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