Residents from Brookdale Canyon Lakes are nominated for both Best Acting and the Ecolab People’s Choice Award at the third annual “Celebrate Aging Film Festival” in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Residents and associates at Freedom Village Bradenton were nominated for Brookdale's 3rd Annual Celebrate Aging Film Festival. Their nomination was covered by ABC 7 in Sarasota, FL. 

Recently, Kim Elliott, Brookdale's senior vice president of clinical services, talked to "Nashville Medical News" about the changing landscape of health care in senior living.

McKnight's Senior Living announced today, that Brookdale Canyon Lakes in Kennewick, Washington, won the top prize, a Gold award, in the Activities category of the Senior Living track of the 2019 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards. Click to read more about the technology they have embraced that won them this award!

A local business is working to make memory care more accessible. Caring for someone with memory-related diseases is difficult, expensive and heartbreaking. However, one company is trying to take the weight off caregivers’ shoulders.

Increasingly, researchers are documenting how loneliness and isolation represent an extensive threat to public health, especially among older adults. Loneliness and isolation often lead to depression, cognitive decline, high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, a weakened immune system, dementia and other chronic conditions that reduce quality of life and hasten the end of life.

Brookdale Watauga resident, James South, shared that his wish for his upcoming 100th birthday was to receive 100 cards. CNN.com shared the story on their website. Click to read more about James and his birthday wish. 

Residents of the community got the first crack at knocking down walls to make room for a $12 million expansion at Brookdale Vernon Hills that will add Alzheimer's and dementia care units, as well as enhance its common areas.

For the past decade, Brookdale Countryside resident Martha Heft has volunteered to make quilts for the Healthy Start Coalition of Pinellas. WFTS in Tampa Bay came out recently to share Martha's story. Click to see her story and to hear how many quilts this 100-year-old has made (so far)! 

Brookdale’s CEO Cindy Baier was recently named to the Nashville Business Journal’s 2019 list of Most Admired CEOs! In the annual, “Most Admired CEOs and Their Companies” awards program, Baier was selected for this honor in the Public Companies category.  (The Nashville Business Journal requires a subscription to view this article.)

Wall Street Journal reporter, Angus Loten, recently reached out to Brookdale to interview the new CIO Chris Bayham. Chris discussed opportunities to use artificial intelligence, data analytics and voice assistant devices at Brookdale. He was quoted in the article saying that beyond guiding the company's IT systems, he will be focusing on innovations that will "enrich the lives of the residents and patients." NOTE: Access to this article requires a subscription to WSJ.

Last year, we heard about Officer Oliver who hands out flowers, hugs and kindness. KMBC came back out again this year to share another story about Officer Oliver's visit to Brookdale College Square residents. 

There comes a time in most seniors' lives when medical conditions, loneliness or an inability to care for oneself force families to make a decision about where a senior should be living. Often a decision needs to be made between staying at home with the assistance of a visiting aide or other caregiver or moving to an assisted living facility. Each decision is an intensely personal one, and families must consider many factors when trying to make the right decision.

Brookdale Westlake Village in Cleveland helps complete study of MemoryWell, showing residents' life stories can be impactful for the people with dementia in long-term care and their families. 

Victor Zappettini, celebrated his 103rd birthday at Brookdale Redwood City in California. City officials presented the Marine Corp veteran with a recognition for his service and longevity. Zappettini was born in Fresno, Calif. in 1916.