Lumina Las Vegas is thrilled to announce that it has earned 3rd place in the prestigious Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, in the category of Stand-Alone Memory Care. Here are excerpts from the project recognition: “Lumina Las Vegas re-envisions the standard for memory care. Designed in partnership with world-renowned research institutions, the 42,000-square-foot […]
News
Interview Blitz
Dementia Caregiver Support Group & Group Activity for those with Dementia
Join us for a supportive and engaging experience at the Lumina Las Vegas Welcome Center every 4th Saturday (except holidays) from 12pm to 2pm! Lumina hosts two simultaneous groups to cater to caregivers and individuals living with dementia. To RSVP for the event, CLICK HERE. Event Details The Caregiver Support Group, led by Linda Loane, […]
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices May Reduce Your Risk of Dementia
As you age, you may have concerns about the increased risk of dementia. You may have questions, too. Are there steps I can take to prevent it? Is there anything I can do to reduce my risk? There are currently no approaches that have been proven to effectively treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. However, as with […]
How the Aging Brain Affects Thinking
The brain controls many aspects of thinking — remembering, planning and organizing, making decisions, and much more. These cognitive abilities affect how well we do everyday tasks and whether we can live independently. Some changes in thinking are common as people get older. For example, older adults may: • Be slower to find words and recall names • Find they have more problems […]
What Dementia Feels Like
Grappling with a dementia diagnosis can bring on an array of emotions, shifting among fear, anxiety, dread and more. Approximately 5.8 million Americans are living with dementia — a cluster of symptoms that can rob a person of their ability to think, remember and reason — and everyone’s experience is different. The years following a diagnosis are often painfully brief: […]