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Navigating Allergy Season: Tips for Seniors to Stay Healthy and Comfortable
As April and May usher in warmer weather and blooming flowers, they also bring along the dreaded allergy season. For seniors, allergies can be more than just a nuisance—they can exacerbate existing health conditions and diminish overall well-being. At Baldwin House...
Seniors crown king, queen at Valentine’s Day event in Hazel Park
The voting on who would be named the king and queen of love at the Baldwin House Senior Living community in Hazel Park started back in early February. “At Baldwin House we celebrate love every day and crown a king and queen of the community for Valentine’s Day,” said...
Aging in Oakland: Response to growing group
Birmingham NEXT looks forward to tripling its space to 30,000 square feet when it moves from its current location at the former Midvale School into its expanded digs in a renovated Birmingham Family YMCA building on Lincoln Avenue by the summer of 2026.
7 Ways for Seniors to Savor Springtime
As the days lengthen and flowers start to bloom, spring offers a rejuvenating invitation to step outdoors and embrace the season's beauty. Baldwin House Senior Living understands that for seniors, this time of year can be particularly invigorating, providing a chance...
5 Ways to Help Seniors Enjoy Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day, February 14, is typically seen as a celebration of love and affection, and it’s a perfect opportunity for seniors to reminisce, connect with loved ones and enjoy the warmth of companionship. This is also true for older adults who reside in any of the...
12 Ways Seniors Can Stay Safe In Winter In Michigan
Winters in Michigan can be downright deadly. The arctic blast of winter and snow and below-freezing temperatures are a sure sign that winter is here and that older adults need to exercise caution. At Baldwin House Senior Living, we know how unpredictable winter can...
6 New Year’s Resolutions For Seniors
The new year brings with it a renewed feeling of purpose and excitement to see what lies ahead. The senior aging professionals at Baldwin House understand that older adults and adults of retirement age enjoy the countdown to the new year. We’ve come up with 6 New...
How To Reduce Loneliness For Seniors During The Holidays
Senior loneliness is becoming an epidemic in the aging population. The pandemic with its lockdowns kept many older adults in Michigan housebound and away from loved ones. Even though the threat of the pandemic has passed, the threat of isolation in the aging...
How A Retirement Community Benefits Family Caregivers
You love your parents. No one would doubt that, but if you’re in the “sandwich” generation – those individuals who are still raising their own children, maybe holding down full-time jobs themselves and caring for aging parents and loved ones, it can seem like you’re...
How To Choose A Retirement Community
There are so many things to think about when retirement is looming. Will you take a much-deserved vacation? Will you take up that hobby you’ve always put off? Where will you live? Is it feasible to stay in the family home, or will you move next to your children and...
The Best Dogs For Older Adults
At Baldwin House Senior Living in Michigan, we understand the importance of dogs in our own lives and in the lives of our residents. That’s why we are happy to share that our communities allow our residents to bring their furry friends with them. We get asked all the...
How Happiness Leads To Healthier Aging
Don’t let your golden years equal slowing down, sitting back and simply aging. When you enjoy your life and are happier, you just might be healthier as you age! The retirement living and active adult professionals at Baldwin House Senior Living in Michigan know that...
Senior Financial Tips: Investment Fraud Protection
LISTEN HERE FOR SENIOR FINANCIAL TIPS: Investment Fraud Protection Providing false information to get someone to invest with you is investment fraud. Did you know: 1 in 13 financial advisors has a misconduct-related disclosure on their record? The median settlement,...
What Is Retirement Living?
When it comes to independent living, senior housing and even active adult living, there is confusion and misunderstanding because the terms are used in different ways by different people and by the senior living industry itself. Toss the term “retirement living” into...
Senior Financial Tips: Power Of Attorney
LISTEN HERE FOR SENIOR FINANCIAL TIPS: Power of attorney The most important power you can give someone is the power to act on your behalf when you no longer can. Power of attorney. Giving someone legal power over your affairs when the time comes A medical power of...
Senior Financial Tips: Stop Financial Exploitation
LISTEN HERE FOR SENIOR FINANCIAL TIPS: Stop financial exploitation. Financial exploitation means using an older adult’s funds or property for someone else’s profit or gain. How can you spot this? It could be as simple as a family member living with a senior and...
Senior Financial Tips: Don’t Talk To Strangers
LISTEN HERE FOR SENIOR FINANCIAL TIPS: Don't Talk To Strangers Many seniors used to give this advice to their kids, and now those kids who are adults are giving their parents and loved ones the same advice. “Don’t talk to strangers!” This is especially true if the...
Senior Financial Tips: Email and Phone Scams
LISTEN HERE FOR SENIOR FINANCIAL TIPS: Email and phone scams Many seniors live on a fixed income but still become the targets of unscrupulous individuals. These individuals have bilked seniors out of more than $3 billion a year. The scam starts innocently enough with...
Senior Financial Tips: Financial Exploitation
LISTEN HERE FOR SENIOR FINANCIAL TIPS It’s important to remind everyone that senior financial exploitation isn’t carried out only by strangers. In fact, almost 60% of the time it’s perpetrated by family members. The abuser,...
The Benefits Of Community For Older Adults
Even though the social isolation brought about during the COVID pandemic should be in the rearview mirror, many older adults are still suffering from social isolation and loneliness. At Baldwin House Senior Living, we understand the importance of cultivating a culture...
