Retirees are fighting loneliness and social isolation by through senior cohousing, building their own communities with people are about their same age. Seniors and retirees are moving in a co-housing community. Here, they are spending their days hiking, eating together, and making their small neighborhood a better place to live. A senior cohousing community is …
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A kind nurse from Victoria, Australia, is helping adults and people with disabilities keep their dignity intact by making bibs that look like regular clothing. As a nurse, Paige Meyer felt that putting childlike bibs on her patients to feed them can be humiliating, even though they don’t actually say it. That’s why she never …
Growing old can be scary. Our strong body will become weak and frail, our muscles will deteriorate, and our once sharp mind will definitely be forgetful. But out of all these unpleasant things that could happen to a grown man, nothing is more terrifying than being forgotten and left alone. It sure is hard to …
When you’re a mom, you never stop being a mom. Not when you’re sick, not when you’re exhausted, and just like for Ada Keating from England, not even when you’re 98 years old. Ada’s son, the 80-year old Tom Keating, was moved into a senior home care called Moss View Care Home in Liverpool, England …
As the sands of time continue to trickle down the hourglass of life, we find ourselves confronted with a profound and inevitable reality: our parents, once the steadfast pillars of our existence, are gradually becoming older. In the heartwarming letter that has captured the digital sphere’s attention, a devoted mother pens a poignant message to …
Crossing a busy street is fairly easy for most of us – we just wait for the light to turn green and then we go, making it to the other side of the road without a fuss. But the same can’t be said for elderly people; they don’t walk as fast as younger people do …
The police exists to serve and protect the general public. Because of this, it is only understandable that in times of dire need such as an emergency, people seek their help. When a neighborhood in Italy heard of distressed cries coming from the home of an elderly couple, they feared for the worse. Concerned for …
We get so busy with life that we sometimes forget about our parents. We are so busy making a living that we forget they are growing old. When you were finding your way in this world they were there to support you and now that they are reaching their golden age, we sometimes deny them …
These two elderly laundromat owners from central Taiwan go viral and have become the internet’s latest style inspo. Hsu Sho-Er, 84, and her husband, Chang Wan Ji, 84, owners of Wansho Laundry, became world-famous after photos of them sporting clothes forgotten by their customers went viral. They’ve spent seven decades running the business in the …
Ever since the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) emerged, it seems like there is nothing but negative news everywhere we look. Our televisions, radios, and social media feeds are full of disheartening updates about the situation in the country and other parts of the world. Sometimes, we can’t help but wish that this virus was just …
Actor Tyler Perry just made a lot of Georgia and Louisiana residents happy when he treated them to a pleasant surprise. The 50-year-old TV and movie mogul secretly paid for the grocery bills of elderly and vulnerable shoppers at 44 Kroger stores in Atlanta and 29 Winn-Dixie stores in New Orleans. Surprised shoppers said the …
A good friend can tell you the best stories, but your best friend has lived through all of them with you. 89-year-olds Kathleen Saville and Olive Woodward put a new meaning to the word ‘best friends’ when they decided to move into the same nursing care home in England. The two have been each other’s …