Relaxation by Any Other Name Smells So Calm

Edgemere offers memory patients relief with sensory-focused room

By Emily Zeigfinger

A scent specifically selected for Edgemere’s new Sensory Room evokes a calming olfactory response, welcoming residents and guests to a place created to ease agitation.

The senior community opened the room earlier this year and invited journalists to tour it on June 20, the longest day of the year.

In Texas, the summer solstice typically brings sun and heat, but on that day at Edgemere, the occasion took on added meaning.

Residents and guests gathered to play bridge in an event known as The Longest Day, which raises awareness for Alzheimer’s disease.

“The ‘longest day’ symbolizes the long days that those with Alzheimer’s — and their families — experience da

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