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Caledonia Expands Art Programming to Include “Midnight Painters” Group

by Craig Rentmeester | Feb 12, 2020 | Caledonia News

Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care, the primary charity of the Chicago Scots, the oldest non-profit in Illinois, is expanding their ever growing arts programming to include furniture restoration, painting and music therapy. Included in this expansion is a...

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Scottish treasure stops by The Scottish Home

by Craig Rentmeester | Feb 4, 2020 | Caledonia News

Residents at Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care in North Riverside got a brush with Scottish history last week when it became a special stop during a three-week tour of one of Scotland’s national treasures – the so-called Robert Burns violin. The...

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Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care featured on WGN

by Craig Rentmeester | Oct 23, 2019 | Caledonia News

Reporter Ana Belaval from WGN came to Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care to learn more about the interesting programs we have including therapy dogs, Cycling Without Age. 

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A Fresh Look for the Scottish Home – Reimagining Tradition

by Craig Rentmeester | Jun 21, 2019 | Caledonia News

At Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care, we take great pride in the traditions of care, compassion and warmth that led the Illinois Saint Andrew Society – today known as Chicago Scots – to build the Scottish Home in North Riverside more than 100 years ago. Since...

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Why Choose Sheltered Care?

by Craig Rentmeester | May 22, 2019 | Senior Living

If you’ve just begun researching aging services options in Illinois, you may have come across a few key terms and phrases that you are unfamiliar with. At Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care, we know that choosing the right community can be stressful and...

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Caledonia Rolls Out Bike Rides for Seniors

by Craig Rentmeester | May 9, 2019 | Caledonia News

Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care in North Riverside on May 9 officially became the first Illinois chapter of Cycling Without Age, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based organization that aims to get senior citizens back on bicycles by offering them free rides on...

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Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care to launch first chapter in Illinois of Cycling Without Age!

by Craig Rentmeester | Apr 22, 2019 | Caledonia News

Do you remember your very first bicycle? The exhilarating feeling of gliding effortlessly toward some new excitement, the feeling of the wind in your hair and the rush of air past your face? The feeling of freedom that you experienced on that bicycle? At Caledonia...

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Caledonia Senior Living residents paired with local students for WTTW Kids Grandparents Connection

by Craig Rentmeester | Apr 12, 2019 | Caledonia News

At Caledonia Senior Living & Memory, we are deeply committed to providing opportunities for residents to build intergenerational relationships and share experiences with the greater community in and around North Riverside. As part of this commitment, on Monday we...

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Introducing the New Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care Website

by Craig Rentmeester | Apr 3, 2019 | Caledonia News

Today we are thrilled to reveal the new Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care website! This is a project that has been many months in the making, and we hope that the new website will give you a true sense of our community, where care is at the core of our...

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Celebrating 100 Years of Life

by Craig Rentmeester | Mar 22, 2019 | Caledonia News

The Mayor of North Riverside, Hubert Hermanek Jr., handed out keys to the village on March 21, 2019 to four residents at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care who all are 100 years old or older. The residents’ milestones were celebrated with bouquets of...

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