Aging Well October 29th 2013
November is a couple of steps away. And if you live in the Northern Wasco County Parks and Recreation District, you know November is more than falling leaves and cooler temperatures. It is your chance to vote on the proposed pool bond which will replace the current pool – first built in 1938 and substantially […]
Aging Well October 22nd 2013
Loneliness has been described as “when one door is closed, but the ‘other one’ has yet to open”. Or “an ‘inner worm’ that gnaws at the heart”. It can visit at any time in our lives. But circumstances and events we encounter as we get older: the loss of a life partner or difficulties with […]
Aging Well October 15 2013
Last week I discussed one option for thousand older Americans who want to stay in their homes, and are “house” rich but income poor: a reverse mortgage. But income may not be the only reason someone feels they can no longer live independently in their own home. Another reason may be the inability to […]
Aging Well October 8th 2013
If you are struggling to pay your bills – as the cost of living constantly increases, and yet you have paid off your house – which you purchased for $35,000 forty years ago and is now worth four times that much, you are one of thousands of American older adults who are income poor but […]
Aging Well October 1st 2013
This Friday night from 4:30 – 7:30 Meals-on-Wheels and the Mid-Columbia Senor Center invite you to their 3rd Annual Baby Back Rib Dinner sponsored by their neighbors to the west – The Springs at Mill Creek. With their support and with several other small and large donations, all the expenses are covered, so every penny […]