Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can significantly improve an individual’s quality of life. At our Front Porch retirement communities, we embrace a holistic approach to healthy aging and wellbeing that focuses on the mind, body, and spirit to help residents find meaning and enjoyment in life. In honor of Healthy Aging Month, September, 2020, these five… Read more
In August 2014, my lifelong friend, Dave Radcliff, invited me to join a 20-plus-mile swim relay across Catalina Channel. As it had never been attempted by 80-year-olds, we would set an international record. I feared I wouldn’t measure up, but I accepted. Dave swam in the 1956 Olympics. Our teammates, all Masters Swimmers, compete in… Read more
Everything starts with movement. As we age, many of us experience a decline in activity level whether it’s due to health issues, weight gain, or concerns about falling and injury. As the director of the Walnut Village Wellbeing Center (WBC), my approach is to counter this tendency by finding ways to increase our residents’ activity… Read more