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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 March 11, 2020
Some Good Things to Think About With Seniors and Coronavirus So far the Coronavirus (covid-19) seems to be most dangerous for our...

Brian Sherwood
Mar 11, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today March 10, 2020
Caregiver Resources Perhaps you are new to the role of caregiver or you haven’t had the time to revisit some of the resources out there...

Brian Sherwood
Mar 10, 20204 min read


What We’re Following Today March 6, 2020
A 100 Year Old Arrest A Roxboro, NC resident spent the day in jail. On its own, nothing too shocking, but the interesting thing is that...

Brian Sherwood
Mar 6, 20201 min read


What We're Following Today February 18, 2020
Dying At Home? Maybe Reasons That’s Not A Great Idea This op-ed in the LA Times was promoted by a member of the Sandwich Generation group...

Brian Sherwood
Feb 18, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today February 17, 2020
Presidents Day What Is It? President’s Day was originally created in 1885 to commemorate president George Washington’s Birthday. Today...

Brian Sherwood
Feb 17, 20203 min read


What We’re Following Today Valentine’s Day 2020
Happy Valentine’s Day! What Does Medicare Cover Daily Caring has some great content and today’s daily newsletter has some wonderful...

Brian Sherwood
Feb 14, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today February 5, 2020
Mid Life Americans Providing More Financial Support As we age longer, start families later, many of us can find ourselves in the middle...

Brian Sherwood
Feb 5, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today February 3, 2020
Super Bowl Sunday was last night and it was a great game. A team who had been behind in every playoff game found itself down by 10 in the...

Brian Sherwood
Feb 3, 20203 min read


What We're Following Today January 29, 2020
Products Released the Year You Were Born A great click bait MSN slide show of iconic brands or products that were launched the year you...

Brian Sherwood
Jan 29, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today January 20, 2020
3 Reasons to Retire Early and 3 Reasons Not To… Many contemplate retirement at different places in their lives. Sometimes there are pros...

Brian Sherwood
Jan 20, 20203 min read


What We're Following Today January 17, 2020
Betty White Turns 98 Today Betty white is just awesome and today she is 98 years old…what does that mean? Well it means she’s see an...

Brian Sherwood
Jan 17, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today January 16, 2020
“OK Boomer” made it into the Supreme Court Halls A case dealing with age discrimination has landed itself in the halls of the Supreme...

Brian Sherwood
Jan 16, 20203 min read


What We're Following Today January 13, 2020
Retirement Laws for Older Workers Ageism is a hot topic, and I preface this that ageism goes MANY ways not just young to old. However,...

Brian Sherwood
Jan 13, 20203 min read


What We're Following Today January 8, 2020
Well Said, Why Intergenerational “Warfare” Is a Mug’s Game Well said, well said, well said – this opinion piece written in Maclean’s by...

Brian Sherwood
Jan 8, 20204 min read


What We’re Following Today January 7, 2020
New Laws that Impact Your Savings Options This newsletter post from a Rhode Island estate lawyer calls out some of the major changes in...

Brian Sherwood
Jan 7, 20202 min read


What We're Following Today January 6, 2019
How Many Times Do We Need To Be Surprised by The Expression - Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover? You can find so many examples online today...

Brian Sherwood
Jan 6, 20203 min read


What We're Following Today December 11, 2019
Some Senior Men Gift Ideas DailyCaring.com had a list of cool items that might be appropriate gift ideas for that special man in your...

Brian Sherwood
Dec 11, 20194 min read


Music Makes the Heart Sing
My dad is 87 years old and living his life with dementia. I have spent almost 2 years now caring for him and trying to 'enrich' his...

Brian Sherwood
Dec 6, 20192 min read


What We're Following Today December 4, 2019
Raising Your Dementia IQ Looking for a bit of a crash course on dementia? There are lots of misconceptions and lots of lost truths out...

Brian Sherwood
Dec 4, 20193 min read


What We're Following Today December 2, 2019
Maintaining Your Balance In Our Elder Years is Important Here’s a video from Phyllis Ayman who presented at our event in September about...

Brian Sherwood
Dec 2, 20193 min read
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