Kate P. says she's never really been bored in all her 82 years. Her secret? Being up for almost anything. "I regard it as curiosity," said the resident, who...
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Lessons from an 89-Year-Old Mother: Heartfelt Memories, Independence and Resilience
Barbara remembers her mother washing the kids' hair the night before morning church services. "We all had long hair," she says of herself and her siblings....
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Bob’s Story: Beating Parkinson’s One Workout at a Time [VIDEO]
“The Rock Steady Boxing Program has been very enlightening and is very much a blessing from where I was two years ago to where I am today,” said Bob,...
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"Mad Molly" Swings Back at Her Parkinson's Diagnosis with Rock Steady Boxing [VIDEO]
“It started with a little twitch in my toe,” says Molly. “Within a few months, my whole leg was tremoring. My arm, my leg, my insides, everything. So within...
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Rock Steady Boxing: Fighting Back Against Parkinson's Disease [VIDEO]
“I've just gotten stronger. And secondly, it's made me emotionally better,” said Kent, a resident at The Inn on Westport in Sioux Falls, SD who is singing a...
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Sharing Residents' Stories with our "This is My Life" Program
Started earlier this year by Shawn, the spiritual director at The Commons on Marice, our "This is My Life" program is an opportunity to highlight a resident’s...
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Meet Marilyn: Retired U.S. Army Colonel Still Serving Her Country
Marilyn was already a nurse working in pediatrics when she learned about a pediatric nurse practitioner course offered by the U.S. Army. The concept of a nurse...
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Family History Questionnaire: How to Talk to Your Family About Their Life
For many people, it's very important to learn as much as possible about past generations. In fact, an MIT Technology Review reported earlier in 2019 that over...
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Gather and Grow: Nurturing More than Plants with Hydroponic Gardens
Residents at Cypress Palms, a senior living community managed by The Goodman Group, are finding that learning is just one of the joys of taking part in a...
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Music Lessons: The Ukulele Club at Terracina
When most people think about the ukulele, they think about a humble, simple instrument. They may even think of Don Ho or Tiny Tim. Yet for the residents of one...
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