Senior Financial Tips: Minimize Risk Of Financial Abuse
LISTEN TO THESE TIPS! Who would take advantage of a senior citizen or older adult? Sometimes, sadly, it’s the people who are closest to them – friends, family or caregivers. Senior Financial Tips: Minimize Risk Of Financial Abuse There are ways to minimize the risk of...
7 Reasons Senior Adults Need Sleep
As we age, it’s more important to make sure we are getting our zzzz’s. At Baldwin House Senior Living, we understand that a healthy and restful sleep may be harder to come by for senior adults. We also know that it is crucial to healthy aging, and that’s why we have...
What To Expect As You Age: What’s Normal vs What’s Not
It’s not possible to stop the aging process, but you might be able to slow the process and make your Golden Years as wonderful as possible. What to expect as you age: what’s normal vs what’s not is something that many of the older adults who reside in one of our...
How To Address ‘Caregiver Guilt’
The professionals at Baldwin House Senior Living understand that when it comes to making a decision to move an aging loved into a senior living community, it’s not an easy one to make. We have put together a list of how to address 'caregiver guilt' and why moving into...
Beware Of Financial Scams & Requests For Money: Senior Financial Tips
Marty Feldman offers a Senior Financial Tip and this tip is about how seniors tend to trust individuals who appear to be in authority. These so-called trusted individuals can persuade a senior to co-sign a loan or be promised companionship in exchange for money....
How Does Exercise Benefit Older Adults?
At Baldwin House Senior Living, we understand that active adults typically enjoy longer, happier and healthier lives. How does exercise benefit older adults? That’s something our residents ask us and something we talk about regularly. Exercise helps you age more...
Independent Living Versus Assisted Living
If you or your aging loved one is preparing to downsize from your current home into a community like Baldwin House Senior Living in Michigan, you probably have a lot of questions. One of the main questions we get asked is, “Tell me about independent living versus...
How To Age Gracefully & Embrace The Golden Years
Aging gracefully has a myriad of meanings, depending on who you ask. At Baldwin House Senior Living, when we think of “aging gracefully,” we know it means knowing that no matter how many candles are on your cake, your attitude is what helps with aging gracefully and...
How Respite Care Prevents Caregiver Burnout
For many adults, taking care of aging parents may not be something they “signed up” for, but they step in and take care of mom and dad because their parents took care of them when they needed it. Adults who find themselves in the “sandwich generation,” or that time...
6 Reasons Older Adults Should Make New Year’s Resolutions
One of the traditions that seem to come with the ringing in of a new year is the making of New Year’s resolutions. That tradition might just be beneficial for older adults as well. In this article, we will explore 6 reasons older adults should make New Year’s...
How To Help Seniors Enjoy The Holidays
The holidays are a time of joy for many, but for senior adults, it can be a time of loneliness. Senior adults who have lost spouses, siblings or other loved ones may find the holidays bring up memories of what they’ve lost. This is especially true for senior adults...
What Does Active Adult Living In Michigan Mean?
If you or your loved one is looking for a place to move because the decision was made to not age in place, you’re one of many people who are looking into active adult living accommodations. What does active living in Michigan mean? It isn’t a “one-term-fits-all”...
What Are Senior Living Apartments?
Older active adults and Baby Boomers in Michigan are looking for ways to downsize and find living arrangements that enhance their active lifestyles while giving them a maintenance-free environment. Baldwin House Senior Living communities offer that and much more. You...
Why Autumn Is The Ideal Time For Active Adults To Move: 4 Reasons
Michigan winters can be long and cold. Our summers are sometimes too short, but our autumns are wonderful. Cooler days and nights, beautiful foliage and knowing that holidays are just around the corner. At Baldwin House Senior Living, we want to share why autumn is...
What To Look For In An Active Adult Community
Baldwin House Senior Living in Michigan understands that active older adults are seeking places to live that offer them family, friends and happiness as they age. Independent living, skilled nursing, memory care and senior adult housing are all terms that older adults...
5 Reasons Older Adults Need Friends
As we age, having friends could be more important than having friends when we’re younger. We have put this article together to share 5 reasons older adults need friends and to let you know that at Baldwin House Senior Living, our staff and residents will quickly...
What Are The Benefits Of Respite Care?
Baldwin House Senior Living provides respite care for a variety of reasons in its various communities. What are the benefits of respite care? Who could benefit from respite care? Are there specific circumstances that would require respite care? We will answer these...
Get Motivated To Get Moving And Stay Happier
There are times when you need to talk yourself into getting motivated to get moving and stay happier – this is what aging gracefully and being happier requires. “Move it or lose it” is a phrase that may be a cliché, but it is certainly true. We have put together our...
Let’s Bust Aging Myths
“You’re too old to do that!” “That is only something young people can wear, buy, go…” Let’s bust aging myths because let’s face it – you’re only as old as you feel, right? At Baldwin House Senior Living, we understand that yes, as you age, you may not be as spry as...
Power Of Positive Aging: 7 Tips
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.” ~ George Bernard Shaw This quote holds so much truth. You can either grow old or positively age – there is a difference. The power of positive aging: 7 tips are designed to help you stay...
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6905 Telegraph Road, Suite 360
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
