5 CELEBRATE 100-PLUS. Five centenarian residents of Eskaton Care Center Fair Oaks got together this May 25 to celebrate the 102nd birthday of their friend and neighbor Melborn Fagerlie.This marks the first time in Eskaton’s 43-year history that five …
Continue ReadingESKATON RESIDENT TAKES “THRILLING” HORSEBACK RIDE. Mariam, who rode horses constantly throughout her teenage years, hoped to once ride again in her lifetime. The 97-year-old Eskaton resident got her wish thanks to the organization’s Thril…
Continue ReadingESKATON’S “LIFE IS A BALL” WINS ALFA FILM AWARD. Consistent with the metaphor behind “Life is a Ball” short film, the 2011 production continues to take on new life. The Assisted Living Federation of America (AFLA) shared the go…
Continue ReadingA VERY INTIMATE THRILL OF A LIFETIME: From its inception, Eskaton positioned its Thrill of a Lifetime Initiative as an opportunity to connect with residents on a very intimate level. This exemplary story was recently shared by an Eskaton Care Center.Ou…
Continue ReadingMUSEUM TOUR ENLIVENS INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER’S. Ideas, emotions, humor and reminisces spread up and down the massive corridors and through the maze of rooms of the Crocker Art Museum. Like a creative, healthy contagion. First to be infected was th…
Continue ReadingCREATIVE THERAPIES PROMOTE HEALING AND LAUGHTER. Your funny bone might just be the only sore body part to result from Eskaton’s newest rehabilitative therapy. It’s laughable but true. Humor therapy is among an expanding schedule of innovative thera…
Continue ReadingWILL BOOMERS CHANGE WORDS, PERCEPTIONS OR REALITY? Real changes are in store with the next generation of older adults. The quantifiable stuff is well documented: There will be more of them; they will live longer, and they will benefit from better medic…
Continue ReadingSEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES. The political process can make it difficult to “see the forest for the trees.” Too often, special interests overshadow public interest. And rhetoric obscures facts.A classic example of this myopia can be witnessed with…
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