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Meet Our Dementia Hub Medical Director, Dr. Mercado!

Did you know? Oakwood Creative Care's Dementia Hub is Arizona's first-ever all-inclusive approach to improving care for people living with dementia and their care partners. Today, The Dementia Hub helps families pave a path that begins with a loved one’s diagnosis and continues along their entire journey with Alzheimer's or another form of...
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A Letter to the Caregiver Navigating Hard Days

Being a caregiver is never an easy feat. It’s a long-term commitment that comes with watching someone you love age with a disease known to change the person you once knew, all while you juggle various roles and responsibilities to make sure your loved one is still being provided for. Some days, it feels like the world's weight is falling on your...
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WELCOME to Oakwood Creative Care’s blog and resource hub! Here, you’ll find news, advice, and support for all things related to healthy living for older adults, families, and caregivers. To learn more about Oakwood, visit our website’s homepage, here.

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2 Simple Ways to Improve Happiness

2 Simple Ways to Improve Happiness

Most (if not all) of us are not having the “best of times” these past few months…so I’d like to give you a few tips to easily increase your happiness level. These tips are from neuroscientists —current material that works — not something made-up!

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Where the Young and Old Thrive

Where the Young and Old Thrive

Have you met our youngest employee yet? This blue-eyed beauty can be found crawling around on all fours, greeting guests in the lobby with a grin, or sitting in the lap of a member- stealing love from one of her many “Grandmas and Grandpas.” Meet Savanha Rae, “Savi!”  I am blessed to call this sweet baby girl my daughter!

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Meet the Staff | Jorge the Therapy Pig

Meet the Staff | Jorge the Therapy Pig

Oakwood Creative Care is pleased to introduce Jorge (pronounced George) the Therapy Pig to the team!  Jorge is a mini potbelly pig and belongs to our CEO, Sherri Friend.  Jorge is a certified therapy pig through the American Mini Pig Association and brings tons of laughter, snorts, and entertainment to the staff and members of Oakwood.

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Being Happy

Being Happy

Sometimes at the beginning of my classes at Oakwood, I ask the members a “getting to know you” question. One day, my question was “What is something...

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