Originally published in the Westfield News. WESTFIELD — Tenth grade students in Nicole Hamel’s AP History class at Westfield High School teamed up with residents of Armbrook Village this spring for a “Past Meets Present” living history project. Thirteen students were paired with 12 residents at the senior living community, meeting first at the high…
Originally published in The Reminder. SPRINGFIELD, MA — Catherine Banks worked as an associate dean at Springfield College for 28 years. Now, at age 82, she is a student there, enrolled in a strength training and personal fitness class. “Two football players were assigned to me, and every week I would come in and they…
Armbrook Village, an assisted living and memory support community located in Westfield, held a flag-raising ceremony today to celebrate becoming the first in Western Massachusetts to receive the Purple Flag for Dementia Care™ accreditation. Purple Flag is a collaboration between the Institute for Senior Living Education (ISLE) and the Connecticut Assisted Living Association (CALA) but…