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    The soundtrack of your life plays on at Richfield Living
    SENIOR LIVING

    The soundtrack of your life plays on at Richfield Living

    Quick, think back to the 1970s and '80s. What was in your portable tape player? Chances are, it was a mixtape — one you made yourself by...
    Gear Wise: Fun with grandparents
    GADGETS, GIFTS & GAMES

    Gear Wise: Fun with grandparents

    September is the month when we celebrate grandparents. Why not try a new gadget to boost the intergenerational fun? Here are some...
    Gifts for Veterans Day 2017
    GADGETS, GIFTS & GAMES

    Gifts for Veterans Day 2017

    Whether it’s Veterans Day or any day, our veterans always deserve something special that lets them know we remembered. Here are some gift...
    Independent Living Requires Some Cooking
    SENIOR LIVING

    Independent Living Requires Some Cooking

    ​​ If you have been shopping around for an independent living community lately, you have probably noticed that many are transforming...
    Voice-activated Assistants Work for Seniors
    SENIOR LIVING

    Voice-activated Assistants Work for Seniors

    ​​ Alexa, what time is it? Maybe it’s time to get a voice-activated assistant like the Amazon Echo or Google Home. These hands-free,...
    Age-Friendly Evanston
    SENIOR LIVING

    Age-Friendly Evanston

    ​​ Long before it became trendy to retire to a college town for the culture, activities and intergenerational milieu, retirees have been...
    Found Money: Senior Discounts Add Up
    SENIOR LIVING

    Found Money: Senior Discounts Add Up

    One of the best things about being a so-called senior is all the great discounts you are entitled to. It’s a whole lot more than just a...
    Interior Design Adds the 'Wow' Factor to Senior Communities
    REAL ESTATE

    Interior Design Adds the 'Wow' Factor to Senior Communities

    ​​ Step into any of Chicago’s new or newly remodeled senior living communities, and you may think you’ve accidentally entered a fancy...
    Ride Services Take Seniors Where They Want to Go
    SENIOR LIVING

    Ride Services Take Seniors Where They Want to Go

    ​ Many older folks find themselves stranded in the gap between transportation and technology. They no longer drive, and they don’t have,...
    A New Industry of Experts Can Help You Preserve Your Family History
    SENIOR LIVING

    A New Industry of Experts Can Help You Preserve Your Family History

    ​​ To misquote Tolstoy, every family is the same — each one has a great story to tell in its own way. Often that story is hidden, crammed...
    Technology makes improvements, advancements in senior living
    SENIOR LIVING

    Technology makes improvements, advancements in senior living

    ​​ If you or a loved one are moving to a senior living community, you’d better be prepared to embrace the 21st century. Technology has...
    Art is Ageless: Exploring Your Creative Side in Retirement
    SENIOR LIVING

    Art is Ageless: Exploring Your Creative Side in Retirement

    ​​ Ever thought about retiring to an artist colony? Do you dream of spending your golden years creating, learning and exhibiting with...
    Preserving History: Reenactments Re-create the Battles, Tell the Stories
    SENIOR LIVING

    Preserving History: Reenactments Re-create the Battles, Tell the Stories

    ​​ For living historians and military buffs, fall means one thing: reenactment season. The practice of dressing in period military...
    Green Burials Leave a Smaller Environmental Footprint
    SENIOR LIVING

    Green Burials Leave a Smaller Environmental Footprint

    Would you like your final legacy to be a gift to the planet? Having a green burial is one way to do that. Though the term green burial is...
    Swap your dumbphone for a smartphone
    SENIOR LIVING

    Swap your dumbphone for a smartphone

    If you are intrigued by the convenience of having a cellphone, answering machine, GPS, CD collection, daily newspaper, email, camera,...
    This is your life: Autobiography program helps write your memoirs
    SENIOR LIVING

    This is your life: Autobiography program helps write your memoirs

    An 11-year-old girl huddles with schoolmates in a bunker in wartime Bremen, Germany. Air raid sirens blare, and bombs explode around...
    Checking in: Call services provide peace of mind
    SENIOR LIVING

    Checking in: Call services provide peace of mind

    It's 11 p.m. and you forgot to call your mother — again. You wonder, did she take her medication on time? Is she OK? If you are worried...
    Acting Your Age in Senior Theater
    SENIOR LIVING

    Acting Your Age in Senior Theater

    You don't have to be an A-lister like Helen Mirren or James Earl Jones to live your acting dreams on stage in your "third act" of life....
    2014 Senior Community Award Winners
    SENIOR LIVING

    2014 Senior Community Award Winners

    Many prestigious national awards are bestowed on senior communities each year for star-quality service and lifestyle, but they certainly...
    Graphic novel looks at coping, change and transitions
    SENIOR LIVING

    Graphic novel looks at coping, change and transitions

    How do you transition to a satisfying retirement? Can you successfully cope with the death of a loved one? What is the secret to keeping...
    Giving Back: Volunteers make an impact at home and around the world
    SENIOR LIVING

    Giving Back: Volunteers make an impact at home and around the world

    Did you know that one out of every four seniors volunteers for at least one organization or cause? According to the Bureau of Labor...
    Resort-Like Building Designs at California and Chicago Retirement Communities
    REAL ESTATE

    Resort-Like Building Designs at California and Chicago Retirement Communities

    ​​ A tour of a new retirement community brings plenty of welcome surprises. Gone are the long hospital-like hallways, replaced by open...
    Telescope implant brings hope to age-related macular degeneration
    HEALTH & HEALTHCARE

    Telescope implant brings hope to age-related macular degeneration

    Up until very recently, a diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration was a point of no return in vision loss. (AMD is when retinal...
    Senior home shopping can be like college campus tours
    REAL ESTATE

    Senior home shopping can be like college campus tours

    Online searches. Open houses. Campus tours. Meals in the dining room. Applications. Financial calculations. If you're in the so-called...
    Active adult real estate market reacts to homebuyers' requests
    REAL ESTATE

    Active adult real estate market reacts to homebuyers' requests

    Snore rooms. Drop zones. Tandem garages. Conversation islands. It's 2014, and the active adult real estate market is wowing buyers with...
    Maybe you can afford a stylish retirement: Homes under $200,000
    REAL ESTATE

    Maybe you can afford a stylish retirement: Homes under $200,000

    Dreaming of a home in a Chicagoland active adult community, but have less than $200,000 to spend? There are at least three affordable...
    Beware of Financial Advisor "Alphabet Soup"
    SENIOR LIVING

    Beware of Financial Advisor "Alphabet Soup"

    Do you know the difference between an Accredited Estate Planner, a Certified Senior Advisor and Certified Financial Gerontologist? Would...
    Managing your e-life, after life
    TECHNOLOGY

    Managing your e-life, after life

    This spring Google announced a new feature that lets you specify what will happen to your accounts (Gmail, YouTube, and other Google...
    Today's seniors enjoying a new Golden Age of Hollywood
    SENIOR LIVING

    Today's seniors enjoying a new Golden Age of Hollywood

    Many of today's seniors had the good fortune of growing up in the Golden Age of Hollywood, when anyone could pay a nickel or a dime to...
    A retiree wish list: What seniors want
    SENIOR LIVING

    A retiree wish list: What seniors want

    Retiring baby boomers have ditched the tired stereotypes about where they want to spend their golden years. Most do not plan to jettison...

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