| United States Universities-linked senior communities creating buzz
A new breed of senior communities affiliated with major universities has been gaining strength in the United States. Residents are able to take a variety of classes offered on-site and audit courses at the university campus. Most of all, students from the university medical school provide the quality care. A quality of living that has its price. As members of the baby boom generation head into their retirement years, a new breed of senior communities affiliated with major universities has been gaining strength in the United States and is expected to see continued expansion.
Oak Hammock at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and which opened in March 2004, is one of the so-called "continuing care retirement communities" with university affiliation, consisting of apartments, club homes and villas, assisted living units, and a nursing facility.
50 is the New 40: Not the Start of Senior Life
My first reaction to the Sentinel article What's Fun About Being 50 is that people need an attitude adjustment when it comes to aging. Haven't they heard--"50 is the New 40." I even wrote an article about it called, "If 50 is the New 40, Then 30 is the New 20" about the many ways our culture is growing younger--not just in body but in thought. People, for the most part, are acting younger and living longer these days. So the idea that 50 can be counted as a "senior" is ridiculous. I mean, did anybody notice how young and sexy Stevie Nicks looked yesterday on one of the pre-Super Bowl shows? And she's 58. Or how about Diane Keaton, 61 on the cover of More magazine--targeting the over 40 audience? These are not just a couple of isolated celebrity occurrences. As I look around my neighborhood in Windermere, I see the same youthful attitude.
Centenarians Hold The Key To Fountain Of Youth
(WJZ) It is common knowledge that only a small percentage of people have ever lived to be 100, but new research shows the fountain of youth may be found in one of the least expected places--the very old.Healthwatch reporter Kellye Lynne investigates how studying centenarians--those who live to 100--may not only hold the answer to what triggers disease, but also help doctors learn more about fighting it.For centuries people have been searching for ways to grow old and feel young, and now doctors known as gene hunters say they are finding some answers.Only one in 10,000 Americans ever live to see 100, but as part of a special investigative report, WJZ's Lynn caught up with several of them in the Baltimore area. Baltimore County resident Margaret Bauer is one of those rarities who doctors have been studying in their search for answers to longevity.At 105, Bauer is the only one in her senior living center--The Franklin Woods Center--to have lived past the century mark.
Sarawood hits 25-year mark
It was built almost a century ago, and its peaks and gables, fireplaces and woodwork still conjure up an earlier era. Sarawood, an unusual assisted-living retirement home on Loomis Avenue in Holyoke, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its current incarnation. Sure, it's got all the modern amenities. A TV remote lies on the sofa. The kitchen has stainless steel counters. Someone from the YMCA leads an exercise class once a week. But William G. ("Bill") and Marjorie Lyons, owners of Sarawood, have cultivated the historic feel of the place, which was named after Bill's grandmother. "We tried as much as possible to stay with a Victorian style," says Bill. Around every corner are such vintage pieces as a carved wooden bird or a grandfather clock, a marble-topped occasional table or a venerable treadle sewing machine, a wicker baby buggy or an old family portrait in an oval frame.
Developers of senior housing at the former St. Agnes property in ...
WHITE PLAINS - Developers who have proposed building several hundred condominium and assisted-living units for seniors at the former St. Agnes Hospital property on North Street have cut 19 condos and reduced the height of the tallest building from 71 to 65 feet. The move is the second round of reductions in a month under continuing pressure from the neighborhood and City Hall to build smaller. The new round of cuts last night won unanimous praise from the Common Council, which voted to schedule a public hearing Feb. 5 on rezoning the 23-acre property, now zoned residential, to allow the development. The council also voted 4-1 to accept an environmental impact study by the developer, North Street Community. Councilman Dennis Power voted against accepting the study after expressing fears that doing so would prevent the council from requiring further changes to the development.
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