While sitting down on the floor to greet one of my favorite patients, “Ryleigh,” a gray-faced senior Golden retriever, I asked, “How’s my ole buddy?”
He looked at me, and in my head I heard an old saying from an older gentleman I once knew, “Still kickin… just not as high.”
Wesley Village Senior Living Community in Wilmore officially opened Kentucky’s first Small Home for Memory Care with a gala celebration in September that featured remarks from Gov. Steve Beshear.
With people living longer than ever, elder care concerns increasingly find themselves at the forefront of family discussions.
Research shows that the older population of our country is living longer and remaining generally in good health, active and alert. This longevity does not always equate with older adults living in the same home they have inhabited for the past 30-50 years.
Compassion for others led Ben and Jessica Martin into their careers, he as a special education teacher, and she as a social worker. It’s also the driving force that led the young couple to open their home to two foster children.
