We are very excited and blessed to welcome the beginning of another year. With the new year come many exciting changes and additions to the activity program. I am pleased to join your Bickford family as your new Life Enrichment Coordinator. I have...
Seniors
Feel Healthier, be Stronger – Join Our Active Older Adults
Older adult wellness programming is one of our fastest growing program areas. Our AOA programs (age 50 and over) will help you not only physically, but emotionally and spiritually. Flexibility & Balance Exercise Class Flexibility and Balance...
Bickford Welcomes Another Member to the Family
Certain people are meant for certain jobs, and when the right people fit into the right positions it's a win all around. This seems to be the case for Bickford Assisted Living and Memory Care in Crown Point. The employees, or the "Family" as they...
7 Signs of Developing Medical or Memory Problems
The holidays bring families together to reconnect and celebrate the season. It also tends to be the time of year when grown children who’ve left home return to visit their parents. As we get older, there is a greater risk of developing medical...
Sugar, Seniors, and Doing Something Nice
In the weeks leading up to the holidays, Residential Clinical Services Home Health Care partnered with Bickford Assisted Living and Memory Care, Cedar Creek Health Campus, and Hartsfield Village to bring holiday cheer to their residents. RCS...
Bickford Assisted Living of Crown Point Introduces New Exercise Program
Silver Sneakers Exercise Program is being offered at the branch. We will have a certified instructor at the branch 5 Days a week to lead an amazing exercise program for our residents. It is stimulating, fun and adds great benefits to the health of...
Here’s What’s Happening at Bickford This October!
Autumn has arrived. It is time to get out and enjoy the wonderful fall weather. The residents and I will be going out to take a Fall Color Tour to enjoy nature and to seethe change of colors. The colors of the trees are magnificent and God surely...
Bickford Assisted Living Welcomes New Director
The Bickford Family recently added a new addition. Susan Tipton-Huttel joined Bickford in July 2014 as the new Executive Director and so far she's loving every minute of her time there. "It was God's blessing that I came here," Huttel said. "I...
Next Franciscan Senior Promise Meeting is September 11
The public is invited to attend the Sept. 11 meeting of the Franciscan Alliance Senior Promise group. The topic will be basic lifesaving skills, including CPR; how to assist someone who is choking and how to use an automatic external defibrillator....
Bickford Assisted Living and Memory Care: Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
Did you know your age has nothing to do with the amount of sleep you receive? It really has to do with how healthy you keep yourself or the types of medications you take. It is a common belief that we lose sleep the older we get, but studies show...