Protecting memory care patients requires a blend of proven tactics and care provider experience. Christian Health Care Center offers both.
How to celebrate the holidays with loved ones during COVID-19
Throughout the pandemic, it remains critically important to help the older adults who live here feel loved and appreciated — on significant days like Thanksgiving and Christmas, not only, but other days, too — because they greatly miss their friends and family.
How to make use of resident trust accounts at CHCC
CHCC helps residents manage their financial affairs by offering to hold money for them in a separate account, called a resident trust account, which accrues interest and can be used for paying bills.
Long-term care services: What’s included?
Many factors play a role in choosing where to live in older age: proximity to family, quality of life, level of nursing care, availability of services and more.
Care team bio: Eric C., dietary cook
“It’s a fun environment here. The people that I work with are great, and the job is relaxing for me.” -Eric C., dietary cook at CHCC
CHCC adds new robotic pets to assist in dementia care
In dementia care, robotic pets are used in many ways to improve quality of life. With a lifelike look and feel, robotic dogs, cats and other animals can be a soothing diversion during times of stress. Notably, robotic pets also have been shown to improve brain...
How to support mental health in the elderly
You are not alone. That’s one major theme of Mental Health Awareness Month, celebrated throughout May. Mental illness affects one in five adults in the United States (including one in five older than 55), with about five percent experiencing serious mental illness....
CHCC reopens indoor visitation, with a high level of caution and care
The decision to cautiously allow visitors inside CHCC — made possible by the state’s relaxing of restrictions on indoor visitation — has been one that CHCC leaders have not taken lightly.
New trishaw program gets residents outside
This spring, some CHCC residents will enjoy sunshine on their skin and wind through their hair as they breathe fresh air, experience new sights and sounds, and make new memories. Outdoor bike rides are coming to Christian Health Care Center. CHCC is rolling out a new...
Helping people swallow: Dysphagia and aspiration 101
As anyone who’s ever had a sip of water go “down the wrong pipe” knows, breathing and swallowing are closely related. Especially in older adults, throat-related problems can make it difficult to swallow food properly. Among the more common issues are ones called...