By Nicole Long, MSW, LICSWCEO of Old Colony Elder Services Earth Day, Wednesday April 22, is a day to raise environmental awareness and take action to preserve and protect our planet.Ensuring clean air, clean water, and a...
Read MoreBy Rita La Rosa Loud, B.S. Not everybody is eager to put on sneakers, change into gym clothes then sprint out the door to work out. I get it! Would you believe I was bashful and hesitant to step foot into a gym? But here I am...
Read MoreBy Mark Friedman There is rarely a single moment that tells a family, “Now it’s time to bring in help.”Instead, the need builds quietly – across safety risks, medication complexity, subtle cognitive shifts, and the growing...
Read MoreBy Meghan Fitzpatrick, Hospice & Palliative Care RepresentativeOld Colony Hospice & Palliative Care Recently, a friend sent me an article about something called vicarious grief. The phrase was new to me, but the...
Read MoreAnswering the age-old question: What do you want to do when you grow up? By Steven V. Dubin It’s a strange question to hear after age 60: “What do you want to do when you grow up?”Most of us thought we had already answered that....
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