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Cottage community welcomes new retirement home

A new retirement living community is being built in a fairly unusual place, just north of Toronto, Canada. According to a recent article on CottageCountryNow.ca, the cottage community of Bracebridge will soon be welcoming a 56-bed retirement community, and will be called Castle Peak Retirement Residence. The new community is scheduled to open in early March, and the two developers of the new community told the news sour

 

Repositioning Communities for Today’s Seniors

Today’s seniors long for a lifestyle that fits their spirited outlook on the world. They want to live in a community that offers robust activities, a low-maintenance lifestyle and a setting that allows them to age-in-place. Beautiful apartments, libraries, cafes, water aerobics, walking paths and game rooms are just a few amenities that top their must-have list. This creates an opportunity for senior living operators and developers to reevaluate and re-position senior living communities to provi

 

Tips for living to 100 years old

Do you want to live to 100 years old? If so, according to a new article from US News & World Report, there are a few tips you can follow which will help you get closer to your goal. First, don’t stop working. That doesn’t necessarily mean having a job; it simply means that after you retire from your career, find something to do that will fill your time, whether it’s a hobby, volunteering, or something else. Another tip is to floss every day, which will help keep your arteries clean and

 

Retirement Dreams Versus the Global Financial Crisis

The world economy is uncertain, especially with the European debt crisis providing an ominous background. Cultural guru, Seth Godin, has warned recently: "People are raised on this idea that if they pay their taxes and do what they're told, there's some kind of safety net, or pension plan that's waiting for them." (George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, CBC.ca). But Godin advises people to be wary in an e

 

Baby Boomers Confront the Caregiving Challenge

Caregivers come from every walk of life and 29% the American population, or 65 million people, are engaged in providing care for another person. Conferences and special events continue to be held to spotlight the increasing predicament of Caregivers and the psychological and financial costs on their lives. Last summer, The MetLife Mature Market Institute® published a comprehensive research paper on Caregivers – The MetLife Study of Caregiving Cost to Working Caregivers: Double Jeopardy fo

 

New tips to keep aging minds strong

Many studies have shown the average brain starts to decline at as early as 45 years old, but one retirement living community in Washington State has used a memory game to not just stop decline in cognitive function, but to improve it. As reported in The Columbian newspaper, Kamlu Retirement Inn in Vancouver, Washington has begun running a game called “Copy Cat,” where participants use checkers and puzzle pieces to re-cr

 

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