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Putting the Joy into Residential Living

“I 100 percent believe that we [in senior living] have this unique opportunity to create joyful, amazing, compelling experiences,” wrote senior living thought leader Steve Moran in 2019. He went…

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How Can I Keep Mom and Dad at Home?

Many wish to keep mom and dad at home, but is at home care the only option? We explore everything from family support to making your home more accessable.

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Shedding Light on Sundowners Syndrome

Daylight savings time began this month, allowing most of the United States and other parts of the world one more merciful hour of sunlight each day. This is good news…

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Designing Your Best Day

Creating a Supportive Daily Routine This three part health and wellness series was held January 21, February 4, and February 18, 2021. It was intentionally designed to help participants work…

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Taking Cardiovascular Health to Heart

The actual human heart looks nothing like the cartoonish renditions that have saturated countless media for hundreds of years, particularly during the month of February. The first known publication of…

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Reintroducing the Life Enrichment and Engagement Webpage and Blog

Back to Life Enrichment and Engagement When it all began: COVID-19 and physical distancing In March 2020, work began in earnest to pull together ideas, links, activities, and resources to…

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Serving Prince George’s County as a Leader and Partner

Through the Annual Fund, the Collington Foundation supports the Outreach Committee of the Collington Residents Association to serve the broader community as a leader and partner in Prince George’s County. Resident volunteers work on a…

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Special Fundraiser Will Bring Increased Connectivity to Collington’s Campus

With seed money from the Collington Foundation, a proposed major upgrade of the internet service on campus was announced by CEO Ann Gillespie on October 28. The quarter-million-dollar project includes…

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The COVID Vaccine: A Q&A for Seniors

For most of us, 2020 couldn’t get off the calendar quickly enough. Abundant memes depicted its annihilation (sledgehammers smashing 2020 and such) and even an entire film, “Death to 2020,”…

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