Standish Village Assisted Living and Compass Memory Support, located in Dorchester’s Lower Mills, has partnered with the Milton Council on Aging to create a new memory café. The Milton Memory Café will provide those living with memory loss or dementia and their care partners, family, and friends a safe space to relax and enjoy conversation over…
Mingo Nesmith, a 91-year-old veteran of World War II and a resident of the Standish Village Assisted Living Residence in Lower Mills, was honored during a special Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony at the Dorchester facility on Sun., Aug. 20. Read more in the Dorchester Reporter >>
Early in 2016, representatives from the City of Quincy participated in a Dementia Friendly Massachusetts Train-the-Trainer program hosted at Standish Village in Dorchester. This three-part education program, which includes The Dementia Experience, an interactive sensitivity training that allows participants to feel what it is like to have dementia, was one of the first steps the City…
Massachusetts’ Dementia Friendly Initiative on Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio and host Lori La Bey invited Senior Living Residences’ Robert Larkin, Pamela Maloney, and Cassi Braithwaite to talk about why they decided to bring the Dementia Friendly movement to Massachusetts and why it’s important others do the same. Listen Here
Fred and Anne Blesedell celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary at Standish Village on June 29. Their actual anniversary is July 30. Photo courtesy Standish Village It was 60 years ago this month, on July 30, 1955, that Fred and Anne Blesedell exchanged their wedding vows, and late last month, they renewed their promises to each…
Standish Village Resident Featured on WGBH’s ‘You’re Not Alone’ Series At the Standish Village assisted living residence in Dorchester, a handful of elderly folks sit in the living room on the main floor, their walkers, canes and wheelchairs nearby. One woman spots Carol Doan. Listen on WGBH.org