QUINCY, MA — Each month, the Quincy Council on Aging hosts an Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support for individuals who are caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s or other memory impairments, giving them an opportunity to share personal stories and receive advice from others who understand what they’re going through. At the COA’s October meeting, Compass on…
BOSTON, MA — Residents from Standish Village Assisted Living and Compass Memory Support toured the Massachusetts State House on October 1st. They explored the House and Senate chambers, the Governor’s Office and even had a run-in from State Representative Dan Cullinane. Standish Village offers their residents many trips like this one as part of the…
Pictured above: Julie Platz (left), Assistant Executive Director at Standish Village, and Lauren Basler (right), EnrichedLIFE Director at Standish Village and recipient of the 2019 Isabel G. Besecker Award BOSTON, MA — On June 11th, Lauren Basler, EnrichedLIFE Director at Standish Village Assisted Living at Lower Mills, received the 2019 Isabel G. Besecker Award from…
The Lower Mills Spring Health Fair was held on May 1st at Boston Housing Authority in Dorchester Center. Standish Village of Lower Mills, an Assisted Living & Memory Support Community, conducted a Brain Healthy Cooking demonstration featuring salmon cakes with sun-dried tomato aioli. Brain Healthy Cooking is Standish Village’s award-winning nutrition program that brings residents…
With so many fad diets circulating in pop culture right now, it’s hard to know which one is the best across a range of ages, body types, and lifestyles. The Mediterranean Diet was recently named the “#1 Best Diet” by U.S. News & World Report, and since its inception in the mid-1900s, the diet has…
Standish Village Holds Celebration for WWII Veteran Standish Village Assisted Living in Boston recently held a celebration for one of its residents who returned from his tour with Honor Flight New England. Standish Village is located at 1190 Adams St., right over the Milton town line. Eugene O’Brien, a World War II veteran, was flown down to…
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