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Recently, students of Olmsted Falls High School held a “Senior Prom” event for residents of Eliza Jennings’ Renaissance community. Students organizing the event themed the high school’s cafeteria with “Memory Lane” decor, referencing the styles of decades past. Students also provided the visiting seniors with refreshments, fresh take-home flowers, and a DJ playing classics by Frank…

Our SAIDO Learning Memory Support program, as seen here on our website, documented in a recent Cleveland International Film Festival entry, in our advertising, online and elsewhere, is a large part of the Eliza Jennings brand and a highly unique and ground-breaking program for those suffering from the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Beginning…

Eliza Jennings ground breaking SAIDO Learning™ Memory Support was developed by the KUMON Institute of Education of Osaka, Japan in conjunction with Professor Ryuta Kawashima of the Smart Aging International Research Center at Tohoku University in Sendai. KUMON’s work to ensure brain health and treatment for brain disease is a global, cross-generational mission committed to…

Eliza Jennings is receiving big mentions in local and national press surrounding the recent Cleveland Film Festival entry, ‘Do You Know What My Name Is?’ The film, directed by Naomi Kazama and Shigeru Ota, is an 88-minute journey into the life altering disease that is dementia—yet this is a journey built upon hope. Kazama and…

In a heavily researched article by expert Debra Sanders (RN, PhD, GCNS-BC) for Aging Well, several points are made about sleep the efficacy of this daily requirement for older adults. The author describes the process clearly: “As a person ages, the proportion of time spent in the deeper stages of sleep is reduced while time…

Alice Park recently quipped in a longer article for Time Magazine, that contrary to previous belief, even elderly heart patients can benefit from regular exercise. Research elsewhere in the article dictates the results of a study strongly in support of Eliza Jennings’ wellness programming for our residents and program participants. The Renaissance Retirement Campus is…

In the midst of our recent recession, New York Times columnist Jane E. Brody happened upon something quite informed in her Personal Health column. At variance with the nutritional supplements industry that urges seniors and even young people to buy this or that to prolong youth or stave off the aging process nearly entirely, she…

Judith Graham – The New York Times – The New Old Age: Caring and Coping  All of us have beliefs — many of them subconscious, dating back to childhood — about what it means to get older. Psychologists call these “age stereotypes.” And, it turns out, they can have an important effect on seniors’ health.…

Kathleen Michon, J.D. – Nolo – Law For All  Respite care and adult day care provides breaks to those who care for the elderly Respite care and adult day care are important to the millions of Americans that provide unpaid in-home care for elderly relatives, friends, or neighbors. Respite caregivers and adult day care programs monitor…