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UGA professor uses art to persuade

BoomAthens - October 28, 2020 0

Amitabh Verma, associate professor in the University of Georgia College of Environment and Design, recently turned his talents to creating pandemic posters. Instead of...

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Stuck On A Cruise Ship and Other Stories of Sudden Change

BoomAthens - July 4, 2020 0

Athens resident Wendy Bartels flew out of Atlanta on Feb. 29 for a two-week cruise along the coast of South America with her sister,...

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Assisted Living Residents Get Creative

Sharron Hannon - July 2, 2020 0

Experiencing the pandemic in community-living facilities For those in community-living situations – including independent and assisted living facilities – the onset of the pandemic has...

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Senior trade group finds silver lining in COVID crisis

Betsy Bean - April 17, 2020 1

Members of the Athens Senior Resource Network held their regular monthly meeting today through the meeting platform Zoom. Thirteen members representing home care agencies,...

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ACCA meal costs up $12,000 a week

BoomAthens - April 13, 2020 0

The Athens Community Council on Aging (ACCA) reports that meal delivery during the COVID-19 crisis has expanded to serve 509 new clients in addition...

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COVID19: 10 WAYS TO BE A SMART AND SAFE BOOMER RIGHT NOW

Sharron Hannon - March 25, 2020 0

There’s an article making the rounds on Facebook about adult children who are freaking out because their Boomer parents are not taking the present...

Boomer Life

Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

Betsy Bean - June 15, 2016 0

While many boomers are downsizing their living space or are planning to do so, Tom and Beth Allen have enlarged theirs. In fact, they...

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Boomer Life

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Theresa Rice - March 21, 2017 1

Boomer boys took shop and auto mechanics in junior and senior high. We young ladies studied Home Economics. We were introduced to kitchens and...

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Boomer Life

Uber and Lyft

Saleen Martin - January 19, 2017 2

The money can be very good; the hassles mostly minor, and the hours totally flexible, say some of the boomers driving locally for the...

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Memoir

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

Doris Y. Kadish - June 15, 2016 0

I retired from the UGA departments of romance languages and women's studies in 2011 after a lifetime of studying and teaching. And for all...

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Boomer Life

The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

Betsy Bean - November 11, 2016 0

Teresa Howard, 59, and her husband, Dallas, 63, are anxious to sell their 4,200 sq.f. house in Lawrenceville to move closer to their daughter...

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19-News

Senior trade group finds silver lining in COVID crisis

ACCA meal costs up $12,000 a week

COVID19: 10 WAYS TO BE A SMART AND SAFE BOOMER RIGHT NOW

Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Uber and Lyft

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

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