Lighting the Lights
Carol Silver Elliott, President & CEO, Jewish Home Family We are in the midst of Chanukah and it is a very different holiday this year. Each candle seems to hold…
Category Archives: Aging
Meaningful Life
One of the tenets of the Green House Project is meaningful life for elders. Meaningful life is focused on helping each elder be deeply known and to find, and have, a sense…
At the Holiday
Every year at Thanksgiving dinner I raise the question with our family and assorted guests—can you name something for which you are thankful? Sometimes it works (mostly with our friends…
The Words We Use
I had the privilege of attending the national conference of LeadingAge last week. LeadingAge represents more than 6,000 nonprofit organizations that serve older adults, primarily those in housing, long term…
A Purposeful Life
Recently one of the older adults with whom I am privileged to work started a comment with “If I had known I was going to live this long . .…
Forgiving
Forgiving — what does it mean? We all know Alexander Pope’s quote, “to err is human; to forgive divine” and while I am not sure that forgiving is divine, I have come…
The Dangers of Depression
It is the holiday season and many greet the New Year with the joy of family getting together, the opportunity to worship as a community and the chance to both…
Balance
Balance. Some of us talk about it as the struggle to manage our busy personal and professional lives and that’s certainly a relevant use of the term. But when we…
Capturing History
It’s the season of school vacations, travel that is less limited by weather; a time that we often use for reunions, visits and just reconnecting. Families sit around a table…
Can we Unlock Dementia Through Art?
What would it be like to lose the ability to make your own choices? What if the control of your everyday life was no longer yours? From the simplest things,…