Alzheimer’s Association Event at Charming Charlie

Alzheimer’s Association Event at Charming Charlie

Members of The Longest Day Committee of the Alzheimer’s Association were at Charming Charlie in Battlefield Mall Saturday, December 9, 2017 raising funds for the fight to cure Alzheimer’s. On June 21, 2018, the longest day of the year and summer solstice, thousands of people will join together to show their love for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease. You can be one of them. “The Longest Day is an event that invites you to use your imagination to do something…

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The Grand Americare Christmas Tour

The Grand Americare Christmas Tour

A great time with Fue Hang, Administrator at Bradford Ct, during their Grand Americare Christmas Tour! Bradford Ct is located at 902 N Main in Nixa, Missouri. At Bradford Court, an Assisted Living Community, their focus is on you. Their person-centered approach to care puts residents and their families at the heart of everything they do. Families throughout Christian County have trusted them for quality assisted living for years. When you visit Bradford Court, you’ll find a warm, friendly community…

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Give the Gift of a Home-Cooked Meal

Give the Gift of a Home-Cooked Meal

Home-cooked meals are so appreciated by older people who live alone or in an assisted living facility. Prepare several of their favorite meals and freeze them in portions so they can take them out easily and only have to re-heat them. If your grandparents live relatively close to you, you can make a gift certificate inviting them for one dinner a month at your home for a year. Offer to pick them up and drive them home, too!

Great meeting with Kim and Sarah at The Cambridge

Great meeting with Kim and Sarah at The Cambridge

The Cambridge, a rural senior living community in Springfield, Missouri is situated on four lush acres of lawn. Inside, spacious social rooms offer traditional decor and cozy amenities. The activity calendar is fueled by bingo, trivia, exercise classes, Bible study and more to ensure days are well spent. Over time, your neighbors across the card or billiards table will become more than friends, but family. When the dinner bell rings, gather for chef-prepared meals in the stately community dining room….

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We are thankful …

We are thankful …

Each year on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans gather for a day of feasting, football, and family. While today’s Thanksgiving celebrations would likely be unrecognizable to those who attended the original 1621 harvest meal, it continues to be a day for Americans to come together around the table as a time of thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony, in present-day Massachusetts, in 1621. More than 200 years later, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday in…

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Coffee with Congress

Coffee with Congress

The Springfield Alzheimer’s Association sponsored ‘Coffee with Congress’ on Thursday, November 9, 2017.  The featured guests were Mike Ussery from Congressman Billy Long’s office and David Stokely with Senator Claire McCaskill’s office.  This meeting was an opportunity to have a Q & A with the staff of Congressional members to get updates on funding, research, care and support. Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease that cannot be ignored by federal or state policymakers.   The Alzheimer’s Association’s goal is to see that…

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