All Blog Articles
Alzheimer’s Disease & Dementia Blog
Insight's blog provides helpful caregiver tips and resources for those interested in learning more about dementia and memory impairment. Browse all of our articles below, or view articles by category of interest!
Recent Posts
-
Gardening at Insight: Celebrating Earth Day with Blooms and Butterflies!
Posted on 05/28/2025This spring, our Day Center participants celebrated by planting a butterfly-friendly garden with help from Lowe’s. From raising Painted Lady butterflies to releasing them into their new home, the experience brought joy, connection, and the benefits of nature to our Day Center!
-
Can Smart Home Technology Help My Loved One?
Lindsey Vajpeyi, Director of Early Stage Programs on 03/06/2025Is your parent or loved one living alone independently…but you’re noticing changes in memory, and you’re beginning to question their movements or safety? Smart home technology could give you a window into their daily life and help keep your parent living independently.
-
More than Fun: Recreation Therapy
Posted on 02/24/2025If you spend a day at Insight, you’ll see participants engaged in a variety of activities, everything from art to exercise to discussion groups. What you may not see, behind the scenes, is all the planning that goes into these activities - or recreation therapy. Beyond just filling the calendar with fun activities - which is definitely part of the job! - activities are designed to be person-centered and provide therapeutic benefits for each of our participants.
-
Keeping Loved Ones Safe with Project Lifesaver
Posted on 02/18/2025Project Lifesaver clients wear a wrist or ankle band that emits a silent radio frequency. When caregivers notify the Sheriff ’s Office that their loved one is missing, specially-trained Sheriff’s deputies respond to the area and conduct a search with state-of-the-art locating equipment. Project Lifesaver has a 100 percent success rate in locating wandering children and adults and bringing them safely home.
-
Five Things to Know about Home Assessments
Jaci Green, OTR/L, LSVT certified, Bal Therapy on 01/28/2025Take a look around your home with the future in mind. Are you able to safely access all areas in the kitchen for cooking your favorite meal? Can you easily exit and enter your home? Access your bedroom and bathroom? A home assessment is an important step to take as we age in order to minimize our fall risk, maintain our independence with activities of daily living, and remain in our home for as long as possible.
-
40 Years: What's Next?
Posted on 01/07/2025What’s in store for the next 40 years? Rest assured, whatever Insight looks like in the future, we will continue to meet our mission - and the need for care - for as long as our families need us.
-
Interactive Gaming Research
Posted on 12/30/2024In 2022 Insight Memory Care Center added interactive gaming technology to our day programs. While we could see the benefit of the system at our center, in 2023 we were fortunate to connect with Dr. Megumi Inoue, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at George Mason University. She proposed a research study - learn more!
-
40 Years Later We're Still Here
Lin Simon, Founder of Insight Memory Care Center on 12/18/2024Our founder shares a welcome in our annual report: "In 1984, Alzheimer’s was still in the dark ages in terms of people knowing about it, much less having services available. Caregivers asked me, if we can take care of our loved ones 24/7, why can’t there be a place where they can go for even a couple hours a week? With the help of many amazing volunteers, the day center was born. We had a waiting list before we even opened...
-
Comfort in Connection: The Power of Doll Therapy
Sarah Richart, CDP on 12/12/2024Discover how doll therapy can benefit individuals with dementia and learn about how we implement dolls in our programming at Insight Memory Care Center.
-
Thank You for Celebrating Giving Tuesday with Us!
Posted on 12/05/2024We truly thank you for your support for Giving Tuesday. But it's not just a day for us to ask for your support - we wanted to give back too! We had a great time celebrating on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube - sharing resources, caregiving tips, advice, and stories. Take a look below and we hope we can gift you with helpful tips this holiday season and beyond!
Interested in contributing to Insight's Blog? Learn more in our Blog Guidelines.
Blog
"I like that IMCC focuses on dementia-related problems and provides a focal point for families to network and socially interact in coping with dementia. It provides a community that helps us in our struggle."