Welcome to Part II of our series on adult education in elder care settings! At Bay View Assisted Living (and at our sister locations, Mesa View Senior Assisted Living and Harbor View Senior Assisted Living) we work hard to incorporate adult education principles into our programs!
Every person on earth is born with a desire to learn. The learning process happens naturally within a social context and learning is an experiential process as well as a cognitive process. There are some important differences between the way children might be educated and the way that adult learners respond best to education. The principles of adult learning and education have important implications for individuals living in elder care or memory care communities.
Research says one of the best things you can do to delay or slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease is to keep your mind active. Mental activity in the form of puzzles, riddles, learning languages, or taking [...]
Read part one here. I thought of Di, her long brown hair that waved just so at the bottom. I thought of how funny she was, how she always knew the right quip to make, whether someone was [...]
There was heartbreak, love, anger, hurt, and joy. He asked himself, if he knew all the hurt and sadness that would come along, would he still want to do this all over again? Would he still walk this [...]
Parenting takes on a multitude of forms. It looks like late nights rocking fussy babies and endless meals cooked, modified, and thrown away. Parenting looks like feeling crazy love and crazy annoyance all wrapped up in one. It [...]
Easter may have come and gone, but the meaning of Easter - the resurrection of death, of old ideas, of harmful habits, of new life - well, it feels like we’re still waiting. The world is in a [...]
What a strange world we are living in right now. People are stocking up on toilet paper and bottled water. Hospitals are overrun. Businesses are closed. Families are staying in their homes or venturing out for walks in [...]
Being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, or having a loved one diagnosed, can be an anxiety-fraught situation. One of the best things you can do is be prepared and educated, and a good way to do that is to [...]
Parenting takes on a multitude of forms. It looks like late nights rocking fussy babies and endless meals cooked, modified, and thrown away. Parenting looks like feeling crazy love and crazy annoyance all wrapped up in one. It [...]
