Seniors For Living

Spring is just a few weeks away. Garden enthusiasts are probably counting down the days, making plans for this year’s plots and anxious to see their perennial favorites pushing through the thawed earth. They’re ready to get their ...

This is the time of year when “green thumbs” are in their glory -- weeding, tilling, planting, watering and tending their gardens. Many senior living residents are doing the same, as a number of independent living campuses and assisted living ...

While Bingo still remains a highly popular activity in senior living communities, there is certainly much more on senior living social calendars these days besides this favorite pastime.

At Brookdale Senior Living communities across the country, you’ll find activities like dances, pizza parties, tennis, book clubs, talent shows, poetry readings, Wii sports and video games, cooking classes, holiday celebrations, ice cream socials, exercise, fitness, and wellness classes, and more.

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I remember my first garden. I was 12 years old and I really wanted my own space, so my parents gave me a small piece of ground around our mailbox. I remember picking out the plants I wanted and placing them in the dirt. And then I remember waiting, waiting, and waiting - rather impatiently - for the garden to grow. Being the type of kid that always read the end ...