Seniors... are you experiencing discomfort when you reach down to tie your shoe? Have you moved items to the lower shelf where reaching them is easier? Are you "giving up" and "giving in" to the limitations that age seems to be bringing? Flexibility and mobility decrease with age, but exercise [...]
I have been pondering the question of how one chooses a retirement community, so I started where, I am told, most folks start to look for a retirement community – the Google search engine. What I find interesting is that the search phrase “How to Choose a College” provided over 15.4 million results [...]
View the Digital Magazine From the Publisher... The Wall Street Journal recently reported that folks entering their retirement years face a problem; they’ve forgotten how to have fun. This group, according to the article, has spent the last many decades raising kids, paying off mortgages and showing up for work and, in the meantime, forgotten how to relax and [...]
The Rev. Dr. Michael D. Simpson is the first recipient of the annual Senior Service Award, presented by the Winston-Salem Chronicle for outstanding contributions to the older adult community. He was honored March 24 in a ceremony at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum. Simpson began his work with senior adults as a young pastor in the late 70s. He has continued [...]
View the Digital Magazine In this Issue... Downtown Greensboro will be athrob with writers and readers in mid-May as 70 authors mix and mingle with thousands of readers in the city's first literary festival. Fred Chappell, Greensboro's own poet laureate, will open the festival May 18 in Weatherspoon Art Museum on the UNCG campus. The following three days will [...]
Doug Dickerson, State Director,AARP North Carolina North Carolina aging and caregiving expert Mark Hensley has joined AARP North Carolina as Associate State Director for Community Outreach and Advocacy in the Triad. Hensley previously coordinated North Carolina’s Alzheimer’s and dementia services for the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services, where he led efforts to [...]
Seniors, look again! Is everything in order? You might have balanced your checkbook and paid off the balance of open accounts, but if you're weak on your feet and struggling on the stairs, you may have neglected the one most significant part of staying independent...good physical balance. Good balance [...]
Over the past year or two, I have written several articles on the types and variations in retirement communities and the products that exist today, trying to anticipate what I think is coming. Is the purpose in looking at new options and designs because they are looking for a place [...]
View the Digital Magazine From the Publisher... There are big changes underway in the Triangle housing market for the 55+ set. The Triangle continues to get top-ranking on “Best Places to Retire” lists annually. And it’s easy to understand why. Our climate is wonderful…truly four distinct seasons…and none better than spring. Our equidistance from the coast and the mountains [...]
If you are 65 or older, the North Carolina General Assembly has authorized a free gift for you...auditing courses at all of UNC's constituent institutions and community colleges, if space is available. Legislators have authorized the UNC Board of Governors to establish rules permitting seniors 65 years of age and older to take advantage of this tuition-free opportunity by submitting [...]
