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Health Initiatives Here at Manor Lake

25 January 2023

Heart disease is a significant threat to our cherished seniors, and we need you to understand that we take senior heart health seriously. The following items are primary goals of our assisted living community and our memory care community in an effort to reduce the risk of our senior residents...

Transitioning Your Memory Care Loved One to Managed Care

18 January 2023

Welcome back to our blog page for our Cartersville-area assisted living and our Cartersville memory care community. In our previous blog post, we presented some facts about Alzheimer’s disease that hopefully helped you feel a bit better about your ongoing journey as a home care provider. Today, we offer some...

Alzheimer’s Facts to Help You Understand and Feel Better

16 January 2023

Welcome back to our blog page for our Cartersville-area assisted living and our Cartersville memory care community. Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease that can seriously affect a person’s ability to carry out daily activities. And at the later stages of the disease, an Alzheimer’s patient will require more care than...

Try Music Therapy for Your Memory Care Loved One

11 January 2023

Welcome back to our Cartersville-area assisted living and memory care blog where we strive to pass along our love and professional knowledge to all of you caring for special needs loved ones at home. In last week’s blog post we covered “Ways to Make Your Assisted Living or Dementia Loved...

Ways to Make Your Assisted Living or Dementia Loved One Smile

9 January 2023

Welcome back to our blog page for our Cartersville-area assisted living and our Cartersville memory care community. Last week’s assisted living and memory care blog post focused upon ideas how you can engage your support group for strength, insight, and reward for your journey as a assisted living or memory...

Share Your 2022 Holiday Most Memorable Moments with Your Support Group

4 January 2023

Happy New Year and welcome back to our Cartersville-area assisted living and our Cartersville memory care community blog. Today’s message is very simple and something we hope each of your will act upon. There is no doubt that all you special caregivers out there, selflessly tending to your assisted living...

Four Worst Habits for Good Cognitive Health

12 December 2022

Welcome back to our blog page for our Cartersville-area assisted living and our Cartersville memory care community. A common discussion during the Holiday season is: “During the happiest time of the year, why do I sometimes feel down”? Well, sometimes it’s explainable because a particular Holiday, month, or day of...

Looking Forward to Meeting You Again…For the First Time

5 December 2022

Hello dear residents, resident’s family, and the entire local community who are soldiering through the dedicated and blessed love in providing in-home assisted living services or memory care services. Today we share a story from one of your fellow Cartersville-area Manor Lake Assisted Living and Memory Care blog readers about...

Five Things I Wish I knew When My Wife was Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

30 November 2022

Welcome back to our blog page for our Cartersville-area assisted living and our Cartersville memory care community. This blog is adapted from Martin J. Schreiber’s "My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver". Full credit is offered here to Mr. Schreiber as the author and owner of...

Early Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah Greetings To You All

28 November 2022

With Thanksgiving in the rear-view, early Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and other warm greetings assigned by your faith this Holiday season. Just so you know, we unapologetically say, “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Hanukkah” here at Cartersville’s Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care. We’ll offer “season’s greetings” as well, but...

A Thanksgiving Tribute to Our Support Network

16 November 2022

Most of you are aware that our team of professional memory care and assisted living care providers here at Cartersville’s Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care are there for all of you, young and seasoned alike. Allow us to deviate here to pay tribute to all of you who...

We’re Here to Help You Make Thanksgiving 2022 Truly Special

14 November 2022

Thanksgiving, 2022 is just a little more than a week away. We thought it would be appreciated to craft a Thanksgiving-focused blog reasonably in advance of the holiday to give all our readers time to reflect and hopefully act upon some of our notions. The Thanksgiving holiday conjures an assortment...

Act This Week to Honor a Veteran on THEIR Day!

9 November 2022

Very warm Veteran’s Day greetings from all of us at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care here in Cartersville. To all of our dear Veteran residents within both our senior assisted living community and our memory care community, we trust you’re feeling our love, admiration, and respect. For those...

A Holiday Checklist for At-Home Assisted Living and Memory Care Support Providers

7 November 2022

The holiday season is here, and we all look forward to spending quality time with our loved ones. While we will enjoy special meals and special events here at Cartersville’s Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care, for at-home caregivers the holidays can be stressful. For you loved ones, the...

