Articles & Real-Life Stories: Active Adult

Title: A Promise Between Friends

Preview: Often times, the care giving role is assumed by a family member, but in George Robinson's case, he made a promise to his friends, Leonard and Hilda Kaplan, that he intended to keep. George met the couple while working on their house as a painting contractor. Lifelong Red Sox and Celtics fans,...

Title: An Active Man has Found the Perfect Home

Preview: Living in a long-term care facility has in no way stopped Roy Wantz from continuing his active and fun-filled lifestyle. "I am a native Carroll County boy, raised in Baughman's Valley, northwest of Westminster," he said. Roy has held several jobs throughout his life including a furniture fa...

Title: An Ideal Home Near their Family

By: Lauren Searson

Preview: Having led active lifestyles throughout their nearly 50 years of marriage, Ed and Joan Allen knew where they wanted to spend their future together. "We moved to Florida to enjoy the retiree's life so to speak," said Joan. While the couple raised their five daughters, Ed served as part of th...

Title: An Artist Continues to Flourish

By: Sonia Harmon

Preview: One can find artistic inspiration in just about anything; in people, words, or even in nature. For Pat Olson Leopold, an accomplished painter and sculptress, finding a home that would allow her to continue expressing herself through her art was important, and that is exactly what she found in Wes...

Title: When a Home Turns into Family

Preview: All of her life Nina Johnson's mother, Ruth Colpo took care of others. A full-time homemaker, Ruth was devoted to caring for her siblings, as well as her loving husband and three children. "It was love at first sight with my parents.they enjoyed dancing and swimming" said Nina. "Mom was a fa...

Title: Taking on the Challenge of Caregiving

By: Sonia Harmon

Preview: One of the biggest challenges for caregivers that support a family member or a loved one while managing their own lives is finding balance. It can be difficult finding time for themselves between working full-time, ensuring their loved one is safe while they're working, and then making time to ca...

Title: A Difficult Decision Pays Off

Preview: For Pat Bernardini, the decision to sell the family home was not an easy one. Through 51 years of marriage with her husband, Allan, there were many memories from raising their two children in their large four-bedroom home. But maintaining the house was becoming too much work, and the couple k...

Title: Giving Back to Her Community

By: Sonia Harmon

Preview: Dorothy Holman spent over a quarter of a century running the Baltimore County Medical Association as the executive director, and she spent the first seven years of that time running the then 300-member organization using her basement as the office. By the time Dorothy decided to retire 26 year...

Title: Childhood Sweethearts Find Their Future Home

Preview: The term 'childhood sweethearts' may be putting it lightly for Dick and Jeanine Walter. The couple, who met in sixth grade, has been married for 52 years with two children and seven grandchildren. With such a history together, finding a home to spend their future was an extremely important de...

Title: Working the System

Preview: When it comes to balancing her career and family, Karolina Walkin knows how to stay organized and maintain a positive attitude. And those were the exact qualities she searched for and found in Stephanie Thomopoulos, a geriatric care manager who assisted Karolina when she was caring for her fathe...

Title: Weathering the Storm and Finding a Home

Preview: Although it has been two years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, current residents of Atrium Village in Owings Mills, Sam and Gertrude Levitan, can still recall the details of their evacuation. "Even today, is it still like a bad dream," said Gertrude. Since she us...

Title: Finding the Perfect Middle Ground

Preview: After traveling to exotic locales, seeing the sites and exploring all that the world has to offer, George and Katie Billing tried to determine what was next for them. Their home in Florida wasn't quite what they needed anymore. With a large yard that George had to toil over and too many rooms to ...

Title: The 23rd Annual Ms. Senior Virginia Pageant

Preview: Move over Miss Virginia and Miss U.S.A, there are a group of women proving that personality, beauty and talent are lifelong attributes. On June 23rd at Oakton High School of Fairfax County, Brenda J. Brokaw of Alexandria, VA was crowned the 23rd Annual Ms. Virginia Senior America for 2007. Alon...

Title: A Man's Love for His Granddaughter

Preview: When Jacob Factor and his wife first cradled their tiny granddaughter, it was love at first sight. And so it goes with most grandparents. But not many of them will decide to leave a residence of a lifetime as well as a thriving career to relocate across the country just to be near a new addition ...