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Driving Services Help Senior Mobility Without Spending Public Money
The Independent Transportation Network of America (ITNAmerica), a national organization is helping older people with their transportation needs at a time of dwindling state...
“Exciting” Afghan Peace Plan Paying Off as Taliban Fighters Renounce Violence
Peace is beginning to flower across Afghanistan with about 5% of Taliban fighters nationwide already surrendering, to re-join civil society through the Afghan Peace...
States Put the ‘Home’ in Nursing Homes
The Leonard Florence Center for Living in Chelsea, Mass., is part of what's known as the Green House project, founded by geriatrician Dr. Bill...
Tennessee’s Bold Leap in Care for the Aged and Disabled
After lagging behind the rest of the country for years, Tennessee is catching up fast when it comes to improvements in its health care...
Wild Horses Mesmerized by Native American Drumming
Jill Starr works to save American mustangs and domestic horses from abuse. Her organization now includes Red Horse Nation, which helps Native American youths...
Mine-Littered Desert Springs to Life, Thanks to Humanitarian Efforts
Sheikh Misri was once known as a dreary and rough desert of barren land littered with landmines and unexploded ordinances. Now, after four...
Inspired by Opening a Page in a Book, Man Drills for Water in Maasai Village
A Harley-riding Wisconsin senior has been given the National Franciscan Peace Award for 2009, an honor previously given to Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother...
An Idea for Helping Local Elementary Schools
Schools are being forced to slash budgets, lay off teachers, and yet are expected to do more to educate our children. What...
Seniors and Toddlers Enjoy Shared Day Care Center
An intergenerational daycare service in California provides child care and senior care in a shared environment. ONEgeneration Daycare helps seniors to continue...
With Bees Dying by the Billions, Teens Protect Pollinators
Millions of Monarchs will begin arriving in Mexico this week in an annual migration that includes thousands traveling through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and some...
‘Black Billy Elliot’ Pirouettes Past South African Prejudices
His chosen vocation ridiculed by peers and elders alike, a South African teenager remains unwavering in his ambition to become a world-class ballet dancer....
Thanksgiving: A Seasonal RItual Tying Us to the Earth
I love celebrations that serve to remind us about important aspects of our lives. Mother's Day and Father's Day celebrate two of the most...
Encouraging Signs That Elder Care is On the Mend
Finally, for the first time, I have hope. I started my career in the aging field in the "mean old days" of the 1970s,...
Ex-Senate Leaders Launch Center to Forge Bipartisan Solutions
Two Republicans and two Democrats, all former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders, have launched the Bipartisan Policy Center, a new organization with the noble goal...
Octogenarian Chorus Rocks the House With Remakes of Classic Rock Tunes
Imagine an elderly choral group of singers aged 73-100.
Now imagine that group belting out songs by the Rolling Stones, The Clash or Talking Heads....
A Commune for Grownups
ElderSpirit is an experimental community of older adults committed to spiritual growth, caring for one another, respect for the earth, and service to the...
Delivering Flowers for Old People in Nursing Home
Today my wife made two very special floral bouquets and we jumped in the car and drove them down to the elderly home where...