Jul 14, 2024 | OCC News, OCCNews, Uncategorized
We all scream for ice cream… especially during the month of July! In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared the start of National Ice Cream Month, with the third Sunday in July officially being National Ice Cream Day. For years, Oakwood Creative Care has believed in...
Jul 8, 2024 | Etc., Learn, OCC News, OCCNews, Uncategorized
Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model Aims to Increase Care Coordination, Support for Caregivers Today, Oakwood Creative Care announced they have been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in a new Medicare...
Jun 27, 2024 | OCC News, OCCNews
Memory impairment may be the most significant symptom of dementia. For those of us who are caregivers to loved ones with this disease, many of the conversations and situations that arise based on a loss in memory can perhaps be some of the most difficult to navigate....
Jun 10, 2024 | OCC News, OCCNews
June is National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. Currently, there are more than 55 million people living worldwide with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. With a population so high, this then poses the question of who is most at risk for...
May 30, 2024 | OCC News, OCCNews
The hippocampus is our brain’s storage unit. It is responsible for housing long-term memory and learning and is also believed to be essential for processing spatial recognition and navigation (such as looking ahead and charting a path). As a critical piece of our...
May 8, 2024 | OCC News, OCCNews
Sherri Friend, Oakwood Creative Care’s President and CEO, has been working in the nonprofit sector for 25 years, helping seniors live their best lives. Considering how Arizona has the fastest growth rate of Alzheimer’s disease in the country, as well as her own...
