things to Look for When Choosing an Assisted Living Facility 1. Look for Quality Staff The quality of the staff should absolutely be the number one factor in choosing a facility. Imagine walking into a potential care facility and finding that the staff are unfriendly, unclean, rude, and abrupt. These are the ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 9-Jul-2015 Moving Beyond the Physical Environment Creating Fun, Engaging Activities for Your Loved One with Dementia As we mentioned in our previous blog covering how to prepare your home for your loved one with dementia, it is important to think through nearly every aspect of their life. This not ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 2-Jul-2015 Guide to Making Your Home Safe for a Loved One with Dementia Consider Your Long-Term Plan Like with many things in life, if you start with the end goal of how you would like your loved one with dementia to live out their life, you can both enjoy success at every step of their journey. Start by asking yourself ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 17-Mar-2015 How to Thrive During a Difficult Diagnoses, part two This is the second in a two-part series. We’re looking at how to thrive and remain centered when a loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or other Dementias. We began with the first few stages of grief; we will now look at next ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 6-Mar-2015 How to Thrive During a Difficult Diagnoses This is part one of a series of articles on how you can take care of yourself when your loved one has received the difficult diagnoses of Alzheimer’s or Dementia. This first article will deal with things you might experience with that ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 19-Feb-2015 Music as Therapy for those with Alzheimer's and other Dementias Do you have a favorite song? Your favorite musical instrument? Your favorite style of singing? I do. And I guarantee you that it will be exactly the same when I am 90 years old. There is a new type of Dementia Therapy that has been recently ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 29-Dec-2014 Using Facebook to Stay in Touch with Elderly All Seasons regularly posts on Facebook for families and loved ones. This is especially helpful for out of town families to stay involved and see what happens in our home day to day. We’ve received some great feedback from families who were ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 23-Nov-2014 A Once in a Life Time Decision: Making the Right Long-Term Care Decision There are not many bad decision that can’t be fixed. We can all think of wonderful stories of people who have made wrong decision in life and have bounced back to “fight another day.” Today I want to talk about a decision that most ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 13-Nov-2014 IT COSTS WHAT!!! Monthly Cost of Elderly Care There is a Starbucks about one mile down the road from my home. Every morning there is a tough old man sitting outside the Starbucks smoking a pipe and enjoying his coffee. I should really say that he sits on the side of the store where no one can ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 12-Nov-2014 What is an RCFE? Board and Care We finally get to the last (but not least, except maybe in size) option under the banner, RCFE. A Board and Care is a residential home that has been licensed by the California Department of Social Services to house and provide non-medical care for ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 8-Nov-2014 What is an RCFE? Residential Assisted Living Most people know of large Assisted Living facilities. They are often big and prominent on streets you drive on, to and from work. Some, who have needed heavier care for their loved one, have been introduced to “Board and Care homes.” A ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 30-Oct-2014 What is an RCFE? Memory Care In a previous article we took a look at the big scope answer of the question, “what is an RCFE?” Then we looked at one of the sub-categories of RCFE, Assisted Living. So we know that an RCFE is a facility that is non-medical, and provides ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 17-Oct-2014 What is an RCFE? Assisted Living In a previous article we took a look at the big scope answer of the question,“what is an RCFE?” Now we know that RCFE stand for Residential Care Facility for the Elderly and it’s a large umbrella license issued by California to ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 6-Oct-2014 What is an RCFE? Most people know the general moniker of “assisted living” and some even know of the smaller variation “board and care” or simply, “care home.” But most people don’t know and many ask, what is an RCFE? ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 30-Sep-2014 How to Use Care Categories to Choose an Assisted Living Facility Part 4: Mobility Stroke, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, a broken hip or just old fashioned weakness are all reasons for possible loss of mobility for the elderly. Whatever the reason, the title of “non-ambulatory” very often goes hand in hand with ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 19-Sep-2014 How to Use Care Categories to Choose an Assisted Living Facility Part 3: Memory When looking for care for a loved one with any dementia symptoms, it’s important to start with a visit to the doctor’s office. Dementia can be caused by Lewy Body Disease, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease. It can also be ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 12-Sep-2014 How to Use Care Categories to Choose an Assisted Living Facility Part 2: Medical We continue with our in-depth look at using care assessment categories to find the best fit in Assisted Living. Again, this topic is so important because the choices of facilities and varying levels of care are so vast. Though all facilities are ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 7-Sep-2014 How to Use Care Categories to Choose an Assisted Living Facility Part 1: Mandatories Last week we talked about how to asses levels of care needs. Since you’re now equipped with that evaluation, you’re ready to match up your loved ones care needs with an appropriate Assisted Living that can handle their needs today and ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 3-Sep-2014 Four Categories for Assessing Levels of Care Needs It seems like just yesterday mom was tending a garden. But the last few months she’s been walking more slowly, depending on that walker she always resented. She used to put care into every meal, and now it seems like the microwave is a go-to ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 12-May-2013 Sacramento Assisted Living gets a Mothers Day gift from NY In Assisted Living mothers day, and all kinds of other holidays can be sad days. Juanita is always a joy to our home, and she is especially happy today on Mother’s Day. She was surprised with a package from New York from her granddaughter Deb. ... Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 26-Mar-2013 Harry's 90th Birthday Celebration! Less than 1% of Americans live to the age of 90. That’s why it’s no small thing for us to celebrate with Harry his 90th birthday. He is a joy to our home and an ever-present reminder of things to be thankful for. Continue Reading Posted By All Seasons Residential Assisted Living 12-Jan-2013 Orangevale View Announces All Seasons Opening! New Board and Care gives seniors another option. All Seasons of Orangevale is a home that provides assisted living in a residential setting. The home opened its doors to business last week, and can comfortably accommodate six residents. The founders ... Continue Reading