by riverwood | Sep 21, 2022 | Resident Spotlight
Doris Isbell McDonald Crowe was born in Nettleton, Mississippi on March 29, 1940, to deaf parents. She attended Nettleton’s high school before going to Wood Junior College, Belhaven College, the University of Tennessee, and Floyd College from which she got her degree....
by riverwood | Jul 20, 2022 | Resident Spotlight
Ms. Anne Medlock has been a resident of Riverwood since 2019. She is a local girl, born and raised here in Rome. In 1948 when she married her high school sweetheart, Al, she began her life as a military wife and later as a mother to her daughter, Ruth. The family...
by riverwood | Oct 6, 2020 | Alzheimer's & Memory Care
November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. We want to take this opportunity to talk about how this disease affects some of our residents and their families, and how we work to combat its...
by riverwood | Jul 30, 2020 | Alzheimer's & Memory Care
Alzheimer’s is a disease scientists and doctors still don’t fully understand. Clear risk factors include age and family history, but evidence shows that staying physically, mentally, and socially active may reduce the risk of developing the disease. Even so,...
by riverwood | Jul 19, 2017 | Alzheimer's & Memory Care
Remember how much fun you had playing pretend as a kid? It was so freeing to slip into different roles, imagine yourself into fantastic worlds, and make up stories based on your favorite books, drawings, or even songs. Those same activities that come to us so easily...
