By Jo Ann M. Colton Albert Einstein once said, “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow…” As the 2021 year commenced, Elk Run Assisted Living, the seniors assisted living and respite care community located at…
While romance kindled in the senior care center appears to be rare, it can be a joy to behold. Call it second love. According to Augustana resident Dennis Peterson, “It’s unusual to see new romance…
Yes, long, and sometimes rough and hard to follow. The toughest question has been, “Who’s next?” (to get vaccinated against Covid-19). And just as important, “Who says who’s next?” Mix in unrelated major happenings–a highly…
Seniors appear to be a favorite telephone target of scammers out to make a quick buck. They too have a bottom line, call it profit. Remarked one senior who gets lots of scam calls, “They keep calling don’t they? That means they’re making a profit.”
When it comes to grocery shopping, a little experimenting can be misleading. I’ve been comparing two different ways of buying the groceries I need: (1) ordering on-line with home delivery, and (2), visiting the supermarket myself, making my selections, and doing my own delivery.
Like Gold Hidden Away Just where are they right now–your cache of old family pictures? Numbering in the hundreds, maybe the thousands, such collections might include prints, negatives, slides, digital prints on your home computer,…
The end of the pandemic appears to be coming closer. Dare we hope? A variety of companies are seeking approval for use of their immunization products in the USA. And this Friday morning as I edit this blog, my morning newspaper’s front page headline reads, “Pfizer vaccine gets key U.S. OK.” And the world’s first Covid-19 vaccination is being given today to a British woman. Millions eventually will follow world wide.
It can be a tough pull, here’s some math: You plan to retire at 65 and expect to live on to age 85 or 90. At the extreme that’s 25 years of retirement.
The Cassia LifeBy Jesse Watkins, Cassia’s own resident blogger Are you one who tumbles into a heavy psychological funk of darkness when winter and its shorter portions of daylight set in? It’s called Seasonal Affective…
“Retirement? I hate it! I’d rather be working.” Speaking was Dr. Erskine Caperton, a St. Paul, Minnesota, MD who, five months ago, closed his full-time rheumotology practice and retired. The pressure was on from officials…
