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Make Moving Easier: Recommendations For Seniors
Having A Game Plan Can Make The Process A Lot Less Stressful When you’ve lived in the same home for a long time, maybe even several decades, the very thought of moving can be enough to make you want to bolt the door and stay put. Sure, the idea of having less to take care … Continued
How Many Financial Benefits Of Life Care Do You Know?
Read On, & You’ll Be Familiar With Them All! If you’re just getting started in your efforts to research retirement communities, you might not have a clear picture in your mind of what the differences are between a Life Plan community and a Life Care community—or what sets them apart from other types of senior … Continued
A Visual Display Of Gratitude
At the heart of the Emerald Heights community are its residents and staff. Together they navigated through a challenging 2020 with a spirit of compassion, patience and gratitude for each other. The Emerald Heights Marketing team was moved by all of the amazing acts of kindness they witnessed during the past year, inspiring them with … Continued
With A Fresh Look Ahead,It’s Time To Rediscover Emerald Heights
A Glimpse Of What’s In Store As Our Community Continues To Evolve Each start of a new year brings an opportunity to take stock of where we are and where we want to go. That’s true for individuals and for groups—like our community at Emerald Heights. This year, Emerald Heights will be celebrating the 29th … Continued
Looking For Ways To Develop Healthy Habits & Have More Fun In 2021?
Can you form a new habit in 21 days? Maybe, maybe not. But it does seem like a decent amount of time to try out new behaviors to see if we can (or even want to) turn them into habits. That was the idea behind our 21-day health challenge, which we kicked off with a … Continued
Residents of Emerald Heights Unite to Fight the Pandemic
Facing Challenges Head-on through Volunteerism and the Power of Community As the year draws to a close, one thing that essentially everyone can agree on is that 2020 has been anything but normal. Yet, even though many of the events and social activities that typically make Emerald Heights such an engaging place to live have … Continued
Residents Handcraft Beautiful Wooden Toys for Local Charities
A Tradition of Creativity and Charity Since 2014, Emerald Heights residents have been joining together during the holiday season to create and donate wooden toys to charities throughout western Washington. This year, the 13-member Wooden Toys for Charity of Emerald Heights used saws, sanders, and other tools to create over 350 wonderful wooden toys. The … Continued
Mindfulness Philosophy Webinar Reveals Valuable Insights
Lessons Learned On Wednesday, October 14, forty seniors, their family members, and senior living professionals—all invited guests of Emerald Heights and sister community Heron’s Key—participated in a webinar on mindfulness philosophy1. Presented by intuitive life coach Marla Williams2, the webinar revealed how people can navigate in The BEING Zone™ in order to better face the … Continued
Bob DeWald, AARP Washington’s Andrus Award for Community Service Recipient
Being devoted to serving your community doesn’t stop once you retire. Bob Dewald, an Emerald Heights resident, is a great example of this. 2020 Washington Andrus Award for Community Service After 16 years of dedicated community volunteer work, Bob has been selected by AARP as the 2020 recipient of the Washington Andrus Award for Community … Continued