Senior Living
Health & Wellness
Finding Local Farm Fresh Produce: Your Guide to St. Louis Farmers Markets
Summertime in the Midwest means plenty of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables available at festive local farmers markets. But a…
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Independent Living
Retirement Living Guide: How to Make Friends at a Retirement Community
You have recently moved into a retirement community, and it is filled with people you haven’t met. Do you…
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Assisted Living
Planning Ahead for Assisted Living
Most of us believe there will always be enough time to plan for long-term care. Then, life happens, and…
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Assisted Living
Avoid These Missteps When Choosing an Assisted Living Community
As senior loved ones age, emotionally difficult decisions have to be made about their future care, including choosing an…
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Care Management
When Is It Time to Find Long-Term Care for a Spouse?
“I’m scared and worried,” wrote Dennis Abrams in a column in The Houston Chronicle in July 2017. Abrams’ husband,…
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Assisted Living
When You Are Shamed for Moving a Parent into a Senior Care Community
Beth came up to me, tears in her eyes. “My cousins came into town,” she lamented. Normally this would…
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Health & Wellness
Identifying the Unique Challenges of Solo Agers
Over 30 years ago, researchers and geriatricians identified “elder orphans” (sometimes called “solo agers”) as people aging alone with…
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Independent Living
An Emotional Playbook for Couples in Retirement
We’d only been retired for a few weeks when the questions started coming. “How are you doing with so…
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Independent Living
What Surprises Baby Boomer Women When They Retire
We are women on the leading edge of the wave of baby boomers who have worked for decades and…
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Assisted Living
4 Questions to Ask Before Moving Your Parent to an Assisted Living Facility
With the boomer generation aging into their 50s, 60s and 70s and many of their parents now in their…
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Independent Living
Retirement Living: Women and Men Do It Very Differently
Retirement living means a clean slate and free days, but what will you do with yourself? The answer depends,…
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Assisted Living
Advice For Moving to a Continuing Care Retirement Community
If you have looked at senior living options, you may have considered a continuing care retirement community (CCRC). Here’s…
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Life at Bethesda
Peg Sharp – Still Exploring the World at 108
Bethesda Gardens resident Peg Sharp was born April 3, 1910—less than seven years after the Wright brothers’ first flew…
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