30 November 2020
Whether you’re a cherished resident at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care here in Ellijay, a family member, or a valued fan of our blog, we trust you had a great Thanksgiving Holiday and are looking forward to the magic of the entire Christmas Holiday season. But it is...
9 November 2020
When it comes to happiness later in life, there is one factor that countless studies show is key for most people: Social connection. More important than money or one’s past career success, research from around the world shows people need social activity to genuinely enjoy their “golden years.” Keeping active...
2 November 2020
Getting swept up on a great television series can make us laugh, provide a shared interest with others, or simply forget our worries for a little while. Streaming services, like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and Disney+, offer an enormous variety of options for television (as well as movies) but it might...
26 October 2020
Today we hope to educate all our Ellijay-area assisted living and our Ellijay memory care community residents, family, neighbors, and friends on the subject of healthy sleep. Sleep disorders affect people of all ages, but they become more prevalent during your senior years, putting you at risk for a range...
12 October 2020
Greetings once again to all of our Ellijay-area assisted living and our Ellijay memory care community residents, family, neighbors, and friends. We’re entering flu season here in Ellijay, and while most focus today is rightfully centered on COVID, you simply must address the dangers of flu season and what you...
28 September 2020
Welcome back to our blog page for our Ellijay-area assisted living and our Ellijay memory care community. No matter what stage of care need your elderly loved one is at, you can trust that you have proven professionals right around the corner here at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory...
21 September 2020
Helping your parent or a loved one make the move to professional assisted living care here in Ellijay or professional memory care here in Ellijay can be overwhelming for all involved. However, there are steps you can take to make the transition as easy and comfortable as possible. The key...
14 September 2020
We routinely receive finance-related questions while providing professional assisted living services here in Ellijay and loving memory care services in Ellijay as well. A commonly asked question pertains to whether or not establishing joint bank accounts between seniors and their family. We want to recognize “A Place For Mom” who...
31 August 2020
We witness and understand that there are certain stresses involved in visiting the doctor and the dentist. We discovered some very practical advice provided by Dr. John Voytas, M.D., a Doctor of Geriatric Medicine. He focuses on preparation for the visit and how it can make things go so much...
24 August 2020
Our team of professional memory care and assisted living care providers here at Manor Lake Ellijay are there for all of you at home care providers. Much of our blog is dedicated to works designed to assist you in your selfless commitment to your senior loved ones. Unfortunately, there will...
17 August 2020
We often hear horrible stories from families concerning an elderly loved one who was short-changed or downright scammed, financially or otherwise. Our caring professionals here at Ellijay’s Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care focus this blog post on the topic of con-artists and scammers of all stripes. While this...
3 August 2020
We appreciate the positive feedback from all of us here at Ellijay’s Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care regarding the practical utility of our blog. It is now August and the increasing heat index can be deadly for the young and senior alike. The safety of our cherished residents...
13 July 2020
Hello once again from our team of Ellijay-area assisted living and Ellijay-area memory care professionals. Since it is dangerously hot outside these days, you all are probably looking for things to do inside to have some fun and beat the heat. Today we thought it might be inspiring to consider...
6 July 2020
In our continuing effort to support those of you who lovingly support your senior loved ones, our team of Ellijay-area assisted living and Ellijay-area memory care professionals thought it would be wise to share eight facts you should know about summer and senior care. We want all of you at-home...
22 June 2020
Whether you spent Father’s Day with Dad here at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care (here in Ellijay) or not, start thinking about your next tribute to remind him of how special he is to you and your family. If life got in the way and you could not...
8 June 2020
We hope you realize by now that we pride ourselves here at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care (here in Ellijay) for helping more than our residents and their families. We take great pride in helping you, our neighbors here in Ellijay who lovingly provide at-home assisted living and/or...
25 May 2020
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11 May 2020
In the months leading up to a senior loved one’s transition to an assisted living community like ours here at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care Ellijay, family members are busy (often overwhelmed) juggling all of the details of the move. From helping your loved one to downsize and...
4 May 2020
We pride ourselves here at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care (here in Ellijay) for helping more than our residents and their families. We take great pride in helping you, our neighbors here in Athens who lovingly provide at-home assisted living and/or memory care services to your loved ones....
20 April 2020
If you ever watched a comedic sitcom or movie on television, you likely seen this common scene. An elderly person loses their hearing aid, causing them to mishear certain lines from another character. As a result, a comedic situation is played out. However, it’s only a satirization of a subject...
13 April 2020
Greetings all. Your caring staff here at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care Ellijay are fully aware that this is the third pandemic-related blog post in a row. Rest assured we’ll move on soon enough to more uplifting messaging, but we can’t turn our head to the fact that...
6 April 2020
Today we offer you an outstanding article written by Linda Dono, a featured writer with AARP. We believe all readers can take something away from this. To protect the most vulnerable residents against COVID-19, assisted living and memory care communities (like ours here at Manor Lake Ellijay) are raising the...
31 March 2020
All of us here at Manor Lake Assisted Living and Memory Care here in Ellijay are adjusting dialing to the unprecedented challenges to providing professional assisted living and memory care services. One of the most rewarding services that we conduct is group exercise classes which of course are both disallowed...
