Living in a memory care community designed for people with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia offers several benefits over staying at home, especially as the disease progresses. The MacLean House at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care offers some key advantages that are covered in this article.
We have prepared a list of helpful resources from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans that may help cover costs associated with living at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.
The MacLean House is built upon a simple concept – it is home in every way. Few things are as fundamental to a sense of home than fresh home-cooking. The smell of a favorite meal, a chicken roasting or cookies baking, can unlock and bring treasured memories flooding back.
The open, accessible-to-all kitchen at Caledonia’s award-winning model of memory care was specifically designed to make this happen. And our team at MacLean House are committed to constant improvement of our food services. So we’re very excited to launch a new culinary training partnership with the National Chef of Scotland, Gary Maclean.
Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care hosted its annual summer picnic on Saturday, August 3rd. The picnic featured unicorn rides, a petting zoo, and highland dancing from Thistle & Heather. Residents, family members and staff enjoyed live music and a BBQ cookout. The mayor of North Riverside and two trustees attended the community-friendly event.
Thank you to our sponsors, performers, volunteers, bakers, cooks, face painters, and more who made the fun-filled day a success!
See how Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care delivers holistic, person-centered memory care, and how our “smaller by design” approach allows us to tailor care to each individual’s schedule and interests, including meals and activities.
Two years after Chicago Scots President and CEO, Gus Noble, was named an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, he received the honor at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. Accompanied by his mother, wife and eldest son, Gus attended his Investiture earlier today.
ScotlandsPeople has just released the 1921 Scottish census records for the first time, comprising 200,000 images recording the details of 4.8 million people. Chicago Scots encourage everyone to explore their ancestry! Who will you find?
Caledonia Senior Living is celebrating its newly renovated Sheltered Care wing offering $500 off per month for 18th months when you move in by December 31, 2022. Learn about the differences between Assisted Living and Sheltered Care, and take advantage of this limited-time offer.
This fall residents at Caledonia Senior Living residents are embarking on new adventures from the comfort of their living room thanks to a new Virtual Reality program to overcome social isolation.
Recently, Gus Noble was interviewed by Ben Ari from Authority Magazine, as part of a series called ‘Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A CEO. Read the full interview here.
Our newly renovated Sheltered Care and Nursing Care wings are now officially open! The first phase of our renovation is complete and we have begun moving new residents into these two areas of our campus. We currently have immediate availability.
Staff at Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care in North Riverside lowered the flags of Scotland and the Illinois St. Andrew Society to half-staff in memory of Queen Elizabeth II, whose 70-year reign as monarch of the United Kingdom ended upon her death Sept. 8.
CBS Morning Insider Lauren Victory takes us inside the latest battle for the Chicago Scots: fundraising for much-needed renovations at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.
Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care is excited to introduce Megan Curran, our new Art Therapist and Arts Program Coordinator. Learn about her background, experience and passion for art and psychology.
Learn about the history of Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care, and how Scots rallied together to raise money within two weeks of the fire for the Scottish Home that stands today!
In celebration of Read Across America week, we wanted to share with you two books that can help introduce topics to children that your family maybe facing as you navigate having an older adult in your family with memory loss or helping a loved one move to a senior living community.
Learn about the exciting new renovation projects at the Scottish Home on the campus of Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.
For the second year in a row the Kilted Classic Leaderboard is generously sponsored by Curtis Linder, in memory of his mother Glenna Linder who lived at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.
This Mother’s Day, Caledonia Senior Living became the first aging services community in the US to partner with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Gus recently joined RSNO CEO Alistair Mackie and acclaimed Chicago violinist Rachel Barton Pine on Zoom for a wide ranging chat about the partnership, the evolution of the program, the power of music and a fascinating story about the forgotten music of St Kilda.
Caledonia Senior Living and a small group of other not-for-profit senior living communities came together in an informal alliance of mutual assistance and support at the beginning on COVID-19 in March 2020.
Gus Noble shares a letter to the residents of the state of Illinois one year later and reflects on the past year.
All residents at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care are now vaccinated and in-person visits have resumed with social distancing protocols still in place. ABC7 Chicago was on-hand to cover this story.
Residents and staff at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care received the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, January 12, 2020. See photos and news coverage of the event.
Leaders at both Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care in North Riverside and Cantata Adult Life Services in Brookfield received word from their pharmacy partners on December 21 that the vaccine would soon be on the way.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care thanks to the generosity of Mark Wilken, former owner of Hollyberry, a holiday store in Oklahoma. Mark donated his entire store inventory to Chicago Scots.
There has not been a single case of COVID-19 among residents at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care in North Riverside.
Caledonia Senior Living shared with ABC7 Chicago how they are successfully managing this pandemic.
Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care is seeking to collaborate with an academic partner to establish a standard of improved efficacy for COVID-19 RT PCR (PCR) testing in all congregate living communities.
Kathleen shares her thoughts about the care her mother has received from the staff at The Scottish Home and The MacLean House at Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care before and during COVID-19.
Mary Jane shares her experience with her husband living at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care, and adjusting to a “new normal”.
The head of Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care, Gus Noble, says the community has remained COVID-19-free due to the vigilance of staff, a bit of luck and the grace of a higher power.
See why new residents and their families should consider Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care as their community of choice, and how we’re handling new resident meetings, tours and move-ins during COVID-19.
Wayne Rethford, President Emeritus, discusses how Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care’s staff has used caution, cared for one another, and achieved an impeccable safety record through the COVID-19 situation.
See ways to help support our our amazing team of caregivers, nurses, dining, housekeeping and laundry staff and other essential workers during COVID-19.
Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care has created a password protected, online resident photo gallery to make sure friends and family can see how their family members are doing during the COVID-19 situation.
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.
