The United States is a very large country, and as a result we have thousands of small cities which do not have an assisted living facility for the citizens, so seniors have to often go to a nearby city for their needs. This scenario is occurring in the small town of Arizona City, Arizona, where [...]

Most seniors are familiar with Tai Chi as a means of exercising, but not as many seniors are aware of a similar exercise option called Qigong. Both exercise options originated in China, but they have gained popularity in the United States, as seniors enjoy the low impact activity. The great thing about Qigong for seniors, [...]

Over the course of the past year, senior citizens have taken to the Internet and are quickly becoming Facebook’s fastest growing demographic. According to checkfacebook.com, there are over 14million seniors using Facebook in the U.S. alone. This is a 1448% increase from 2009 and makes up for 11% of the U.S. Facebook population. To demonstrate [...]

National Active Aging Week was started by the International Council on Active Aging in 2003, and it is held every year during the last week in September. As National Active Aging Week approaches, Emeritus Senior Living has decided to honor it by launching an Active Aging Week contest dubbed “The Most Active Senior I Know,” [...]

Each year, more and more seniors are adopting and embracing technology to enrich their daily lives, and after the Apple press event yesterday, you have to wonder if seniors will start to become bigger Apple fans. While Apple products are primarily geared toward a younger demographic, their simplicity and ease of use make them a [...]

The Heywood Wakefield furniture manufacturing mill has been sitting at 206 Central Street in Gardner, Massachusetts, since 1863, and at one time it was the largest furniture company in the world. However the building has been vacant since the late 1970′s when the Heywood-Wakefield Company filed for bankruptcy. Luckily it was added to the National [...]