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The MacLean House is built upon a simple concept – it is home in every way. Few things are as fundamental to a sense of home than fresh home-cooking. The smell of a favorite meal, a chicken roasting or cookies baking, can unlock and bring treasured memories flooding back.

The open, accessible-to-all kitchen at Caledonia’s award-winning model of memory care was specifically designed to make this happen. And our team at MacLean House are committed to constant improvement of our food services. So we’re very excited to launch a new culinary training partnership with the National Chef of Scotland, Gary Maclean.

Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care hosted its annual summer picnic on Saturday, August 3rd. The picnic featured unicorn rides, a petting zoo, and highland dancing from Thistle & Heather. Residents, family members and staff enjoyed live music and a BBQ cookout. The mayor of North Riverside and two trustees attended the community-friendly event. 

Thank you to our sponsors, performers, volunteers, bakers, cooks, face painters, and more who made the fun-filled day a success!

Did you know that Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care is part of Illinois’s oldest charity? We were founded in 1845 to fulfill a purpose—to relieve the distressed. Quite literally, we were created to be kind. Today, 179 years later, we make good on our...

See how Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care delivers holistic, person-centered memory care, and how our “smaller by design” approach allows us to tailor care to each individual’s schedule and interests, including meals and activities.

Caledonia Senior Living is celebrating its newly renovated Sheltered Care wing offering $500 off per month for 18th months when you move in by December 31, 2022. Learn about the differences between Assisted Living and Sheltered Care, and take advantage of this limited-time offer.

This fall residents at Caledonia Senior Living residents are embarking on new adventures from the comfort of their living room thanks to a new Virtual Reality program to overcome social isolation.

Our newly renovated Sheltered Care and Nursing Care wings are now officially open! The first phase of our renovation is complete and we have begun moving new residents into these two areas of our campus. We currently have immediate availability.

Staff at Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care in North Riverside lowered the flags of Scotland and the Illinois St. Andrew Society to half-staff in memory of Queen Elizabeth II, whose 70-year reign as monarch of the United Kingdom ended upon her death Sept. 8.

CBS Morning Insider Lauren Victory takes us inside the latest battle for the Chicago Scots: fundraising for much-needed renovations at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.

Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care is excited to introduce Megan Curran, our new Art Therapist and Arts Program Coordinator. Learn about her background, experience and passion for art and psychology.

Learn about the history of Caledonia Senior Living and Memory Care, and how Scots rallied together to raise money within two weeks of the fire for the Scottish Home that stands today!

Helping a parent to move to a senior living community can be a challenging experience that can include navigating your own thoughts and feelings, helping your parent express and process their feelings and also helping your children to understand. The second children’s...

In celebration of Read Across America week, we wanted to share with you two books that can help introduce topics to children that your family maybe facing as you navigate having an older adult in your family with memory loss or helping a loved one move to a senior living community.

Learn about the exciting new renovation projects at the Scottish Home on the campus of Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.

Today, is a good day at Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care.  It’s rainy, windy and the sun is nowhere in sight but our newly painted red front doors are a beacon in our forest. I’ve been thinking about why it felt so good to paint our front doors red this week...