The Allure Group
When it comes to aging gracefully, diet is more powerful now than ever. Recent studies on aging show that a good diet brings both physical and mental health benefits. Eating healthily has a direct impact on reducing diseases such as osteoporosis, heart disease, diabetes, and more. The physiological benefits of healthy eating are undeniable, but…
The Allure Group, always seeking to be a good neighbor and active member of the community, saw residents from the Crown Heights, Linden and Harlem Centers spend time over the past few days giving back to local young people. Raquel Cowan and Josh Sparks from The Allure Group’s Crown Heights and Linden Centers went to…
The grandkids are back at school, and as a grandparent perhaps you’re wondering how you can remain a presence in their lives. That’s especially true if you spent a great deal of quality time with them over the summer, and know they will now have so much more on their plates — homework, after-school activities,…
It can be said without fear of contradiction that horticultural therapy has fully blossomed in recent years, that its many stalks and shoots go in more directions than the eye can see or the mind can imagine. The benefits of such a practice are physical and psychological, vocational and social. Horticultural therapy allows one to…
Nothing says summer like a great party, and The Allure Group has been relishing the advent of our favorite season with several fun celebrations across our centers. Recently our residents donned their best sun hats and shades for a field trip to the home of their center’s beloved Rabbi. Rabbi Stern is always looking for…
We had a great time celebrating Father’s Day 2018 with various celebrations across our centers. Thank you so much to everyone who came to our events or helped put them together. It was wonderful to get to celebrate and honor all of the dads that we work with everyday, and we are thankful for the…
The Allure Group’s Harlem, Hamilton Park and Crown Heights Centers were all honored as winners of 2018 Eli Pick Facility Leadership Awards, presented each year by the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) to the nation’s top-performing skilled nursing facilities. The award, sponsored by ABILITY Network, was initiated by one of the ACHCA’s most…
As the number of elderly around the world climbs, the global rehab robots market is expected to grow, as well. Demand for robotic technologies will continue to rise as patients and families seek better care, and our society struggles to maintain the ratio of medical caregivers to elderly patients. In the US alone, the healthcare…
If technology might once have seemed intimidating to certain seniors, that no longer needs to be the case. There are numerous apps for smartphones and tablets geared toward those in their Golden Years — apps that can inform and entertain, that can simplify seniors’ lives, instead of complicating them. Here are the best of the…
Ronna Edelstein had a problem. Her father, Morton, was in his 90s, and fast approaching the time where he would need to be placed in a nursing home. He had, however, made her promise years before not to “dump” him in such a place. He had visited friends there, and almost always came away depressed.…