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Magazine Issues
Fall 2020 Issue
In This Issue... The past few months, many of us have spent countless hours in our homes, cleaning out closets & drawers, making our homes more comfortable, redecorating or painting a space to bring it back to life. Sadly, others, who are alone, long for social interaction with family and friends, [...]
Feature Articles
Retirement Communities and COVID-19
As I am writing this issue’s article at the end of September, I can say that it seems almost all conversations begin with something about COVID-19. This is true in personal conversations as well as work related as we seek to stay current on the Virus’ impact on our retirement communities [...]
Housing
To Rent or To Own? That is the Question.
A decade ago, the 55+ market was solidly rooted in the “I want to own my own home” belief. How the housing market has changed. Just take a look at any one of the Berkley Hall communities, located in the Carolinas, and you will understand why this is true. [...]
Retirement Communities
Designing Garden Homes for the Future of Brookridge
As part of a strategic visioning process, Brookridge has announced a plan to transform their Garden Homes to better serve future residents. The Winston-Salem Life Plan Community has hired RLPS Architects, a renowned name in senior living architecture, to engineer an elegant open-concept design, with many homes complemented by generous [...]
Healthcare
Tips from Pierre – the Poodle
Pets come with huge health benefits. Caring for a pet can help relieve depression, lower stress levels, improve heart health, and help with shedding unwanted weight. To know them is to love them. Most know the immediate joys that come with sharing our lives with our fur babies [...]
Service Providers
Peace of Mind In a Season of Change
When you think about it, what’s on your list of “tolerations?” I was asked that not too long ago with a business coaching group and found it helpful. So, I’m asking you! Tolerations are those things (big or small) that are not quite right in our own life, [...]
Staying Fit & Healthy
A Fall Risk Assessment Could Help You Maintain Your Independence
Ruth, a 72-year-old retired teacher, lives alone. Ruth country line dances a few times a month, gardens, and is active in her church. She considers herself healthy. One day Ruth slips in the shower and breaks her hip. After surgery and a short stay at a rehab facility, she returns home. [...]
Arts, Leisure & Travel
Greensboro Farmers Market Transitions To New Fall Hours
Greensboro Farmers Market Transitions To New Fall Hours: 8:00 am -12:00 pm Saturdays, Beginning October 31, 2020.