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Paying for Senior Care: What Families Need to Know

Understanding how to pay for senior care can feel overwhelming. Fieldstone Communities offer different levels of care—independent living, assisted living, and memory care—and each comes with its own costs and coverage options. Here’s a breakdown of what to expect, and how families typically handle the financial side of senior living. Independent living Independent living communities […]

Is It Time to Downsize?

As we age, our needs and priorities can change, and that includes where we live. Many older adults find themselves in homes that are larger than they truly need. According to a recent survey by real estate company Redfin, baby boomers own twice as many three-bedroom or larger homes as do millennials with children. Large […]

Practical and Personal Products for Dementia

Caring for someone with dementia can be challenging, both emotionally and physically. Dementia causes changes in thinking and memory that gradually make it difficult to manage everyday tasks, eventually leading to the need for regular care. That means many people are learning how to care for someone with dementia or other cognitive decline. The first […]

Dispelling Dementia Myths: Why You Should Get a Diagnosis

There are a lot of emotions that come up when you or a loved one begins to experience cognitive decline or memory problems. Sometimes, these emotions manifest as defeatism—a pessimistic attitude that nothing can be done. When it comes to dementia, these attitudes can stem from misunderstandings about the disease that can prevent someone from […]

How to Hold a Successful Family Meeting

Everyone hopes their parents will live long, healthy, independent lives. But the reality is that some people will need care in their later years. Whether it’s retiring in an assisted living community, arranging for family caregiving, or hiring professional in-home care, one thing remains certain—the ideal time to have this conversation is before a crisis […]

Signs That an Older Adult Needs Help

The holidays are often when we gather with loved ones, whether in our homes here in Olympia or with a far-away relative. Sometimes, these annual visits are when we notice that some of our family members are not faring as well as we may have hoped. As our loved ones age, our concern for their […]

Gifts for Loved Ones in a Senior Living Community

It’s holiday time, and you know what that means. Time to find the perfect gift for the perfect grandma. Like many older adults, she’s recently downsized and moved into a joyful senior living community. She doesn’t need or want more “stuff.” What do you give the lady who already has everything she needs in her […]

When Caregiving Ends: Supporting a Move to Senior Living

You had the conversations. You helped them downsize, reminiscing over old vacation photos, dusty camera collections, and stacks of past copies of “Good Housekeeping.” And you were there to help your parents start a joyful new chapter of their lives in a stylish and contemporary assisted living community. There they’ll spend the days chumming it […]

10 Questions to Ask About Senior Living

Many surveys reveal that most people would like to live in their own homes as long as possible. But the reality is that some people will require assistance at some point in their lives for a variety of reasons. Family caregiving arrangements can fall apart. Circumstances change—sometimes quickly. Experiencing a stroke or heart attack can […]

Make Not Driving a Non-Issue for Older Adults

Remember the feeling you got when you drove the car for the first time without your parents? The world opened up and you were free to go wherever—just you and the open road. Over time, driving has become an ingrained part of life. We drive all around Olympia—to the grocery store, to work, to appointments, […]