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Boom Calendar for Grown-ups ~ Curated for Us @ Fifty Plus

What Is a Long-Term Care Ombudsman? And...

In 1972, when the federal Long-Term Care Ombudsman (LTCO) program began...

Cottage-style nursing homes coming to north Georgia

The Cottages at Rockmart in Polk County will soon open as...

The Greenhouse Project: Reimagining Nursing Homes

How many times have we heard, or said ourselves, “I don’t...

Eve Anthony

Q&A with Eve Anthony

The Athens Community Council on Aging was forced to make a...

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Nursing Home Model In Trouble

Life and Death in Senior Living Facilities Senior Wire Getting older...

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Isolating Together

Suddenly, everything is different. Normal changed overnight and people are adapting...

Summer 2020 AARP

Social Distancing Shouldn’t Lead to Social Isolation

Even in the best of times, social isolation is a significant...

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From AARP: Creating Successful Caregiver/Life Balance

Family caregivers perform unpaid care valued at $470 billion a year,...

Susan Brown and her brother Patterson

Caregiving: Where to start

Megan Vogt is immersed in the issues of caregiving. As program...