Everyday Living
Small daily choices support health, comfort, and connection in later life. These conversations, hosted by Just Like Home founder Deirdre Virvo, cover wellness, nutrition, and meaningful activities for older adults.
Prevention is easier than treatment. Regular check-ups, staying active, eating well, staying hydrated, managing medications carefully, and keeping socially engaged all help older adults avoid common health problems and stay independent longer.
Art and creative activities support mood, focus, and connection, and they are especially valuable for people living with dementia. Creating something, or simply enjoying color, music, and movement, can bring calm and joy even when words become harder to find.
Meaningful, low-pressure activities give a senior a sense of purpose and connection. A simple craft, familiar music, or looking through old photos together all work well. The activity matters less than doing it together and keeping it enjoyable.
Good nutrition gets harder with age, but fresh, familiar meals make a real difference for energy, mood, and health. In-home meal services and home-cooked food, shared with company, support both wellbeing and enjoyment at the table.
Educational sources: National Institute on Aging
Just Like Home is two small residential memory care homes in Shelton, Connecticut, for people living with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. We are memory care only, so every home and every routine is built around dementia.
Our homes are Dogwood at 62 Dogwood Drive and Long Hill at 757 Long Hill Avenue, both in Shelton. Founded by Deirdre Virvo, a social worker and author of "Home to Home."
