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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...
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...
Should You Age In Place?
Aging in place is a living arrangement that many older adults are implementing for themselves. Aging in place is the act of staying in your current home as you age. Having a strong support system, having access to services you may require and being in relatively good...
7 Tips For Making Moving Into Senior Living Fun
The professionals at Baldwin House Senior Living community understand making the decision to move into a senior living community may not be an easy one. Because of that, we have put together 7 tips for making moving into senior living fun – or at least the start of a...
6 Summer Safety Tips For Seniors
Summer is the best time of year for getting outdoors, enjoying the sunshine and participating in fun activities. After a long winter, many of us want to throw open the windows and let the warmth and sunshine in, or just get outside. That’s wonderful, but older adults...
Six Ways To Help Seniors Prevent Falls
As we get older, physical changes and health conditions can make falls more likely. A trip-and-fall accident is one of the leading causes of injury that send older adults to the emergency room. At Baldwin House Senior Living, we know and understand the importance of...
5 Simple Ways Senior Adults Can Live a Healthier Life
The better you take care of yourself – and the earlier you start living right, eating healthy and visiting with friends and family – the longer you just might live! We have put together a list of 5 simple ways senior adults can live a healthier life -- even though...
How Aging Adults Can Celebrate Spring
It appears that spring has finally sprung! Along with spring comes longer, warmer and sunnier days and a sense of renewal and purpose. Watching flowers bloom, smelling the scent of a newly mown lawn and other benefits of spring – including no more snow – should be...
Tips For Becoming A ‘Super Ager’
Did you know it's possible to become a "super ager?" It is and we have tips for becoming a 'super ager.' It's a lifestyle of taking a proactive approach to protecting yourself from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. “SuperAgers” is not an exclusive group; it's a group...
5 Tips For Talking About Moving Into A Senior Living Community
Independence is prized by everyone and that is especially true for your aging parents and loved ones. Baldwin House Senior Living in Michigan understands that when talking about moving into a senior living community, the loss of independence is one of the biggest...
How Does Daylight Savings Time Impact Older Adults?
Daylight saving time, also referred to as “springing forward” will soon be upon us. On March 13, in Michigan and across many areas of the country we will be turning our clocks ahead one hour. That loss of one hour can negatively impact many individuals, seniors among...
Preventing Senior Falls: 5 Best Balance Exercises For Aging Adults
It’s no secret that falls are the leading cause of injury in older adults. That doesn’t have to be the case, though. There are easy balance exercises you and your loved one can do that will help with stability and coordination, and Baldwin House Senior Living can...
Relationships Warm The Heart: Connecting With Older Adults
February is the month of love. February is also a cold, dark and snowy month for many areas across the country – in fact, Baldwin House Senior Living in Michigan was just blanketed in snow from a recent storm. When it’s cold and snowy it may be hard for a caregiver to...
5 Ways Older Adults Can Beat The Winter Blues
Michigan in the winter may be beautiful, but for many people – especially older adults – doesn’t lend itself to outdoor activities. The snow and winter winds are best enjoyed behind the window of your warm, cozy space in your Baldwin House apartment. It’s no wonder...
Ways to Combat Senior Loneliness During the Holidays
If you have a loved one living in a Baldwin House Senior Living apartment, they have access to many planned holiday activities that help keep them entertained and engaged. What your loved one really wants this holiday season is a visit or phone call from a family...
In person visitation is now permitted
The pandemic has been a challenging time for everyone, but especially senior living residents and their loved ones. Michigan’s senior living residents — many isolated and having not felt the touch of loved ones for nearly a year — are once again able to accept...
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The Gillette family has been serving seniors and their families for more than 40 years with quality senior living. Choose from independent living, independent living with assistance, short-term stay and hospice provided by a third party, in Clinton Township, Grand Rapids, Hazel Park, Pontiac and Spring Lake.