17 March 2020
Maintaining the health, wellness, and safety of our residents is our number one priority. Due to the COVID-19 situation, effective immediately we are restricting visitors to our community. This is in cooperation with federal mandates regarding this situation. Letters regarding specific details are being sent to the responsible parties for...
2 March 2020
We have a lot in common with those of you out there providing at-home assisted living services or memory care services in and around Ellijay. For instance, the challenges related to loss of appetite within our aging loved ones is common to both professional and at-home care givers alike. We...
24 February 2020
As professional assisted living and memory care support providers here in Ellijay, we know it is often times intimidating when providing care for senior living, assisted living, or memory care loved ones. Today we’re asking all of you in this loving struggle to take a moment and reflect if you...
17 February 2020
Prologue: All professional memory care and assisted living care providers like us here at Manor Lake Ellijay understand and respect those of you who so lovingly carry the burden of care for your loved ones. Part of our community service campaign is to educate via this blog so that you...
10 February 2020
Valentine’s Day reserves special space in the hearts of many of the assisted living and/or memory care loved one’s that we support. Professional assisted living caregivers such as us here at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care Ellijay have long recognized that this Holiday can become a solemn one...
3 February 2020
In our continued support of you angels out there engaged in the loving sacrifice in providing senior assisted living or memory care support, today we’re going to share a fantastic discussion of one of the single most frustrating conditions that caregivers like you often deal with, your loved one’s paranoia....
28 January 2020
Regular readers of our Manor Lake Ellijay Assisted Living & Memory Care blog know that we provide loving care to their assisted living or memory care dependent loved one. Today, we offer due credit to “BrightFocus Foundation” as the primary source for this blog post and for their genuine professionalism...
21 January 2020
Suppose your elderly mother or father is struggling with day-to-day activities like laundry, cleaning and cooking. But he or she is not truly ill and doesn’t need a high level of daily health care. You worry about him or her walking up and down stairs or carrying a bag of...
13 January 2020
We want to thank in advance “Active Beat” who publishes insightful works on healthy lifestyles. They recently offered advice for senior care givers regarding nutritional health. Here at Ellijay’s Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care, we gladly share the following with you today whether you’re providing senior assisted living...
6 January 2020
Well, the new year is upon us. It’s early January and from experience, we here at Ellijay’s Manor Lake Assisted Living and Memory Care know that many of you purposely (and understandably) chose to ignore the notion that your senior loved one is now fully dependent. That is something so...
23 December 2019
Christmas and Chanukah share a similar spiritual message: that it is possible to bring light and hope into the world. These two holidays occur together this year, which makes this an even more special holiday season. This is a season to reflect upon how fortunate we are to have you...
9 December 2019
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone, and we are smack in the middle of the Christmas/Holiday season. Your loved one who’s now living with dementia or the multiple challenges of senior life have always been the cornerstone of family Holidays and traditions. The challenges increase for all caregivers to continue...
18 November 2019
By now I think all of you realize that here at Ellijay’s Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care, we invest in managing this blog as a service to our cherished residents, their families, and to the countless angels out there who lovingly provide self-help at-home senior care services. We...
13 November 2019
Today’s blog post is a tribute to our staff who work so hard each day to create the safe, clean, and genuinely attractive living environment that every resident deserves. We invite the followers of our blog to take a walk through our gallery page and see with your own eyes...
6 November 2019
Today’s blog post is designed to help those of you out there trying to decide the strategic care plan for a loved one suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer’s or other dementia-related disease. It is very common for all of you care providers to be confused regarding exactly what...
28 October 2019
We take great pride here at Manor Lake Assisted Living and Memory Care here in Ellijay to share our knowledge and stories to help as many people as possible. For those of you struggling to care for loved ones in need of memory care support, we understand your challenges and...
22 October 2019
Many people who are in need of assisted living or memory care services in and around Ellijay put off looking for care for fear of how they will pay for it. We are fully committed to providing the highest quality and most affordable memory care services across the Ellijay Georgia...
17 October 2019
We’re establishing a tradition here at Manor Lake Assisted Living & Memory Care here in Ellijay to celebrate Halloween with our assisted living residents as well as our memory care residents. Each year we research new and exciting ideas to smile, laugh, and share our love for our treasured residents....
15 October 2019
Caring for your loved ones that require significant assisted living or memory care support here in Ellijay is an exhaustive yet fulfilling labor of love. Without doubt it is very stressful as well. At some point this labor of love becomes an unhealthy tax on both the mental and physical...
10 October 2019
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, seniors supported by professional assisted living and memory care professionals realize a statistically significant decrease in hospitalization for heart disease. This positive report is attributed to the professional support provided by memory care communities such as ours at Manor Lake Memory...
8 October 2019
Modern researchers have discovered that music soothes those suffering from advanced age, dementia, and/or Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at The University of Utah Health recently tested whether they could alleviate anxiety in seniors (with and without dementia) by playing familiar music to them using headphones and a hand-held music device. Anxiety...
3 October 2019
When it comes time to begin the most difficult task of choosing a Ellijay-area memory care community take a deep breath and accept the fact that you are about to take on very serious responsibility. We want to help you in that endeavor by offering some guidance on how to...