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Building Friendships in Senior Living: Tips for Socializing and Making New Connections
Building Friendships in Senior Living: Tips for Socializing and Making New Connections At The Cambridge at Brier Creek, we believe that senior living should be vibrant, empowering and [...]
Senior Living – Benefits of Staying Active as You Age
Senior Living - Benefits of Staying Active as You Age Aging gracefully is more than just a saying — it's a lifestyle, especially in today’s vibrant senior living communities. [...]
Breaking Stereotypes About Independent Living for Seniors
Breaking Stereotypes About Independent Living for Seniors When people hear the term "independent living," misconceptions often arise. Some mistakenly think that it’s only for those who can no [...]
Unpacking the Idea of Independent Living: Beyond Just Living Alone
Unpacking the Idea of Independent Living: Beyond Just Living Alone When many people think of independent living, they picture someone living on his or her own, managing every [...]
Discovering Independent Living in Apex, NC: A Guide to Senior Living
Discovering Independent Living in Apex, NC: A Guide to Senior Living As we pass through different phases of life, the pursuit of independence often remains a vital aspect, [...]
Embracing Independence in Raleigh: A Guide to Senior Independent Living at The Cambridge at Brier Creek
Embracing Independence in Raleigh: A Guide to Senior Independent Living at The Cambridge at Brier Creek Discover Senior Living in Raleigh As we navigate various stages of life, [...]
Apex Event: Open House
Apex Event: Open House Thursday, June 12 at 2 pm Get an inside look at Cambridge Village of Apex. Come see why Cambridge Village of Apex is considered [...]
The Vibrancy of Senior Living at The Cambridge at Brier Creek
The Vibrancy of Senior Living at The Cambridge at Brier Creek The golden years of life are meant to be cherished and celebrated. As we age, it becomes [...]
Mind, Body, and Water: The Mental and Physical Benefits of Swimming for Active Seniors
Mind, Body, and Water: The Mental and Physical Benefits of Swimming for Active Seniors Active aging is more than a buzzword—it's a philosophy that empowers seniors to embrace an [...]
Independent Living vs. Assisted Living
Independent Living vs. Assisted Living Senior living communities have become very popular in recent years and offer older adults a low maintenance lifestyle combined with a bevy of wellness [...]
Avoid Isolation While Maintaining Independence At Senior Living Communities
Avoid Isolation While Maintaining Independence At Senior Living Communities As they get older, many seniors experience loneliness and a sense of isolation. This can be caused by the death [...]
Are You Considering Moving to a Senior Living Community? Tips on the Best Time to Sell Your Home and How to Do It.
Are You Considering Moving to a Senior Living Community? Tips on the Best Time to Sell Your Home and How to Do It. As you prepare for or perhaps [...]
Is Independent Living Right for You?
Is Independent Living Right for You? What is senior independent living? Independent living communities are housing options designed with active adults in mind. They are usually private apartments [...]
How Do I Find A Senior Living Community That Is The Best Fit For Me?
How Do I Find A Senior Living Community That Is The Best Fit For Me? As baby boomers are reaching retirement and beyond, senior living communities have become [...]
Tips to Prevent Cyber Crime for Seniors
Tips to Prevent Cyber Crime for Seniors Cyber crime is serious threat in today’s digital world. Senior citizens tend to be more trusting than younger people and usually [...]
Vision Problems Seniors Should Never Ignore
Vision Problems Seniors Should Never Ignore As we get older, so do our eyes, and our vision isn’t what it used to be. That’s a natural part of [...]
Seniors Can Find Purpose after Losing Loved Ones
Seniors Can Find Purpose after Losing Loved Ones We all experience loss in life. If you’re an older adult, you may have lost a spouse, a parent, or [...]
How to Pay Off Debt in Retirement
How to Pay Off Debt in Retirement Financial advisors suggest that you eliminate debt before you retire, when you’re drawing a regular paycheck and when you’re typically at [...]
Ways to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
Ways to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, first designated by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. Since then, the number of Americans suffering from this [...]
Medication Management Tips
Medication Management Tips If you take prescription medications regularly, you need to understand how important medication management is to your overall health. You need to know what drugs [...]
How Can Seniors Improve Their Quality of Life?
How Can Seniors ImproveTheir Quality of Life? Active Senior Living at Its Finest An Optimal Living Community For many people, the transition from living in their own home [...]
Questions to Consider when Exploring Retirement community options
Questions to Consider When Exploring Retirement Community Options An Exemplary Senior Living Community What to ask about when touring Active Retirement Communities How can you weed out the [...]
Tips for Talking with Aging Parents About Being Active
Tips for Talking with Aging Parents About Being Active We Provide Senior Living Services in Raleigh, Apex, and Wilmington, NC An Optimal Living Community with a hybrid approach [...]
Best Places in the Country to Retire to
Best Places in the Country to Retire to Are you a senior wondering where to retire, or are you unhappy with where you’ve retired? Fortunately, there’s been a [...]
