The Human Element
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Hoagies for Heroes: Spring Hills Livingston Gives Back to Local First Responders
How does one say “Thank you” to the men and women who run toward danger to help protect those who are running from it? And how does one say “Thank you” to the men and women who put their lives…
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Planksgiving Celebrated at Friendship Village of Schaumburg
Happy Planksgiving! That’s a new phrase that, who knows, may turn into a part of our seasonal lexicon. What is Planksgiving? Well, it got its start at Friendship Village, a life-plan retirement community that has, for more than 45 years, been providing…
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Boomers Changing the Rules of Retirement
Editor’s Note: This article was written and submitted by senior-living executive Beth Kuberka. If you are a senior-living executive at a community with an idea for an article that you’d like to write and publish in Senior Living News you’re…
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Honoring Armed Forces Veterans
For 104 years, the U.S. has honored military veterans on November 11, the anniversary of the end of major hostilities in World War I. Beginning in 1919 it’s been celebrated each year, first as Armistice Day, then as Veterans Day…
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Cedarwood at Sandy Centenarian Couple Celebrate Wife’s 100th Birthday
With Blue Zones suddenly all the rage, we know more about how to live to 100 than we ever have before. Tony and Vina Borrero, residents of Cedarwood at Sandy in Sandy, Utah, a Kisco Senior Living community give or…
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Bras for a Cause: Decorating for Breast Cancer Awareness
There’s a thought process that says when you’re up against a big problem, do anything and everything that you can think of to solve it. Breast cancer is certainly a big problem. According to the National Cancer Institute, it’s the…
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Teen Helps Residents at The Contemporary Miami Navigate Technology
If a grown-up can’t figure out how to use technology all they have to do is ask their grandchildren for help. Isn’t that what they say? Nicolas Jachtchenco, a 15-year-old sophomore at Miami Country Day School, has created Senior Tech…
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The Watermark at Morrison Ranch Presents First Resident with Special Seat
When Dee Hostetler moved into The Watermark at Morrison Ranch in 2018, the lifelong dancer etched herself into the retirement community’s history by becoming its very first resident. Now the community in Gilbert, Arizona, which is about 20 miles southeast…
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Making Art is Making Connections at Woodbury Mews
At this point, we know that making art is good for us. It can help us recover when we’re not well, but even better it can help us stay healthier — and happier. When we make art, whether it be…
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Oak Trace Senior Living Community Hosts Yoga ‘Goat-Together’
In a recent joint report by the Age of Majority and the International Council on Active Aging, we discovered that early this year about 1,000 people over the age of 40 were surveyed about senior living communities, and when these…