moments matter

A Senior Living Resource Blog from The Goodman Group

120 Miles Per Hour at 90 Years Old: An iFly Outing for Adventurous Oregon Seniors [VIDEO]

Posted by The Goodman Group on May 20, 2020

Kate P. says she's never really been bored in all her 82 years. Her secret? Being up for almost anything. "I regard it as curiosity," said the resident, who...

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Topics: Senior Living, Videos, Moments Matter

Lessons from an 89-Year-Old Mother: Heartfelt Memories, Independence and Resilience

Posted by The Goodman Group on May 6, 2020

Barbara remembers her mother washing the kids' hair the night before morning church services. "We all had long hair," she says of herself and her siblings....

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Topics: Senior Living

Bob’s Story: Beating Parkinson’s One Workout at a Time [VIDEO]

Posted by The Goodman Group on April 22, 2020

“The Rock Steady Boxing Program has been very enlightening and is very much a blessing from where I was two years ago to where I am today,” said Bob,...

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Topics: Videos, Parkinson's

"Mad Molly" Swings Back at Her Parkinson's Diagnosis with Rock Steady Boxing [VIDEO]

Posted by The Goodman Group on April 8, 2020

“It started with a little twitch in my toe,” says Molly. “Within a few months, my whole leg was tremoring. My arm, my leg, my insides, everything. So within...

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Topics: Videos, Parkinson's

Rock Steady Boxing: Fighting Back Against Parkinson's Disease [VIDEO]

Posted by The Goodman Group on March 26, 2020

“I've just gotten stronger. And secondly, it's made me emotionally better,” said Kent, a resident at The Inn on Westport in Sioux Falls, SD who is singing a...

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Topics: Videos, Parkinson's

Sharing Residents' Stories with our "This is My Life" Program

Posted by The Goodman Group on January 10, 2020

Started earlier this year by Shawn, the spiritual director at The Commons on Marice, our "This is My Life" program is an opportunity to highlight a resident’s...

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Topics: Senior Living, Spiritual

Meet Marilyn: Retired U.S. Army Colonel Still Serving Her Country

Posted by The Goodman Group on November 27, 2019

Marilyn was already a nurse working in pediatrics when she learned about a pediatric nurse practitioner course offered by the U.S. Army. The concept of a nurse...

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Topics: Veterans

Family History Questionnaire: How to Talk to Your Family About Their Life

Posted by The Goodman Group on November 13, 2019

For many people, it's very important to learn as much as possible about past generations. In fact, an MIT Technology Review reported earlier in 2019 that over...

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Topics: Senior Living

Gather and Grow: Nurturing More than Plants with Hydroponic Gardens

Posted by The Goodman Group on October 31, 2019

Residents at Cypress Palms, a senior living community managed by The Goodman Group, are finding that learning is just one of the joys of taking part in a...

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Topics: Senior Living

Music Lessons: The Ukulele Club at Terracina

Posted by The Goodman Group on September 24, 2019

When most people think about the ukulele, they think about a humble, simple instrument. They may even think of Don Ho or Tiny Tim. Yet for the residents of one...

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Topics: Moments Matter