May 30, 2024 | OCC News, OCCNews
The hippocampus is our brain’s storage unit. It is responsible for housing long-term memory and learning and is also believed to be essential for processing spatial recognition and navigation (such as looking ahead and charting a path). As a critical piece of our...
May 8, 2024 | OCC News, OCCNews
Sherri Friend, Oakwood Creative Care’s President and CEO, has been working in the nonprofit sector for 25 years, helping seniors live their best lives. Considering how Arizona has the fastest growth rate of Alzheimer’s disease in the country, as well as her own...
May 8, 2024 | Finding Joy in Caregiving
Did you know? May is National Older Americans Awareness Month, and Oakwood Creative Care is committed today and every day to serving the older adults in our communities. For almost 50 years, Oakwood has continuously taken new and innovative steps to allow older adults...
Apr 24, 2024 | OCC News, OCCNews
Well, Arizonans, it’s official. We have reached peak temperatures of 100 degrees, and it will only get hotter from here! With summer on the verge, many professionals within the dementia care industry have shared one common concern from families and care partners: that...
Apr 8, 2024 | OCC News, OCCNews
We need your help! Oakwood Creative Care’s mission is to enhance the quality of life and spark joy for older adults living with Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, and other similar disease. For the last 47 years, we have expanded our work through three Adult Day Club...