Send Your Pastor a Warm “Happy Pastor Appreciation Day”

31 October 2022

Greetings once again from your Cartersville-area assisted living and Cartersville memory care community here at Manor Lake. With apology in advance for being late serving notice here, but did you know that October is “Pastor Appreciation Month”? Even if you’re reading this blog post early in November, strongly consider reaching...

Celebrate Halloween with Your Loved Ones Here at Manor Lake

24 October 2022

Welcome back to our blog page for our Cartersville-area assisted living and our Cartersville memory care community. One of the most common frequently asked questions this time of year is “what ideas do you have to make this Halloween holiday special for my memory care loved one”? Well, we thought...

Three Part Mini-Series on “Caregiver Stress” – Episode #3

19 October 2022

Welcome back to the third (and final) episode of our three-part blog mini-series covering the subject of “Caregiver Stress”. We looked back on the calendar year 2022 to date and discovered that issues related to caregiver stress was a regular and recurring subject that those self-managing assisted living services at...

Three Part Mini-Series on “Caregiver Stress” – Episode #2

12 October 2022

Welcome back to the second of our three-part blog mini-series covering the subject of “Caregiver Stress”. We looked back on the calendar year 2022 to date and discovered that issues related to caregiver stress was a regular and recurring subject that those self-managing assisted living services at home and also...

Three Part Mini-Series on “Caregiver Stress” – Episode #1

10 October 2022

Welcome to the first edition of a three-part blog mini-series that will cover the subject of “Caregiver Stress”. We looked back on the calendar year 2022 to date and discovered that issues related to caregiver stress was a regular and recurring subject that those self-managing assisted living services at home...

About Seniors and Knee Pain

3 October 2022

Our team of professional memory care and assisted living care providers here at Manor Lake Cartersville are there for all of you, young and seasoned alike. Today’s blog offers “food for thought” pertaining to senior knee pain. Knee pain is so very common within the senior community. So, let’s talk...

Helping Seniors Manage Rising Costs

28 September 2022

Welcome back to our blog page for our Cartersville-area assisted living and our Cartersville memory care community. We’re all feeling the pinch of rising costs due to inflation, but seniors are even more likely to worry about rising costs. Saving for retirement and closely managing your expenses are wise choices,...

The Benefits of Assisted Living and Memory Care

26 September 2022

Retirement can be a difficult time in life. You may find that you’re not as active or have health concerns, which means living on your own becomes harder. Daily tasks like cooking meals and doing laundry can become unwelcomed. Manor Lake Assisted Living and Memory Care (Cartersville) offers senior care...

The Therapeutic Effect of Napping

21 September 2022

We’d like to share some keen insight regarding the subject of napping and how some scientists conclude that napping can help boost cognition. It is a professional obligation for the staff here at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care (Cartersville) to exercise continuing education on the subjects of professional...

Why Osteoporosis Can Be Dangerous for Older Adults

19 September 2022

Today’s blog post is targeted for our entire assisted living and memory care blog-reading community. Whether you are a beloved senior assisted living resident here at Manor Lake, a loving family member of a memory care service resident, or one of the many providing loving care of a senior loved...

Six Festive Fall Activities for Seniors

12 September 2022

By now, most of you know that we manage our Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care blog for the benefit of all of you at home in the Cartersville area caring for your loved one with senior assisted living needs and/or memory care challenges. We do this because you...

September is National Alzheimer’s Month and National Shake Month (Among Others)

7 September 2022

Hello everyone from your friends and neighbors here at Cartersville’s Manor Lake Assisted Living and Memory Care. Some of you might recall that in early August we produced an assisted living and memory care blog post focused on identifying the “national days” of August. We discussed the fact that many...

It’s Officially Senior “Fall” Season

6 September 2022

Labor Day is behind us. That means that the “fall season” is in full swing. We’re not referring to one of the four calendar seasons of the year (the Fall season officially starts on Sept 22), we’re talking about senior fall risk. We’re talking today about the risk of falls...

Use Labor Day for A Self-Care Day

31 August 2022

Hello and welcome back to our Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care blog. Today we turn our focus to the upcoming Labor Day weekend and how all of you providing assisted living care and/or memory care support services to a loved one. Labor Day is more than just an...

Learn the Warning Signs of Stroke

29 August 2022

Hello dear residents, resident’s family, and the entire local community who are struggling through providing in-home assisted living or memory care services. This goes out to you whether you are or are not actively searching for professional assisted living or memory care services in and around Cartersville. Those of you...