MALDEN, MA – Like many of us who are spending a bit more time at home these days, residents of Forestdale Park Senior Living in Malden are enjoying time in their community’s garden, taking advantage of the warm spring weather. The community’s garden, which consists of four large raised beds and a couple of potted…
Forestdale Park Senior Living was chosen as the first Assisted Living community in Massachusetts to partner with Tufts University’s Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, offering specialized programming to residents through Tuft’s fieldwork program for Doctoral candidates. Forestdale Park, which offers Independent Living, Assisted Living and Compass Memory Support, partnered with the university this fall to provide…
Forestdale Park Brings Dementia Training to Reading Masonic Temple READING, MA — Forestdale Park Senior Living, located in Malden, believes it’s time for a better understanding of Alzheimer’s and related dementia, so they have been working to bring their interactive Dementia Awareness & Sensitivity Training to local groups and organizations. On October 7th, Forestdale presented…
Forestdale Park Raises $2K for Alzheimer’s Research Forestdale Park Senior Living has raised over $2,000 for Alzheimer’s research and participated in the Alzheimer’s Association’s Greater Boston Walk to End Alzheimer’s on September 22nd at North Point Park in Cambridge. The Walk serves as the area’s largest annual event to raise awareness for Alzheimer’s disease and…
On Aug. 28, Forestdale Park Senior Living brought its Dementia Experience training to the Malden Public Library. Forestdale Park, a Volunteers of America Senior Community, is currently working to make the Malden area “Dementia Friendly” by conducting presentations and interactive trainings for area groups and organizations. This training program is part of Dementia Friendly Communities,…
Pictured above from left to right: District Deputy Grand Master Sergio R. De Assis; Forestdale Park’s Executive Director, Terri Guenard; Forestdale Park’s Director of Community Relations, Sarah Starkweather; Forestdale Park’s Director of Dining, Jeff Fowler; and former District Deputy Grand Master James Orgettas MELROSE, MA — On Monday, June 3, staff from Forestdale Park Senior…
On April 27th, Forestdale Park Senior Living in Malden honored one of their residents, Fred Buda, with a Lifetime Achievement Award. A Fall River native, Buda has had a prolific music career and left quite a mark on the Boston music scene, holding positions including lead percussionist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, set drummer for…
On March 6th, Mayor Gary Christenson paid a visit to Forestdale Park Senior Living in Malden to give a special recitation of his State of the City Address. Afterwards, he stayed and mingled with residents, many of whom he has known for quite some time including Virginia Ruane, who personally requested the visit. Mayor…
MALDEN, MA –On March 3rd, Denise Thorud gave a talk on Alzheimer’s disease and related memory impairments to the Sunday School class at Templo Dos Milagres (TDM Church) in Malden. Thorud, a Certified Dementia Practitioner, serves as the Director of Compass Memory Support Programming at Forestdale Park, Malden’s newest senior community which opened last Spring.…
MALDEN, MA — Local Girl Scout Troop 69010 made Valentine’s Day a little sweeter for Forestdale Park seniors! Earlier this month, Anya Kropewnicki & fellow troop members visited Anya’s grandmother and other residents at Malden’s newest assisted living & memory support community to create some lovely crafts and cards in honor of Valentine’s Day. Read…