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Senior Living
This section is for content specific to challenges and issues relevant to our elders. While there is content relevant to seniors in other sections, this particular category on the blog is for unique information specific to those who are past retirement and their families who wish to understand more about them.


What We’re Following Today
Music in Dementia Cases Why is it important to include music in your life? Here’s some reasons: three videos that illustrate music’s...

Brian Sherwood
Nov 13, 20201 min read


What We’re Following Today November 11, 2020: Veterans Info
In recognition of Veteran’s Day here’s a couple of links to some topics that relate to vets and the generations of them that exist today....

Brian Sherwood
Nov 11, 20201 min read


What We’re Following Today October 30, 2020: Caregiver Info
Did you know November is National Family Caregiver Month This program for caregiver essays is really a great idea. We know at Generation...

Brian Sherwood
Oct 30, 20201 min read


What We're Following Today October 5, 2020
Today I happened across a couple of excerpts / documentary pieces about people who grew up in the 50’s. I think it’s something I might...

Brian Sherwood
Oct 5, 20201 min read


What We're Following Today September 22, 2020
World Alzheimer’s Day Yesterday was World Alzheimer’s Day. This post on hello.com was a great place to link to a variety of different...

Brian Sherwood
Sep 22, 20201 min read


What We’re Following Today September 4, 2020
Skipping Rocks - the right way I love skipping rocks. Any time I get to a pond or river or the ocean, I just am drawn to it. It’s almost...

Brian Sherwood
Sep 4, 20203 min read


The Wanderer
Song to set the theme: “The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion. The song, with a 12-bar...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 23, 20207 min read


What We’re Following Today August 20, 2020
Parenting in pandemic There are many concerns that parents have in this pandemic environment. LinkedIn has a good summary of some of...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 20, 20201 min read


What We're Following Today August 14, 2020
Risks that Can Derail Retirement It’s always a good practice to remind ourselves of the risks out there that could derail a retirement....

Brian Sherwood
Aug 13, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today August 12, 2020
Dementia Sufferers, 1/3 Consider Giving Up in COVID Environment Again, COVID can lead to many other side effects including those of...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 12, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today August 11, 2020
What Are Different Generations Reading? Ever wonder how our tastes might be different based on our generational category? What are the...

Brian Sherwood
Aug 11, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today July 30, 2020
Sometimes we just have to take joy in the stories of others. I really look forward to when I can sit down and look through my monthly...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 30, 20202 min read


What We’re Following Today July 29, 2020
Today we’ll focus on abuse. A woman from Creditcards.com pointed me in the direction of this first post from Anastasiia Staples....

Brian Sherwood
Jul 29, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today July 23, 2020
Today I'll look into some things regarding dementia. I felt like I wanted to get on YouTube to look at things less "clinically" and find...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 22, 20203 min read


What We're Following Today July 21, 2020
Should You Take Early Retirement? Peter Dunn does a nice job in this article answering a woman's question about retiring early when...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 21, 20202 min read


What We’re Following Today July 17, 2020
Ageist Colloquialisms We Need to Drop From Our Interactions There are many dangerous things about ageism that we really should be looking...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 17, 20202 min read


What We’re Following Today July 15, 2020
Popular ageism misconceptions Here’s a blog post calling out certain stereotypical misconceptions about people who are getting older. On...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 15, 20202 min read


What We’re Following Today July 14, 2020
A new concept in elder living particularly for those who might need specialized memory care has come to Shelton, CT. I received an email...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 14, 20201 min read


What We’re Following Today July 8, 2020
Online Learning Tips University of Toronto offers some tips for virtual learning. Some are common sense, but good to go through as...

Brian Sherwood
Jul 8, 20201 min read


What We’re Following Today June 30, 2020
Reason number 25 I love the US. It’s Not Too Big. Even though this huge country of ours has over 300 million people, it never ceases to...

Brian Sherwood
Jun 30, 20201 min read
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