elders Archives – Caring Considerations

Eliminate the Confusion: Advance Directives vs. DNR

Posted July 8, 2020July 9, 2020 Heidi GarvisPosted in Aging Life Care Planning, Seniors

“Do you want to be resuscitated if your heart stops—meaning if it happened at this moment, would you?” Depending on the stage of a person’s life, many reply, “No, I don’t want to be resuscitated and those wishes are documented in my Living Will (aka Advance Directives).” The difference between a Living Will and a […]

Keeping up with Senior Living in the Face of a Pandemic: How are retirement communities coping?

Posted June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Heidi GarvisPosted in Senior Housing, Seniors

For some of us, what we hear on the news about the pandemic occurring in nursing homes, and other congregate living communities can be frightening. Is now the best time to move? For independent living retirement communities (aka CCRC’s) much is the same. Here are two communities in Northern VA sharing what has changed, if […]