VIEW ARTICLE April 24, 2025 11:41 pm Planting the Future: Using Lifestyle Medicine to Sow Wellness Before May’s blooms, we need to plant intentionally. Lifestyle approaches—nutrition, movement, sleep, social connection, and sensory stimulation—are seeds that make a real difference in quality of life. These are not just buzzwords; they are evidence-based strategies that help treat the symptoms of dementia. At CERTUS, these principles come to life through the SPIN® model: · […]
VIEW ARTICLE April 16, 2025 3:23 pm Rainy Days, Reflective Moments: Caregiver Growth Through Challenges April’s rains can feel heavy, much like the emotional toll of caregiving. But these rainy moments hold deep purpose. They encourage us to stop, reflect, and grow. Caregiving isn’t always graceful, and that’s okay. Growth happens in the discomfort too. One helpful framework is the COACH approach: · Connect authentically · Observe mindfully · Act […]
VIEW ARTICLE April 9, 2025 2:03 pm Feeding the Roots: The Role of Gentle Conversations Conversations are like nutrients to the roots of dementia care. April is a great time to reflect on how we speak and what we say. The questions we ask can either build connection or unintentionally cause confusion or shame. This month, try to avoid memory-based questions and instead offer sensory or visual cues. Create connection […]
VIEW ARTICLE June 23, 2017 2:00 pm Senior Memory Care Community Opening Multiple Locations In Orlando, Creating 1,500-plus Jobs A new memory care center is planning to have five facilities open by next year that will create hundreds of jobs. Each 43,000-square-foot facility, dubbed CERTUS Premiere Memory Care Living, would create 60 permanent jobs and 245 temporary construction jobs. Each $13 million memory care community would include 63 beds and be divided into two wings. CERTUS Senior Living […]
VIEW ARTICLE January 26, 2017 2:00 pm Certus Senior Living Implements Aggressive Construction Schedule CERTUS Senior Living (CERTUS) has begun site development on two major parcels of land in Central Florida. This attests to the corporate strategy of opening one to two new CERTUS communities each year. With seven (7) sites now officially funded, a new construction schedule includes multiple locations throughout Florida. State-of-the-art facilities will be located in Orange, Seminole, Volusia, […]
VIEW ARTICLE June 11, 2016 2:17 pm Certus Senior Living Closes On The Sites Of First Two Memory Care Communities Construction, Development and Operation of Waterford Lakes and Orange City Locations Will Create Approximately 600+/- Jobs in Central Florida Orlando, FL – CERTUS Senior Living (CERTUS) has completed the purchase of the sites of their first two Central Florida residential communities serving residents with Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia. Located in Waterford Lakes and Orange City respectively, the […]
