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Transportation for Seniors: After the Car Keys Are Gone

By Buckley Kuhn Fricker  So now you (or your loved one) find yourself stuck at home. How will you buy groceries? Pick up prescriptions? Visit the mall? Get to the doctor’s office? Transportation is probably the single most important worry faced by those who want to age at home but can no longer drive their own cars. The loss of independence is profound after a lifetime of being able to come and go wherever and whenever you pleased. Enter drivers: [...]

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Open Dialogue on the Transportation Needs of Older Adults

Planning for the Transportation Needs of Older Adults November 28 – December 16, 2011 From November 28 to December 16, the National Center on Senior Transportation will host an online dialogue[...]

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Is “independence” a misused term in eldercare?

Is “independence” a misused term in eldercare?
Last week our nation celebrated our independence from the British superpower.  However, we achieved that independence by one of the most heroic displays of INTERdependence the world has ever[...]

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When are you REALLY going to move to a retirement community?

This was one of the questions I received last week when I was the featured guest on the Weekly GrandCare Aging/Technology Webinar.  Click here to access the webinar (please note you can let your[...]

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I tripped over a couple of Aging in Place solutions today!

My colleague Marlene Zaborsky was telling me about how her neighborhood in Olney, Maryland coordinates the job of snow shoveling in advance of the winter snow amongst their neighbors. In addition,[...]

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A New Way for Seniors at Home to Get Groceries

Davis Hooper, a resident at Victory Forest in Silver Spring for the past four years, says reading is a great hobby and especially loves mysteries.  Since getting a computer recently, he has contacted[...]

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Canes or Walking Sticks?

Bonnie Whyte, one of the extremely active volunteers with the Aging in Community efforts in Reston, VA recently returned from a trip to Switzerland.  She reported that EVERYONE seemed to be using two[...]

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More Baseball Players in Assisted Living!

Baseball season is in full swing and it looks like my crystal ball prediction that Hollywood would jump on the story of the minor league ballplayer, Josh Faiola living in assisted living community[...]

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More Baseball Players in Assisted Living!

I was delighted to hear from Cindy Griffiths-Novak, my favorite assisted living operator today! Cindy shares that her assisted living community, The Belvedere Assisted Living in Westlake, Ohio[...]

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