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2019 Parkinson’s Unity Walk

The Allure Group welcomes sign-ups for the Parkinson’s Unity Walk, which will be held on Saturday, April 27 in Central Park. The Parkinson’s Unity Walk, a gentle 1.4-mile stroll through the park that...

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The Value of a Varied Diet in Skilled Nursing Facilities

As residents enter a skilled nursing facility it is vital to their overall well-being to feel a level of control over what they are eating each day, as well as to feel that their specific dietary needs...

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Linden Center to Host CEU Event on May 16

The statistics are staggering, the stories saddening. Substance and alcohol abuse are a scourge on the American landscape, afflicting some  20 million people, with not quite 20 percent of them seeking...

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The Allure Group Celebrates Nurses Week

The Allure Group observed Nurses Week in mid-May, affording one and all the opportunity to salute a group of people deserving of endless praise, for countless reasons. Meals were prepared in the...

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Summer Tips for Seniors

In 1997 Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune composed a column in which she dispensed the advice she would have given, had she been asked to give a collegiate commencement address. The column, bearing...

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How Important Are Dietary Supplements For Seniors?

As you grow older, maintaining good health and practicing healthy habits take greater priority. One significant step seniors might take is using dietary supplements — which are just that: supplements...

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Five Ways Seniors Benefit From Pet Therapy

Over the last two decades scientists and researchers have taken a much closer look at the benefits seniors derive from animal therapy, which involves introducing a pet companion into the life of an...

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What Is the Future of AR and VR in Healthcare?

Despite being in their infancy, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are  already beginning to revolutionize healthcare. Some estimates are that there will be 30 million users of these...

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Five Reasons Music Programs Are Great for Seniors

Music has been delighting its listeners and challenging its performers since the dawn of time. While you may think music is only a tool to move the emotions and pass some time, science has discovered...

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Five Ways Game Days Are Great for Senior Health

Game days are simple, straightforward and highly effective ways for seniors to relax, connect and most of all, have fun. That is the goal of such organized activities at each of The Allure Group’s six...

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Five Ways Art Classes Benefit Seniors

Art classes like those held by The Allure Group have a profound impact upon seniors, as those in other settings have also discovered. Consider a woman named Denise McGill, who conducted such courses in...

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How to Help Seniors Get the Most Out of Day Trips

Taking seniors on a day trip is not just a walk in the park — though goodness knows, that’s far from a bad thing. There is much more to it than that. Much more in the way of challenges, and much more...

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Don’t Sleep on Changes in Seniors’ Sleep Patterns

One of the many interesting things about sleep is that researchers don’t know exactly why we need it. There is a theory that it has an evolutionary component, dating back to a time when animals laid...

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Why Dietary Moderation is Particularly Important for Seniors

The dietary challenge facing seniors can be boiled down to this: They need fewer calories, but more nutrients than ever before. More calcium. More fiber. More Vitamin B12. More Vitamin D. More...

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Heart Awareness Month Honoree – Rivka Mintz

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Heart Awareness Month Honoree – Dr. Icilma Fergus

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Seniors and Dental Care: Some Advice to Sink Your Teeth Into

As with those of any age, seniors would do well to watch their mouths, because it can literally get them into trouble. Those aged 65 and over face a battery of oral-health challenges. There are higher...

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Attitude really IS Everything, Especially for Seniors

Betty Friedan, the late feminist, found that writing the 1993 book “The Fountain of Age” was “very liberating,” as she told an interviewer that year. At the beginning of the project she shared “the...

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Innovations That Help Solve Seniors’ Everyday Issues

Technology is all the rage nowadays, and can go a long way toward improving the lives of seniors. But the mission here is to point out low-tech (not to mention cost-effective) hacks that can accomplish...

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A Thank You To Our Amazing Staff

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