Secure courtyards safe for exploring, themed rooms and corridors to assist with way finding, and a specialized activity program are some of the life-enhancing components found at the ActivCare® at Bressi Ranch residential memory loss care community.

An exciting new retirement community has opened in Prescott, Arizona. Alta Vista is situated on a 6-acre hillside parcel that offers stunning views of the mountain ranges and peaks that define the Prescott area.

The Hawthorn Village Senior Apartment Homes and Boulevard Homes have opened to meet the growing demand for high-quality affordable housing in Columbus, OH.

Partnerships in Dementia is a newly created program that trains personal and professional caregivers to help people with dementia improve their quality of life while reducing the burden for the caregivers themselves.

Trilogy Orlando, a resort community developed for the baby boomer generation, has announced the completion of its outdoor Sports Pavilion, the first amenity at its 57,000+ square foot planned Members’ Club. When completed, it is expected to be one of the largest on a square-foot-per-resident basis found at any active adult community in Florida.

One of the nation’s best-known brands of active adult communities, Del Webb, is hosting four grand opening events in Texas and Florida, as it responds to the growing need for active adult housing in key retirement areas.

A new senior housing community in Bemidji, Minn., developed by Ecumenhas received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

Ingleside at Rock Creek, an upscale continuing care retirement community in the Northwest neighborhood of Washington, DC, will soon begin construction on 15 new luxury independent living apartments. The expansion project is expected to be completed and open to residents by fall 2011.

The new McCracken Apartments will be among the largest independent living residences in the Washington, DC area. They will range in size from 1,600 to over 1,800 square feet -- meaning residents will not have to sacrifice space to realize all the advantages of retirement living.

Magnolia Court, anticipated to be the only LEED platinum, all-affordable senior housing community on the West Coast, is opening in Manteca, CA. It is the latest of Affirmed Housing Group’s affordable and sustainable developments. A revitalizing project, Magnolia Court Apartments will provide quality, affordable housing for seniors, neighborhood improvements, and environmental renewal in San Joaquin County.

For those of you still unconvinced that regular exercise is the key to staying healthy in body, mind, and spirit, this should make you reconsider. Residents of Inverness Village, a continuing care retirement community, have found that the community’s HealthAbility program is the key to improved fitness, feeling younger and staying active.