Category: Physical Wellness
3 Surprising Ways Travel Is Good for Your Health
Categories: Physical Wellness, Intellectual Wellness
Which Level of Care Is Right For My Parent?
Categories: Physical Wellness
Campus Refresh Planned at The Esquiline
Categories: Physical Wellness, Intellectual Wellness, Financial Wellness, Social Wellness
The Esquiline, a Life Plan Community at the Shrine, recently unveiled plans for a campus-refresh and is now accepting Redevelopment resident applications.
Gardening at The Esquiline: A Resident Story
Categories: Physical Wellness, Intellectual Wellness
“Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.”
—Rudyard Kipling
Why garden?
Carol B., a resident at The Esquiline, doesn’t need to think long before she has an answer for that question.
5 Things to See and Do at The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
Categories: Physical Wellness, Spiritual Wellness
The Esquiline is located on the campus of The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, a Catholic shrine that attracts a multitude of visitors of all faiths from across the nation.
Want an Easy Way to Stay Healthy as You Age? Walk!
Categories: Physical Wellness
When you think about it, walking is the best of both worlds.
It delivers all the health benefits of a regular exercise program without the negative effects of some of the more high-impact activities like running.
When’s the Right Time to Move to Independent Living?
Categories: Physical Wellness, Spiritual Wellness, Intellectual Wellness, Social Wellness
A lot of people in their 70s who are considering moving to a Life Plan Community have one pressing question: when’s the right time to move to independent living?
4 Tried and True Recipes to Help You Stay Cool This Summer
Categories: Physical Wellness
Ah, summer. A time for lazy evening walks, for enjoying the smell of fresh-mown grass, for gazing up on clear, starry nights.
7 Things To Ask at Your Parent's Next Doctor's Appointment
Categories: Physical Wellness
Your parent may be perfectly able to go to their own doctor’s appointments, but as most people know, it’s so helpful to have an advocate during an office visit. It’s nice to have someone else there to ask questions about treatment options, symptoms, and anything else that’s a concern—especially if the patient isn’t feeling very well.
St. Francis Center/Dammert Care Center Deficiency-Free
Categories: Physical Wellness
For more than a decade, the St. Francis Center for Assisted Living and the Dammert Skilled Care Center at The Esquiline have received deficiency-free reports from the Illinois Department of Public Health. We recently received another deficiency-free report in June 2019.