Chef Patrick McCullough & Chef Marvon Pierce ~

Two top chefs, Patrick McCullough, (Phoenix), Culinary Manager at The Carillons and Marvon Pierce, (Seattle), Gencare Lifestyle’s Corporate Director of Culinary Services, will compete in the first annual Carillon’s Chef’s Cook-Off this Friday Feb. 24^th from 4 – 6 p.m. at The Carillons, a Sun City Retirement Community. All Gencare Lifestyle Communities focus on the Whole Food and Whole Life programs that supports older adults who want to live well!  Residents and guests will have the opportunity to sample both menus and vote for their favorite meal!

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Featuring Paul Herrmann

Sun City Visitors Center Executive Director

~ Member of the Governor’s Committee on Aging

~ All-around ambassador for all things Sun City

Tuesday, Feb 21st 6:00 pm

Join in on the discussion on the rich and unique history of Sun City and learn about important changes and opportunities on the horizon for its Residents.

Whole Life Living Gourmet Dinners will be Raffled Off

RSVP 623.977.8385 or email Bob Mancini

BMancini@gencare-inc.com

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1 (11 oz.) pkg. or 2 c. Dark chocolate chips
1 tbsp. Olive oil
½ cup chopped nuts (optional)

Combine over hot (not boiling water) milk chocolate morsels and oil. (any water or condensation that gets into the choc will make it gummy) Stir until morsels are melted and mixture is smooth. Remove from heat. Make waxed or parchment paper that is long enough so that candy can be easily lifted out of the pan. Spread the choc mixture out on to parchment. Sprinkle in nuts if desired.Refrigerate for 5-10 minutes, keep at room temp for another 30 minutes and break into bite size pieces.

Suggestions: if doing small batches, melt it in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time and stir until smooth.

ENJOY!

Optional:

Add your nuts of choice, toasted.

Add Flaxseed, raisins, toasted coconut or any dried fruit.

Add Acai for added antioxidants.

Add melted white or red chocolate and swirl for a added texture and look.

Add Curry powder, cayanne or lemon pepper for a distictive flavor.

Have fun and be creative, but be sure to stick to your Whole Life Living concept and use Dark Chocolate.

Courtesy of Kentra Parsons Assistant Director of Culinary Services

Gencare Lifestyle – Game Changing Whole Life Living Programs  

One of the hardest transitions in the lives of adult children could be when they realize their parents have transitioned to SUDDENLY being SENIORS. Some may call it parenting parents whatever you choose to call this chapter of your life it seems that the decisions you need to start making and the additional tasks added to your “To DO” list never come at an ideal time.

Men and women also handle this life change very differently. I have witnessed men handling difficult situations with parents in two ways. They begin analyzing the facts and compiling historical reference in their minds in order to look for opportunities to fix the difficult situation like when a parent becomes ill or loses a job. Others hibernate since they are working through the challenges in their own family’s lives; often times it is often too much to ask of the adult child when it boils down to economics.

The one thing I know for sure is that we are all aging and that cannot be controlled but what we can control is we ALL have the ability to make positive changes in our lives in order to live life to its fullest potential and that is why I am on the quest to Inspire Vitality in everyone child to senior through the transitions of their life.

Stay tuned for Tips and Actions you can begin taking today to begin living a life full of physical and mental vigor. And don’t forget to LIKE this post to learn more.

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Gluten Free Food Service Accredited (GFFS)

(Sun City, AZ)— GenCare Lifestyle is on a mission:  to inspire their senior residents to make healthier choices so they can simply enjoy living.  Instead of dealing with our aging by managing illness, Whole Life Living provides healthy lifestyle choices to promote health and wellness.  It’s a completely new approach for delivering health and wellness to older adults.

Expanding upon its award winning Whole Life Living Culinary Program GenCare recognized that nearly 25 million people follow a gluten-free diet and over 60% of persons with celiac disease fear dining out. The Whole Food, Whole Life initiative is one element of the Seattle-based organization’s Whole Life Living wellness program. Leon Grundstein, founder and CEO; shares  that you can’t live forever but you can live well, by making simple changes in your lifestyle.

