Brookdale Blogs

From mini drones to energy cleansing kits, viral cookbooks and beyond, here are some gifts your Gen Z grandkids will love!

You don’t need a lot of room or gardening experience to keep most herbs happy, so they can be the perfect year-round addition to your kitchen.

From the foodie to the traveler and health enthusiast, we’ve curated 15 gift ideas for 2023 that will help to make this holiday extra special.

With proper care, orchids can rebloom over and over again, helping them to serve as the beautiful accent feature in any room that you dreamed they would be.

The Voices of Brookdale choir sang on a national stage at an NFL preseason game this summer.

Not only are butterflies beautiful creatures, they also are essential (along with bees) for pollinating the plants in your garden. Here are a few plants that you can add to your garden to attract lovely butterflies.

From becoming published authors in their triple digits to pulling off amazing fitness feats, here are 9 seniors over 90 doing amazing things.

There are many reasons for a senior to see an attorney — estate planning, age discrimination, death and disability, and even cognitive impairment — but few people know what to ask when the time comes.

If you asked the average person what it takes to be a chef, they might simply say it takes good taste or knowing your way around a whisk. But for Brookdale Dowlen Oaks Chef Pharella Houston, it’s much more than that.

Did you collect baseball cards as a kid? Don’t be so quick to throw away your collections. Baseball card collecting is still a popular pastime. And in recent years, the hobby has been on the rise.

It’s 2023 and you’ve been hearing about all the latest and greatest books that are coming out this year. But did you get the chance to read some of the best from 2022 yet? Here are 10 books from 2022 to add to your “must read” list.

Book subscriptions are a great way to hit reading goals, explore genres or to just surprise yourself or a loved one with a new book. Here are seven reading subscriptions to consider.

Many plants can be grown in a pot as long as they are cared for appropriately. Here's a little inspiration for planting in pots.

For many music lovers, choral concerts and caroling parties are a highlight of the holiday season. This year at Brookdale Hillsborough in New Jersey, mother-daughter duo Suzanne and Deborah are bringing some of that magic to the community.

Many people dream of a life among the stars, but very few get to live it. Brookdale Battery Park City resident Sondra Green — actress, drama teacher, and speech coach to the stars — had that privilege.