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Jan 20, 2025 | 
seniorsguide.com | Myles Mellor |Annie Tobey |Kari Smith |Donna Brody
Games 1/20/2025 | By Myles Mellor Welcome to the daily crossword puzzle from Seniors Guide. The puzzle changes daily, so be sure to bookmark the page for a new mental challenge every day!For more on maintaining brain health:You can’t find your cell phone. You forget the name of the movie you saw last week. You see your child’s high school band director in the grocery store and can’t remember her name. “Oh, no! Is it finally happening?” you wonder.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
seniorsguide.com | Kari Smith |Annie Tobey |Donna Brody |David L. Hoyt
Games 1/17/2025 | By Kari Smith Are there benefits of online puzzles for older adults, or are they simply a waste of time? Seniors Guide writer Kari Smith suggests rewarding reasons to engage. Online puzzles are often touted as aids in brain health, and they offer other benefits, too. Some experts recommend puzzles such as Sudoku or crossword puzzles for brain health and mental acuity, a priority for many aging seniors. Others question that recommendation.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
seniorsguide.com | R. Thomas |Brian Marsh |Alfred Lubrano |Donna Brody
Lifestyle 8/19/2024 | By R. Eric Thomas When their widowed sister-in-law moved nearby, they welcomed her. Now they feel she expects too much. Can they help her find a senior plan that meets her needs? Asking Eric weighs in. Dear Eric: My sister-in-law’s husband passed away several years ago. Over the years, my husband and I only saw them occasionally for holidays.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
seniorsguide.com | Alfred Lubrano |Annie Tobey |Donna Brody |R. Eric Thomas
Lifestyle 8/13/2024 | By Alfred Lubrano These older volunteers are feeding Philadelphians in poverty at community food pantries. What happens when they’re gone? PHILADELPHIA – Gloria White, 74, can’t remember precisely how long she’s been volunteering at the food pantry at the Second Antioch Baptist Church in West Philadelphia. “Thirty, maybe 37 years,” said White, a retired investigator for the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
seniorsguide.com | Donna Brody |Annie Tobey |R. Eric Thomas |Terri Jones
Lifestyle 8/12/2024 | By Donna Brody Turning 70 feels profoundly different for writer Donna Brody than her previous landmark birthdays. She reflects on the birthday and on the observations it elicits. “How terribly strange to be 70.” That line from the Simon and Garfunkel song “Old Friends/Bookends” has been running through my mind for the last several months. But, as the actual milestone birthday is in sight in just days, the volume seems to have gotten louder.
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May 2, 2024 | 
seniorsguide.com | Dawn Fallik |Brian Marsh |Terri Jones |Donna Brody
Lifestyle 5/2/2024 | By Dawn Fallik To be a man in the 21st century is to live in a time of social changes and challenges — from medical issues to social connections to divorce rates — that deeply affect life for men in retirement or even the ability to retire. Older men today can experience a kind of psychic bifurcation.
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May 1, 2024 | 
seniorsguide.com | Terri Jones |Annie Tobey |Donna Brody |Amy Dickinson
Lifestyle 5/1/2024 | By Terri L. Jones “Has technology made everything better? Not in my opinion!” says writer Terri L. Jones. She misses simpler times and pleasures that have gone the way of the rotary phone. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate technology. It’s provided us with countless benefits and made our lives easier in so many ways. However, I also think that technology has deprived us of some truly valuable – and life-enriching – things as well.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
seniorsguide.com | Donna Brody |Annie Tobey |Amy Dickinson |Kathy Witt
Lifestyle 4/30/2024 | By Donna Brody As writer Donna Brody’s seven grandchildren begin reaching adolescence, she’s filled with sadness that they grow up too fast. But a little research gives her a new perspective on their age, the phrase, and modern life for the new generation. It seems like yesterday our house was bursting with babies and toddlers. Anytime our children visited, high chairs, baby gates, portable cribs, strollers, and car seats were everywhere.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
seniorsguide.com | Kaitlyn Keegan |Annie Tobey |Cathy Hobbs |Donna Brody
Downsizing and Real Estate 3/12/2024 | By Kaitlyn Keegan Our furry friends come with an abundance of supplies, from beds and toys to food bowls. Keeping those supplies handy without detracting from a tastefully decorated home can be a challenge – especially for those who have downsized and are living in smaller spaces. If you love your pet and a pretty house, too, these home ideas for pets can help your pet-loving home to be functional and attractive. HARTFORD, Conn.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
seniorsguide.com | Robert Koehler |Annie Tobey |Amy Dickinson |Donna Brody
Lifestyle 3/4/2024 | By Robert C. Koehler After 77 years of living by the mantra of “being positive and productive,” Chicago-based columnist Robert C. Koehler is facing “giveuptitude.”Excuse me as I ponder eternity – briefly. Like it or not, this is the essence of … uh, aging.
