Seniors For Living

Meeting the needs of the working family caregiver was the topic on the table at this week’s #ElderCareChat forum. As always, our participants engaged in a lively discussion, tweeting practical tips, ideas and resources for those balancing a career ...

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At the age of 21, my mother gave birth to her first child, the first of five daughters. Me.

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With one tweeter describing himself as a Big Mac (he’s caring for his son, a wife who has FTLD, a form of dementia, and his father, who has cancer), the 67 participants in this week’s installment of #ElderCareChat talked ...

As we’ve said in numerous posts, elder abuse is on the rise, affecting Hollywood legends, your beloved relatives, your neighbors. And as long as there are people in the world motivated by malicious intentions, selfish desires, and a general ...

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Talk about a day you’ll never forget: skydiving with your dad.

AND, your grandpa.

Skydiving fan or foe, be inspired by Anna Roers’ unique multigenerational 25th ...

There's something to be said for holding out for what you want.

Gilbert Herrick, a 99 year old war veteran, married 86-year-old Virginia Hartman in Rochester, NY in June, 2011. She was a widow, and he had never been married. The two ...

Very soon, when the weather conditions are right, long-distance swimmer Diane Nyad, 61, will swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. She first attempted it almost 33 years ago, but was blown off course by a strong northeasterly wind.

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It’s almost summer time, a phrase that evokes a range of emotions among people of all ages. For moms of young kids, it’s perhaps the best of times and the worst of times. For grandparents who live far ...

Grandmother, grandfather – Merriam-Webster.com places the first-known use of these familiar names way back in the 15th century. The meanings are simple: the mother/father of one’s mother/father, respectively; an alternate definition –a female/male ancestor.

Flash forward ...

A few Sundays ago, I spent the afternoon at an open house event in Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, about a half hour from where I live. The event was to promote a new active adult/55+ community, built by a Pennsylvania-based developer, Traditions of America.

There were a number of activities offered that day: seminars on selling your home, prize giveaways/contests, chair massages, hard-hat tours, and more.

I hopped on the ...