Lifestyle Classes and Clubs at Cambridge Village
Lifestyle Classes and Clubs at Cambridge Village If you live near Raleigh, you’ve probably heard a bit about the Cambridge Village active senior communities, what they have to offer in terms [...]
10th Anniversary Cambridge Village of Apex
10th Anniversary Cambridge Village of Apex On June 3rd, 2021, the first Cambridge Village senior living community, Cambridge Village of Apex, celebrated its 10th anniversary! The evening was filled with music, cocktails, [...]
The Benefits of Aging and Being Retired
The Benefits of Aging and Being Retired We all age, but too few of us look forward to it with positivity. One reason to feel great about getting older is all the [...]
Checklist for Important Things to Look for in a Retirement Community
Checklist for Important Things to Look for in a Retirement Community One of the most important decisions a person must make is where to live. For seniors looking at retirement communities, this requires [...]
Most Common Health Concerns for Seniors
Most Common Health Concerns for Seniors Did you know that people in the United States are living longer than ever before? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people are [...]
Tips for Lowering Your Blood Pressure
Tips for Lowering Your Blood Pressure As a person ages, the chance of having high blood pressure increases. This is because when people age, their vascular systems age too. The arteries get stiffer, [...]
Benefits of Seniors Eating Seafood
Benefits of Seniors Eating Seafood Living in a coastal state, it’s easy to get fresh and delicious seafood. For most people, eating seafood at least once a week is recommended for its many [...]
Best Things for Seniors to Do On a Rainy Day
Best Things for Seniors to Do on a Rainy Day A recent study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found about a third of senior adults’ experience loneliness, and about a [...]
10 Benefits of Spending Time Outside for Seniors
Benefits of Spending Time Outside for Seniors When you spend time outdoors, do you feel like you’ve done something refreshing and good for the soul? Recent research from the University of Minnesota backed this [...]
Best Exercises for Strengthening Hip Joints
Best Exercises for Strengthening Hip Joints Did you know that about 300,000 people in the United States fall and fracture a hip each year? Older adults are at higher risk because the risk [...]
Tips on Managing Stress
Tips on Managing Stress Knowing how to deal with stress is important thing for everyone, regardless of age. When it comes to knowing how to reduce stress for seniors, though, it can be [...]
Checklist for Seniors to Stay Healthy this Winter
Checklist for Seniors to Stay Healthy this Winter Winter is almost here and, as always, it will bring some unique health challenges in terms of winter health care for seniors. During the fall [...]
Tips for Loved Ones with Dementia
Tips for Loved Ones with Dementia According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 16 million Americans care for a loved one living with dementia. If you’re a caregiver [...]
Tips for Helping Seniors Get Better Sleep
Tips for Helping Seniors Get Better Sleep No matter how old a person is, proper sleep is important for good health. Unfortunately, though seniors need sleep just like everyone else, they often have [...]
The Ways Advances in Technology Have Improved Senior Care
The Ways Advances in Technology Have Improved Senior Care In recent years, technology has changed how we do just about everything. You may not realize it, but those changes extend into the way [...]
Focus on Community Service at Cambridge
Focus on Community Service at Cambridge Sometimes, senior citizens are viewed as being past their prime and no longer a viable part of society. This is far from the truth. In fact, when [...]
Sleep Apnea and Senior Health
Sleep Apnea and Senior Health If you snore, you might think the biggest problem it creates is disturbing your partner’s sleep. Actually, it could be a sign of a much more serious issue. [...]
Safety Features at Cambridge
Safety Features at Cambridge In any retirement community, security should be a high priority. At Cambridge, this doesn’t just mean having a security guard on duty somewhere on site; it also includes security [...]
How to Boost Your Immune System at Any Age
How to Boost Your Immune System at Any Age Cold and flu season is around the corner, and this year we’ve got the added stress of COVID-19 to worry us. Is it any [...]
Tips for Thriving During Retirement
Tips for Thriving During Retirement You’re retiring? Congratulations! You have the opportunity to make the next phase of your life absolutely amazing. When you’re planning for retiring, just keep a few important things [...]
Foods to Protect Your Heart as You Age
Foods to Protect Your Heart as You Age Did you know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States? Your risk of cardiovascular disease increases with age, but [...]
Enrichment & Lifestyle Programs at Cambridge
Enrichment & Lifestyle Programs at Cambridge In modern culture, people often view the older years as a time of diminishing interest in connection, social interaction, and activity. At Cambridge Village, we believe that [...]
Common Myths About Senior Nutrition
Common Myths About Senior Nutrition As people age, their nutritional needs shift. What seniors eat can significantly impact their physical and mental health, yet many myths persist about senior diets and nutrition. Let’s [...]
How Seniors Can Connect Online via Social Media
How Seniors Can Connect Online via Social Media Do you know how many seniors are on social media? Recent data says it’s about a third of all seniors, and [...]
