In the past week alone, I found myself in three different conversations with colleagues who are walking alongside aging parents in their late 80s and early 90s. Each one expressed a similar worry: their parent seems deeply lonely. These older adults are living with the natural physical changes that come with aging, but those physical challenges are intertwined with emotional and spiritual ones as well. Grief is present in each of their stories. One parent is grieving the loss of a longtime..
One of the blessings of retirement is travel. Oftentimes we hold back during our working years thinking, “I’ll just wait ‘til I retire--then my bags will be packed.” I..
I’m not sure when I first thought “I want to be a nurse”, but by the time I was 15, the desire to go into nursing was simply part of who I was; it became a permanent..
I’m making a homecoming dress for my newly-minted highschooler. I don’t sew often, and it’s been a long time– maybe even since she was a baby– since I made a whole piece..
It was a normal Friday at 4:35 p.m. when an email came in from a vendor asking about NaviGuide. Her grandmother, 96 years old, still living at home, needed additional..
The Silent Struggle: Nurturing Spiritual Wellbeing in Aging Adults By Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging • January..
When we hear the word “creative” most people automatically think of the arts—musicians, painters, writers, sculptors, etc. We have all heard those who say, “I’m not..
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