Besides weathering the climbing prices of everyday necessities from groceries to gas, some older people are exploring ways to cut costs on fixed expenses like owning or renting a home…including sharing housing.
Matt Hutchinson, director of roommate site SpareRoom said, “This is a growing trend. Over the past five years the number of so-called ‘live-in landlords’ looking to rent out spare rooms in their own homes has almost doubled.”
While Frank’s Food Mart avoided closing on January 31st owner, Gerald Hamel, still faces a number of challenges to keep the neighborhood grocery store open into the foreseeable future. Fortunately for the Skyland neighborhood, where the “soul food grocer” has resided for 65 years, Hamel, community leaders and a dedicated congregation of patrons are pushing to make Frank’s a vibrant fresh food oasis on the edge of one of Denver’s most significant food deserts.
The light at 6:50am shines golden on the signature sliding barn doors of Monsoon Roastery. Traffic is just starting to pick up and big rigs cut through the crisp morning air along the strip of Albany Street known as Gasoline Alley.
Approaching the entrance, bleary eyed, in a pre-coffee haze, I hear the distinct whistling of the La Marzocco espresso machine and murmur of conversation slipping through the narrowly parted doors.
In a House vote early Friday morning, Republicans edged out Democrats in a 216-213 vote that also cuts $7 billion in foreign aid.
Federal funding is a small percentage of NPR’s budget. However, local public media stations that run NPR stories receive more than 70% of the federal funds that are allocated to CPB.
Rural stations rely more heavily on that federal funding than stations near population centers that are able to build bigger membership and donor bases from urban centers.
The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) has teamed up with the Coalition to Transform Advance Care (C-TAC) to work on building a federal fee-for-service, community-based palliative care model that would provide broader access and earlier support for patients across the United States.
Sweat drips onto the screen as I sit staring at this message from Stich. I just finished a run and am sitting in my truck, sipping on a Gatorade.
My brother Pete just told me Chris Duffy passed away. He got an infection and his organs started shutting down.
I wipe my forehead with the back of my sleeve, then swipe over to my phone’s weather app to check the temperature… again.
I haven’t heard from Stich in a few months, but our history goes back decades.
Deciding where to live after retirement, for most older adults, should probably involve more planning than throwing darts at a map. You could start by scanning all of the year’s “best of” lists to get a snapshot of locations to consider.
But Ryan Frederick, author of Right Place Right Time: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Home for the Second Half of Life says place is much more than an address. “It’s a tapestry layered with relationships, experiences, and possibilities.”
Kent Saucedo is disabled and as a veteran of the United States Air Force he receives medical care from the Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. He was not injured during his enlistment but suffers from a degenerative condition called Spinal Stenosis, which has severely impacted his mobility.
A recent transplant to Telluride from Moab, Utah, the once-avid outdoorsman enjoyed rock climbing, caving, canyoneering, kayaking and was a volunteer member of Grand County Search and Rescue.
When a loved one refuses in-home care, listen to their concerns, involve other family members, and highlight the benefits of hiring a professional caregiver. Often, certain fears — such as the cost or new people being in their home — drive someone’s hesitation to receive help. While some seniors deny they need help, it may be fear of losing their independence or being a burden to family and friends that’s troubling them. Researching options and benefits together before care is needed may help dispel fears and empower your loved one as a decision-maker.
Seniors starting a new chapter in life are choosing to have the college experience as part of their retirement — but they’re not moving into the dorms. Designed just for seniors, university retirement communities, or university-based retirement communities (UBRCs), are gaining popularity for their myriad opportunities.
The National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care (NCHPC) has chosen a panel of 33 palliative care experts to develop the 5th edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care.
Originally created in 2004, through the National Consensus Project, the guidelines established the first national, evidence-based standards for the palliative care field. The guidelines have been updated four times since 2004 and have been endorsed by more than 90 health and professional health care worker organizations.
I started playing hockey again. It’s been about 10 years since the last time I played, and nearly 30 since I played competitively. I’ve dipped in and out of hockey for a good portion of my life. It always seems to appease some sort of need. I don’t know what has drawn me back to it this time. I’m not clawing my way back from an injury, or healing from some emotional pain that forced me away from it. But I think I need something from it now.
Solar panels on the roof of the East High School gym are part of the view from Sean McCarthy’s classroom. McCarthy, a special education teacher, says that he first noticed the city’s purple recycling bins at another Denver Public Schools (DPS) school in North Denver a couple years ago. The bins inspired McCarthy and others to start a recycling program at East.
Transitions of care are crucial moments for patients, often fraught with risks, but palliative care providers can help ensure that the changes go more smoothly.
One way of doing this is through transitional care. Transitional care is a dynamic and highly personalized type of care that provides care services to assist patients as they move between different levels of health care. This may include a patient transitioning from a hospital setting to another care facility, or to their home.
When a chronic health condition, recovery from an illness, dementia, or even the normal aging process makes it difficult for a senior to live at home safely, in-home care can provide the supervision and assistance they need to age in place. However, families are often concerned about how much home care services cost and what their financial options are for payment.