Our award-winning brain healthy cooking program is based on the Mediterranean Diet and tailored for seniors. Get news and updates on this program.
Senior Living Residences recently held its Annual Top Chef Cook Off, which took attendees on a trip around the world with bold flavors and inventive dishes. This high-energy competition sees chefs from across SLR’s 18 Assisted Living communities display their talents as they face off to determine who can prepare the best plates. The Cook-Off is centered…
August 6-12, 2023 marks National Farmers Market Week. All over the country, communities, chefs, and residents are tending to their gardens and cooking up delicious, produce-forward meals and celebrating the importance of farmers markets for our nation’s food system. To see all that eating locally has to offer, communities are providing raised plant beds for…
Compass on the Bay Director of Dining Experience Ken McCluskey and resident chefs Harriet Donovan, Michelle Peters, and John Campedelli worked together to bake a delicious Brain Healthy Green Bean Casserole. Compass on the Bay’s management company Senior Living Residences (SLR) is the developer of the Brain Healthy Cooking Program, an award-winning nutrition program that…
At this year’s International Council on Active Aging Conference (ICAA), Leadership Summit and Expo, local-area food and nutrition professionals Kim Smith and Sara Baer-Sinnott presented “The Mediterranean Diet: A Successful Application in a Senior Residence”.
MIDDLEBORO, MA — On April 16th, residents at Oak Point Retirement Community in Middleboro had the opportunity to hear from experts on how making more healthful and mindful food choices can benefit your brain and whole body health. Oak Point hosted approximately 70 guests for “Celebrating the Mediterranean Diet” presented by the nonprofit Oldways, Health…
Pictured above from left to right: Caitlin Silva, RD, LDN, Clinical Nutrition Manager at Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Maryellen King, Director of Community Relations at Concord Park Senior Living, Virginia Leonard. Business Development Manager at Nashoba Valley Medical Center, and Stephanie Burton, Executive Director at Nashoba Park Assisted Living. AYER, MA — There is no…
[Pictured above from L to R: Kim Smith, Director of Culinary & Dining Services for Senior Living Residences, Ken McCluskey, Director of Dining Services at Compass on the Bay, and Tadd Clelland, Partner at Senior Living Residences.] Ken McCluskey, a Quincy resident and Executive Chef at Compass on the Bay Memory Support Assisted Living in…
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…
Kim Smith, Senior Living Residences’ Director of Culinary & Dining Experience, has won Premier’s Illuminating Excellence Award for 2018. She recently accepted the award at Premier’s annual Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee. Each year in conjunction with the Premier Foodservice Forum at Premier’s national conference, Premier asks for nominations of great foodservice directors from…
Senior Living Residences is widely seen as an experienced and influential leader in the senior living industry and has often been recognized for its innovation and dedication to resident quality of life. Here are some of our recent awards: Dementia Friendly Communities 2018 Communicator Award, Silver | Integrated Campaign – Corporate Social Responsibility | CommunicatorAwards.com…