It is a “staggering” challenge for retirement and assisted-living communities to feed large numbers of residents something delicious every day and keep them both healthy and satisfied, Grundstein observes. Yet “food is the foundation,” he says. “It fuels the engines of your heart and mind. Without a proper diet, the body will not function optimally.” GenCare’s professionally trained chefs prepare “tasty, nourishing meals for residents made from fresh, whole and organic natural foods,” according to Grundstein. Ingredients include such things as organic produce, free-range poultry, wild fish and natural beef. With this focus on whole life dining, the culinary initiative “supports older adults who want to be well and eat well,” he explains.

Nearly 25 million people in the US follow a gluten-free diet. The most common health challenges in mature adults include short-term memory problems, bone loss, anemia and general fatigue syndromes. The average of diagnosis is in mid-life, when people are also considering their future living situations. Until now, mature adults living gluten-free had no options for retirement facilities where they felt the facility could provide safe meals.  Many times mature adults have been turned away because retirement communities didn’t know how to meet their nutritional needs. GenCare’s devotion to providing gluten-free as part of the Whole Life initiative is wonderful news to those wishing to live healthy with age, according to Cynthia Kupper, RD; Executive Director Gluten Intolerance Group of North America (GIG).

Implementing and sustaining Vitality programs throughout is the key to the success and why participation increased in fitness rose over 55% in one year. Of course, the commitment of dedicated teams especially the engaging persona’s such as Trainer Candace Pilar give Residents PURPOSE to participate and the desire to want to learn more about Vitality and all of its benefits!

Read more how our partnerships with companies such as Technogym have assisted us with our quest to boost seniors fitness levels ……………….

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Positive Aging – 102

By Tammi Reeser

We all know being active and healthy is instrumental to feeling young and vibrant for your entire life.  Enter a perspective from our friend, and resident, Valda.  Whether it’s  learning for the first time how to knit or being the first down for morning exercise, one thing’s for sure and that’s Valda Nelson is the first in her family to make it to 102 years old.   Living strong and living well, Valda begins nearly every day with morning exercise.  Making sure she’s not the only one to make it to “Centenarian” status, Valda calls her girlfriend Mabel to meet her in the vitality center for their morning workout routine.   It’s not only exercise that keeps Valda strong; playing Skipbo with friends Junette and Mary, knitting with Lillian or taking off in the bus for a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory, Valda doesn’t let her age slow her down.  Meaningful conversation at the ladies table around dinner ends her busy day as she heads up to her apartment for a good night’s rest.

Valda Nelson, born on January 7, 1910 will celebrate her 102^nd   with a birthday celebration gathering of her family and friends that live with her at The Lodge in Renton, a GenCare Lifestyle Community.    The chatter in the room centered on an exquisite woman who embodies the notion of positive aging.  Valda is mentally sharp; physically fit; and full of life and wisdom few ever attain.  What does that do to a community like hers?  It motivates and inspires the “youngsters”, you know,  the ones who are only in their ’80′s and ’90′s and who exercise alongside her every day.  It impresses the staff (ranging from 18 to 76), and encourages them to take better care of themselves at an earlier age.  Valda is the epitome of a gracious senior living a vibrant life.  When asked her “secret”, Valda replied “stay busy!”

As of 2010, the United States boasted over 70,000 centenarians, people living at or over the age of 100 years.  So what’s the secret to living life like Valda.   Diets with whole grains, low-stress lifestyles and high levels of physical activity like walking and daily exercise routines continue to make the headlines as lifestyle choices that increase quality as well as quantity of life.  These choices combined with being in a caring community where older adults are encouraged to interact socially clearly has had positive aging impact on Valda and others like her.

Billions are spent each year on wrinkle creams and hair dyes all to end the fear of aging.   At 102, with barely a wrinkle on her face and her stunning silver hair, Valda demonstrates that age indeed is a blessing.  After all if you don’t get old, you die young. Why not enjoy the entire journey all the days of your life?

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