One day, you may be outside at your house doing tedious yard work in the Texas heat: clipping branches, yanking weeds and watering plants. Or perhaps you’ll be inside feeling frustrated with another appliance malfunction, cleaning rooms you don’t use, or rotating recipes that have gotten stale. Little by little these frustrations have built...

Lilly Ramos, R.N., has been a nurse for twenty plus years and of you were to ask her, she will tell you it makes her sad to think that one day she will have to leave because of her age.  Not so fast Lilly! A dedicated Blue Skies of Texas employee, Lilly has been a...

Music and Memory is a non-profit organization that brings personalized music into the lives of the elderly or infirm through digital music technology ( using I-pods with personalized music play lists) ,  improving their quality of life. Information about their program can be found at: https://musicandmemory.org   The Vista embraced this program and our residents...

During the novel coronavirus pandemic, Wendy Carpenter, Chief Health Services Officer, talked to the Courier about the safety and health precautions the Blue Skies staff practices every day to protect the residents and staff from contagions. These procedures guided Blue Skies through the heightened social safety measures brought on by COVID-19. “First and foremost,” Wendy...