The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) Annual Conference was held in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 7-9th, 2013. The mission of ALFA is to advance quality of life for seniors and their families and ensure a future of innovation,...
LeadingAge Annual Meeting & Expo: Dallas, Texas, October 27, 30, 2013 Join us in Dallas for 4 days of exceptional learning and endless networking opportunities at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting and EXPO. Find solutions to your community’s most pressing...
Another pilot is underway – it is the all new Java Caregivers Support Group. The purpose of this structured program is to provide opportunities for caregivers to share their challenges and what has helped them to cope. The focus...
Pioneer Network 13th Annual Conference: Hear the Voice, Honor the Choice: August 11- 15th in Bellevue, Washington. Pioneer Network’s highly anticipated national conference is the nation’s largest and most successful conference of its kind. The four-day conference is a...
Kinsmen Lodge and Village by the Station in British Columbia have launched a pilot of the new and enhanced Java Mentorship Program. The Java Mentorshop Program builds on the Java Music Club, using the club members to build a...
The Java Music Club in Assisted Living Kinvillage Campus of Care – Delta, British Columbia, Canada For 30 years KinVillage, in the heart of Tsawwassen, South Delta, British Columbia has provided seniors and others with a wide range of...
Java Music Club Facilitators Village by the Station, Good Samaritan Society, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada Michelle Rolston, Andrea Jones, Suzanne (SZQ) Lionello Village by the Station is a unique community offering seniors multiple levels of support and the opportunity...
How to Demonstrate Empathy Residents will often provide the most valuable information about what is going on for them through their voice and body language, rather than what they say. Using active listening skills, a group facilitator can help...
This was written by a spouse of one of our residents. He brings his wife to the Java Music Club religiously and as you can see from his poem it seems to make his whole week! He shared it...
Many older people with Alzheimer’s dementia and behavioral symptoms can be withdrawn from chronic antipsychotic medication without detrimental effects on their behaviour. A subgroup of the international healthcare research organization the Cochrane Collaboration, recently tracked what happened when people...