Tag: assisted living
By Stacey Palevsky • August 6, 2012
This week, Engage As You Age is blogging about three elderly Olympic athletes, who deserve to be recognized for their athletic achievements. Check back tomorrow for another profile of one of the world’s oldest living Olympians—an 89-year-old track star! In the glitz and glamour of the 2012 Olympic Games, it’s easy to forget that… Read more »
By Stacey Palevsky • August 30, 2011
Arthritis, vision failure and dementia can be challenging for anyone–but the ailments are especially difficult for those people who built their lives around seeing the country from the window of an RV. Once driving becomes impossible, so too does the RV lifestyle, and the community that goes with it. With this in mind, a retired… Read more »
By Ben Lewis • February 12, 2011
One of our regular blog readers recently contacted Engage As You Age and noted that they saw a short blurb about an octet of centenarians getting together in Lawrenceville, NJ at a nursing facility to celebrate their longevity. These group celebrations of being 100 turn out to be much more common than you might suspect…. Read more »
Posted in Examples of People Engaging As They Age
Tagged 100, assisted living, birthday parties for centenarians, centenarian, centenarians, elder friendships, interests of centenarians, nonagenarian, octogenarian, San Francisco, san francisco bay area retirement communities
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By Ben Lewis • January 9, 2011
The title of this blog post sort of sounds like a vegetable soup of unhealthy ingredients for a senior. Hearing loss, social isolation, anxiety and depression all came together in the findings of a study conducted by the Seniors Research Group (an alliance between the National Council on Aging and Market Strategies Inc.). The good… Read more »
Posted in Aging Studies, Caring for an Aging Parent, Technology for Seniors
Tagged anxiety, anxious, assisted living, assisted living facility in san francisco, depressed, depression, isolation, james firman, national council on aging, senior, seniors, untreated hearing loss
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By Ben Lewis • September 4, 2010
Bay Area Summit, A Quarterly Newsletter for Midlife and Older Adults recently wrote an article on Engage As You Age. The article, “Engaging While Aging: What’s Good for the Brain is Good for the Soul,” describes our services that many residents of assisted living and continuing care retirement homes have benefited from. It also captures… Read more »
By Ben Lewis • August 13, 2010
She stands two inches shy of five feet and didn’t begin acting professionally until she was 93. Mae Laborde isn’t looking to move into an assisted living facility or seeking homecare. Chances are that she is on the phone trying to track down her agent. At the age of 93, Mae Laborde became a professional… Read more »
By Stacey Palevsky • August 5, 2010
Do you live in an assisted living facility? Do you live in a nursing home? An independent-living retirement community? Do you go to adult day care or have homecare or a caregiver help you out so you can age in place as opposed to moving into a facility? Most importantly: do you consider yourself an… Read more »
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