Services include book creation, digital collections, photo restoration, and help with sorting and organizing your images.
Sunday, April 09, 2023
Members enjoy the opportunity to play at different courses, and in both individual and team formats during the season.
ARA offers seminars and discussion groups; special lecture series; and cultural tours.
Sunday, January 29, 2023
On Thursday, Manchester will host the final listening session for state officials who are developing a plan for how to address issues related to aging.
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Adult children who do family tech support know the drill. Your parents call about a problem with their smartphone, maybe spam texts or something wrong with Facebook. You try to talk them through fixing it remotely with mixed results and mutual frustration.
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Medicare. Medicaid. Assisted living and long-term care. Downsizing. And the financial planning to make it all happen without putting too much stress on relatives.
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Find your fit: Chorus, biking and golfing, cooking and music classes, library, coffee lounge and so much more.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
MEREDITH — At 97 years young, Chuck Estano Sr. has lived a long life premised on the saying “make a plan, make it happen.”
Sunday, April 10, 2022
This summer the N.H. Senior Games expects to see 700-plus athletes compete across 20 events.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s volunteer-based model is “for the pure enjoyment of learning.”
Today’s seniors do their research and know how to use technology on trips.
Saturday, October 30, 2021
By the time he stepped down from Aon at age 71, Patrick Ryan had earned a retirement fit for a king.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
In 2021, the Social Security Administration (SSA) estimated that more than 65 million people benefit from Social Security programs.
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Sunday, August 22, 2021
GLENNA TIBBETTS CALLS the Gibson Center for Senior Services in North Conway a “godsend,” while Dick Cooke says it’s “a force in the Valley.”
CINDEE TANUMA, executive director of Community Caregivers and The Loaner’s Closet, has a not-so-private joke with Donna Kluk, her Closet manager. “We’ll have an odd piece of equipment come in, and Donna will ‘bury’ it,” Tanuma said with a chuckle.
DEBRA PEROU, administrator for the Rockingham County Nutrition and Meals on Wheels program, doesn’t faze easily. She and her delivery drivers have made it through floods, ice storms and hurricanes, “and we’ve always been able to deal,” she said.
Friday, July 30, 2021
The judge who ordered Antwan Stroud jailed in January ordered a different sentence on Friday, one that included no incarceration for the young Black man who participated in Manchester unrest last year in connection with the Black Lives Matter cause.
Sunday, June 27, 2021
WHAT: NH opened up the COVID-19 vaccination for everyone ages 12 and up (Individuals who are 12 to 17 years old can receive the Pfizer vaccine). Information is available at https://www.vaccines.nh.gov/ or by calling 2-1-1, Monday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 11, 2021
What is the most common trauma seen in the emergency department? Not motor vehicle accidents. Not sports injuries. It is falls!
Volunteer work includes running activities, working with kids, gardening, policy advocacy and teaching.
Online records are a huge resource now, but nothing beats family stories handed down from generation to generation.
With the absence of large, family gatherings in the last year, many people have likely been missing out on a critical conversation. And it’s a conversation that should not be delayed.
Most of New Hampshire, like the rest of the world, has been staying home since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago. This means many people have missed regular doctors’ appointments and screenings, and maybe developed some unhealthy habits. For our senior population, now that we ha…
Sunday, February 07, 2021
People who need help preparing their taxes can receive free assistance from Granite United Way’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which serves New Hampshire and Windsor County, Vt., residents.
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Automakers in Japan, where almost 30% of the population is 65 or older, are taking the lead on adapting cars so the nation's legions of elderly drivers can feel more confident -- and be safer -- behind the wheel.
Monday, January 18, 2021
Nashua’s St. Joseph Hospital has opened a senior behavioral health unit for those 65 and older experiencing behavioral and emotional health challenges.
People over 65 with COPD are among the beneficiaries of nearly $300,000 awarded to eight local nonprofits by the Pearl Manor Fund Advisory Committee.
Monday, January 11, 2021
CONCORD — The state is shirking its responsibility to provide at-home care that keeps elderly and disabled people out of nursing homes, advocates said in a federal lawsuit filed Monday.
Sharon Clark is able to get her life-sustaining cancer drug, Pomalyst — priced at more than $18,000 for a 28-day supply — only because of the generosity of patient assistance foundations.
Monday, December 14, 2020
Vaccines that protect against COVID-19 are on the way. What should older adults expect?
Monday, September 28, 2020
Where do we want to live in the years ahead?
Monday, September 21, 2020
DENVER — Dental hygienist Jennifer Geiselhofer often cleans the teeth of senior patients who can’t easily get to a dentist’s office. But until recently, if she found a cavity, there was little she could do.
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
Inmates in county jails will have a right to medication-assisted treatment for substance abuse beginning in July 2021, the American Civil Liberties Union said.
Monday, August 03, 2020
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, older adults are having a hard time envisioning their “new normal.”
Monday, July 20, 2020
For months, Patricia Merryweather-Arges, a health care expert, has fielded questions about the coronavirus pandemic from fellow Rotary Club members in the Midwest.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Davetta Brooks, 75, who has heart failure, a fractured hip and macular degeneration, is afraid. Conditions in her low-income senior building on Chicago’s Near West Side — the Congressman George W. Collins Apartments -are “deplorable,” she said.
Monday, May 04, 2020
Older adults with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, have several “atypical” symptoms, complicating efforts to ensure they get timely and appropriate treatment, according to physicians.
Monday, December 02, 2019
One in eight adults with heart disease delays filling prescriptions, takes less of the medication than prescribed, or skips medications altogether because of high out-of-pocket costs, a new study suggests.
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Saturday, May 14, 2022
MEREDITH — At 97 years young, Chuck Estano Sr. has lived a long life premised on the saying “make a plan, make it happen.”
Sunday, April 10, 2022
This summer the N.H. Senior Games expects to see 700-plus athletes compete across 20 events.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s volunteer-based model is “for the pure enjoyment of learning.”
Today’s seniors do their research and know how to use technology on trips.
Saturday, October 30, 2021
By the time he stepped down from Aon at age 71, Patrick Ryan had earned a retirement fit for a king.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
In 2021, the Social Security Administration (SSA) estimated that more than 65 million people benefit from Social Security programs.
