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Magazine Issues
Winter 2020 Issue
View the Digital Magazine In This Issue... When I moved to NC, I quickly learned that BBQ is at the heart of the state and is a sacred culinary tradition. Chopped, sliced, but never pulled (so I have been told). In this issue, we celebrate Lexington NC BBQ turning [...]
Feature Articles
New Housing Options on the Horizon
I have written in past articles about the categories of retirement living. In the broadest of strokes these include on a continuum of living independently; Active Adult, Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skilled Care. These various types of retirement housing options may be free- standing or combined with [...]
Housing
Overture: Treat Yourself to Luxury
You are unique. Where and how you live are important. Overture recognizes this and is dedicated to changing the perspective of life after 55. Overture can’t control the fulfillment of an active adult lifestyle, but can help you find the right home. Welcome to Overture, a new chapter [...]
Retirement Communities
Twin Lakes Continues Exciting Growth
After the completion and sellout of twenty-two new garden homes in 2017, Twin Lakes Community located in Elon and Burlington, is constructing twenty-eight new homes in the last - and again sellout - phase of their garden home development on their 220-acre campus. With the addition of these homes, [...]
Healthcare
How to Cope & Live with Alzheimer’s
In 2020, millions of people will receive the shattering news of an Alzheimer’s or dementia diagnosis. Every week I share critical information and guide people through the aging process, and Alzheimer’s disease is something that comes up frequently for families. While this is never something you want to experience, [...]
Service Providers
7 Tips for Breaking in a New Doctor
Mom is 96 and has to see a new doctor AGAIN. It isn’t that Mom has moved, or that she wants to change doctors. Her doctors keep retiring! Luckily for our family, she likes the new doctor. This has not always been the case. Previous visits with new doctors have led to a list [...]
Staying Fit & Healthy
A Matter of the Heart
There are several problems that can affect the heart; they vary widely in cause and even more widely in treatment. Here are some definitions that might help better understand why one person’s heart problems might not be the same as another’s. Arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is a problem with the electrical system [...]
Arts, Leisure & Travel
High Country Geared for Winter
For the 2019/20 ski season, Beech Mountain has placed into service major upgrades to their snowmaking system. “Snowmaking is the backbone of our business and we’re always focused on ways to increase output,” said resort general manager Ryan Costin. Additionally, for night skiers and snowboarders, they have added 17 [...]