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Southfield, Michigan 48033-7496
(248) 281-2020 |
Contact Us
25200 Telegraph Road, Suite 400 •
Southfield, Michigan 48033-7496
Presbyterian Villages of Michigan is committed to serving seniors and communities. It’s our goal to be a first-line provider of resources, including information. Aging should be an adventure, not a scary trip!
In the PVM Blog, the experts at PVM will regularly publish articles and information. Topics may range from smart ways to age in place in your long-time home, to tips on how to shop for a senior community. We will have articles on transportation, wellness, nutrition, technology, activities, outlook-on-life, and more.
Please let us know your ideas for topics and comments on our articles. We succeed as seniors in our community have the best Aging Adventure!
We are all familiar with the birthday novelties making light of aging. Someone celebrating a landmark birthday is likely to get a fire extinguisher to put out their candles or black crepe paper implying that they are older than dirt. While there is humor in this and we can all make light of turning a year or decade older, we need to be careful about stereotyping. Ageism runs rampant in our society. It is considered to be the only remaining “socially acceptable” prejudice.
According to public health experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Michigan’s Chief Medical Executive, the quickest way to get back to doing the things we enjoy such as spending time with family and friends is to achieve herd immunity. Herd immunity occurs when enough people become immune to an infectious disease that it is unlikely to spread from person to person. The quickest way to achieve herd immunity is to get vaccinated.
This May is the annual Older Americans Month as declared by the federal government and celebrated by seniors and the providers who serve them. This year’s theme is Communities of Strength, “recognizing the important role older adults play in fostering the connection and engagement that build strong, resilient communities.” We believe that it is essential to know that seniors not only built the communities which we enjoy but allowed us to stand on their shoulders when it comes to careers, families and leading a life of meaning.
A new resident moves in without any furniture…
A resident without family needs someone to accompany them to a surgical procedure…
A resident’s food assistance was cut off or unexpectedly reduced…
Research shows that writing about emotional experiences can be good for your health. Given the events of the past year, there is unfortunately plenty to write about. The good news is that writing about such experiences can decrease anxiety, improve immune function, increase working memory, and improve sleep.
