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Magazine Issues
Spring 2022 Issue
From the Publisher ... Spring has sprung and life in central North Carolina couldn’t be finer. There surely is no more beautiful place on earth than our state in the springtime. With the coming of spring comes a sense of renewal not just in the landscape but within ourselves. [...]
Feature Articles
Evolving to Person-Centered Care
This month, I have asked Brandon Hair, Executive Director of Springmoor Retirement Community in North Hills, Raleigh, to talk about an exciting evolution underway in the skilled nursing world. As more skilled nursing facilities adapt to a more homelike model than a traditional hospital model, [...]
Housing
Featured Amenity of the Week – Village at Maple Leaf Farm
Featured Amenity of the Week - Village at Maple Leaf Farm - located in the quaint town of King. This Nova Triad Homes community features home designs by Epcon Communities, known for their excellent floor plans designed around the specific interests of the 55-plus-homeowner. One amenity makes these homes standout: the private courtyard with covered patio. [...]
Retirement Communities
Featured Amenity of the Week – Springmoor – Beautiful Grounds
Featured Amenity of the Week - Springmoor - Beautiful Grounds: Springmoor in North Raleigh has the distinction of being the first Life Plan Community in the Raleigh area. Springmoor has a north and south campus together comprising 42 acres. This campus is in the heart of North Raleigh, but if you didn’t know better [...]
Healthcare
How Staying Active Can Keep You Mentally Healthy
It’s common knowledge that regular physical activity helps keep a body fit and healthy. But it can also boost your mood, improve your sleep, and help you better manage depression, anxiety and stress. [...]
Service Providers
Aging In Place
In the last few years, studies found that about 90% of mature adults want to "age in place." They don’t want to leave their homes, they don’t see retirement communities or assisted living as desirable for themselves, and they are not eager to move in with their children. [...]
Staying Fit & Healthy
Yoga Will Change Your Life
Yoga Will Change Your Life - That is one of the few points that seemingly all those who either teach, preach or practice the art of Yoga ... agree upon. Yoga can be hard to define since it includes elements of Mind, Body, and Soul and it means different things to different people. [...]
Arts, Leisure & Travel
H2O Exhibit at GreenHill Center for NC Art Through June 25
The GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art in Greensboro unveiled plans for H2O, an ambitious, multi-media exhibition that highlights novel approaches to environmental stewardship. The exhibits can be viewed from March 5 to June 25, 2022. [...]