Senior Communities

1. Veterans Benefits for Home Care: Help Vets Stay Home

   Did you know that veterans or their surviving spouses may qualify for veterans benefits for home care that will help pay for long-term care, including home care? It’s surprising how many veterans, or their family members, are … Continue

2. Migratory Bird Act: Happy 100 Years

   I’m celebrating the Weeks-McLean Law, passed 100 years ago today, commonly referred to as the Migratory Bird Act. Today, I’m also celebrating what would have been my dad’s 86th birthday. Malcolm Dennison McLean, this one’s for you. … Continue

3. Downsizing Dilemma: Managing Family Possessions

   Major life changes, such as a move to a smaller home or the death of a family member, may lead to downsizing as you consider strategies for managing or disposing of accumulated possessions. You may be relocating, downsizing, or … Continue

4. Ricky Nelson Remembered: music at the Merrill Auditorium

   I was pretty excited the other day when the promoter of Ricky Nelson Remembered asked me to tell area seniors about the show at the Merrill Auditorium April 5. Ricky Nelson Remembered is a music/video/multi-media extravaganza starring … Continue

5. Veterans Day 2012: thanks, Vets!

   Veterans Day is approaching this weekend.  How many ways can we thank our vets? Hopefully, everyone thanked them on Tuesday by going to the polls and voting, one of our rights in a democracy that many of our … Continue

6. CHANS Hospice Partners with Theater Project

   In a special collaboration with The Theater Project, CHANS Hospice Care Program is a proud sponsor of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl. In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. … Continue

7. Catching Health with Diane Atwood

   Health writer Diane Atwood has produced a great article about the beautiful new mural at Fallbrook Woods. The huge mural, filled with birds and lupines and the feeling of nature, covers a wall at the Alzheimer’s community. … Continue