Downsizing from a Personal Experience As a Certified Senior Advisor who has advised clients on downsizing, I am now going through that life event. After 18 years in a large home raising a family, my husband and I are moving to one level living. What I’ve appreciated: Support from my family makes it easier. Our
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April 10, 2022
November 6, 2021
Popularity Isn’t Just for Adolescents
Popularity Isn’t Just For Adolescents Adapted from Society of Certified Senior Advisors Blog Retiring and aging shrinks your social circles.Most people don’t think about older adults needing to be popular. That ends at high school, right? Well… Whether it’s COVID confinement, friends moving to downsize, moving closer to grandchildren, or losing work friends at retirement
April 11, 2021
April is National Humor Month
April Is National Humor Month Were you fooled on April 1st? April Fools’ Day has been celebrated for centuries. I was always fooled as a child growing up in my family. My father and brother were experts at creating laughter on April 1st. There are positive benefits of humor or laughter in your daily life.
December 7, 2020
Christmas Traditions and Giving
Christmas Traditions and Giving This will be a year that stays in our memory banks. So much is different and yet many traditions stay the same. Giving gifts is a wonderful part of Christams and this year there are so many in need. Traditions What are the traditions you are planning to maintain this
November 9, 2020
2020 Holiday Gifts for the Older Adult in your Life
2020 Holiday Gifts for the Older Adult in your Life Have you already put your gift list together? Are their older adults in your life you are thinking about. More gifts will be mailed vs personally delivered this year given social distancing. USPS says to have packages in the mail by December 15. Here are
June 6, 2020
Social Injustice-How Can I Make a Difference?
Social Injustice I will never truly be able to fully understand what it is like to have black skin. Yet, I ask myself, could I understand better than I do? And how can I help moving forward? My heart has been heavy watching all the civil unrest. How can I be demonstrating that black
May 11, 2020
Elder Loved One in Hospital with Broken Hip During COVID-19
Elder Loved One in Hospital with Broken Hip During COVID-19 Having a parent that has gone through the process of a hospital stay and rehab without a pandemic is difficult. Now add the care needs of a loved one with COVID-19 and it’s even more complex. Here are 10 tips when considering rehab: Determine if
May 7, 2014
We All Want To Live At Home In Old Age, But…
We All Want To Live At Home In Old Age, But Know Nothing About the Quality of Care We’ll Get There MARCH 19, 2014 BY HOWARD GLECKMAN More than eight of every 10 people who need long-term support and services receive this care at home rather than in nursing homes or other institutional facilities. And nearly