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Understanding How Weather Conditions Can Affect Your Health

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  Weather can affect your plans, your mood, and even your health. Each season or weather condition comes with challenges that can create changes in our bodies and how we feel. Woodland Ridge, located in Smyrna, Georgia, understands how powerful weather can be (especially the Georgia humidity!). We’ve created this guide to help you understand […]

What Are the Most Beneficial Vitamins for Seniors?

What Are the Most Beneficial Vitamins for Seniors?_ Woodland Ridge

As we age, what our bodies require can shift. This includes the types of vitamins we consume, and how much we consume. Having a nutrient or vitamin deficiency as an older adult can cause significant effects on overall health and wellbeing.

Activities at Woodland Ridge that Benefit (& Boost!) Senior Health

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At Woodland Ridge, we offer a variety of activities that provide health benefits to our residents. These activities do not need to include strenuous work; many, less intense activities offer just as much health benefits to seniors! The approach at Woodland Ridge is simple; provide our residents with activities that improve their health. We include […]

Tips to Dining Out with Diabetes

Living in a senior living community certainly does not mean that enjoying your nightlife is over! Many of our residents enjoy dining out with family during their visits. While families are welcome to join us at dinner within our community, it is an extra special treat for residents to experience a change of scenery and […]

Natural Ways to Boost Your Immune System

Your immune system does a remarkable job of protecting your body from disease-causing microorganisms. Sometimes, though, a germ still finds its way into your body, and before you know it, you’re sick with a fever or a horrible cough. Woodland Ridge knows that staying healthy is essential for older adults, so we have compiled this […]

4 Healthy Recipes for Seniors on Father’s Day

Father’s Day is the perfect time to celebrate the man who helped raise you and what better way than to make him a meal from the heart. After all, how many meals has this man prepared or paid for you throughout your life? Preparing a meal for dad can be a great way to show […]

Woodland Ridge Assisted Living Spring Activities

The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, the breeze is warm, those are all beautiful effects of springtime. Getting out into the fresh air after being cooped inside all winter long is so rejuvenating for the soul, mind, and body. Spring is the perfect season to dust off your bike or clean out the […]

Learn to Identify the Early Stages of Dementia and Alzheimer’s

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness, which was started by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. At the time, there were fewer than 2 million Americans living with the disease, now that number has soared to 5.4 million.  Words like dementia and Alzheimer’s can be overwhelming and stressful when thinking about how they could affect the […]

Celebrating “Old Age”

What, exactly, does “old age” mean? Well, chronologically, of course, it’s celebrating lots and lots of birthdays. Socially, physically, mentally, and emotionally, the term “old age” can have many different meanings. Traditionally, we’ve viewed old age as a time of limitations, but we’re seeing more and more people who are challenging the traditional notions of […]

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