Self-Care at Cambridge Salon & Spa
Self-Care at Cambridge Salon & Spa The benefits of taking care of yourself are well documented but sometimes, self-care activities are hard to work into our schedules. We get [...]
Common Questions Families Have About Financing Senior Living
Common Questions Families Have About Financing Senior Living As a large portion of the population ages into “senior citizen status,” senior living communities are becoming increasingly in high demand. [...]
Dimensions of Wellness for Active Adults
Dimensions of Wellness for Active Adults Living a long, healthy life isn’t something that just happens by accident, but by proactive care for our own multifaceted health and wellness. [...]
Unique Health Coaching & Functional Fitness Plans
Unique Health Coaching & Functional Fitness Plans At every age, exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Sometimes, though, it can be hard to get motivated. Fortunately, [...]
Touchtown Technology
Touchtown Technology How do you feel about today’s technology? Love it or hate it, you have to admit, high-tech has a major impact on our lives. But what if [...]
Location Attractions around Wilmington
Location Attractions around Wilmington, NC If there’s any more charming seaside town than Wilmington, NC, we’re not sure where that would be. It’s hard to imagine any place with [...]
Location Attractions around Apex
Location Attractions around Apex, NC If you’re interested in all that North Carolina’s Triangle area has to offer, but don’t find the bustle of a city appealing, you’ll find [...]
Location Attractions around Raleigh
Location Attractions around Raleigh, NC We’re excited to announce a new Cambridge Village community opening! The Cambridge at Brier Creek is slated to open in 2022, perfectly situated between [...]
Hybrid Healthcare Model – Aging in Place
Hybrid Healthcare Model - Aging in Place As the Baby Boomers reach their golden years, more and more seniors are deciding to age in place. Aging in place simply means choosing [...]
Indoor & Outdoor Amenities
Indoor & Outdoor Senior Community Amenities At Cambridge Village, we believe that every day is a good day for Optimal Living®. That’s why we strive to offer [...]
Optimal Living® Components
Optimal Living® Components When we say Optimal Living®, what do we mean? Optimal is more than just an average, normal life and into something unique. In fact, [...]
Independent Living Is Evolving
Independent Living Is Evolving... Are You Ready For The Journey? Life is defined by its turning points. It’s at those times that we have [...]
Optimal Living Brier Creek
Optimal Living® - The Cambridge at Brier Creek If you’ve been looking into retirement communities in North Carolina, you’re probably already aware of the Cambridge Village family of active [...]
Finding the Optimal Location
Finding the Optimal Location If you’re looking for an active senior community, look for one that offers Optimal Living®! That’s Cambridge Village, a vibrant community that delivers more than [...]
Living your Optimal Lifestyle
Living Your Optimal Lifestyle What is Optimal Living®? It’s living life to the fullest, going beyond normal expectations of retirement, something truly special and unique. At Cambridge, we bring [...]
What is Optimal Living®
What is Optimal Living® Are you ready to experience Optimal Living®? Optimal goes beyond normal life into something truly special and unique. Normal life is what we settle for, [...]
5 Simple Senior Care Tips for Dealing with Arthritis Symptoms
5 Simple Senior Care Tips for Dealing with Arthritis Symptoms Arthritis is one of the most prevalent diseases affecting today’s seniors. With the chronic long terms effects that often [...]
Health Benefits of Meditation
Health Benefits of Meditation The practice of daily meditation is completely free, requires no equipment and is not complicated to learn. It can be done anywhere and for any [...]
Prioritizing Safety in Senior Communities
Prioritizing Safety in Senior Communities Cambridge Village has multiple communities across the area helping senior residents achieve an optimal life, and prioritizing safety during this health crisis. Learn about [...]
Nutritious Meal Tips for Seniors with a Loss of Appetite
Nutritious Meal Tips for Seniors with a Loss of Appetite “As a person ages, it’s not uncommon for them to start losing their appetite for one reason or another. [...]
5 Life Improving Benefits of Living in Active Retirement Communities
5 Life Improving Benefits of Living in Active Retirement Communities Did you know that research has found that loneliness can negatively affect both your mental and physical health? As [...]
5 Key Reasons Your Parents May Benefit from a Retirement Community
5 Key Reasons Your Parents May Benefit from a Retirement Community When your parents reach a certain age and you’re uncomfortable having them live by themselves, you might consider [...]
Staying Sharp: 5 Brain Exercises for Seniors
Staying Sharp: 5 Brain Exercises for Seniors Everything in life has its season, including us. Our lives begin in youthful springtime with seemingly infinite energy. Then we blossom into [...]
Assisted Living For Veterans: Benefits You Didn’t Know Existed
Assisted Living For Veterans: Benefits You Didn't Know Existed If you served in the military, you are eligible for a nursing home, assisted living, and home-care services. Depending on [...]
