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Tips for easing tough financial discussions with aging parents

For many families, it is the elephant in the room: the necessary but potentially awkward discussions between aging parents and adult children about issues like where the parents envision living as … more

1/7/21

Examining our past can help us feel more content now

Many of us spent time during the High Holy Days reflecting on the previous year. But what if we went even further back and took an extended look into our past? What if this look back could provide us … more

SHANA PROHOFSKY and TARA WATKINS | 11/6/20

After 41 years, Shalom Apartments gets a new executive director

Susan Bazar has been named executive director of Shalom and Shalom II Apartments, in Warwick. Bazar is taking over from Bonnie Sekeres, who was the executive director for 41 … more

9/3/20

Meeting the National Commander (left to right): Barry Lischinsky (National Chief of Staff), Michael Penn, Susanna Roberts (Dept. Senior Vice Commander), Jerry Sherman, Steve Musen, Michael Smith, Steve Bloch (Dept. Junior Vice Commander), Harvey Weiner (National Commander), Ira Jay Fleisher (Dept. State Commander), Mel Kahn (Past State Commander) and Sanford Gorodetsky (Immediate Past State Commander).

JWA national head visits RI

On Oct. 13, National Commander Harvey Weiner met with members of the Rhode Island department Jewish War Veterans USA. He discussed his goals for the year, his vision for the future and offered … more

10/31/19

Don’t wait until it’s too late to plan for long-term care

We all know about saving for retirement, but how many of us plan for when we can no longer take care of ourselves? While many of us have concerns about health as we age, most of us simply do not … more

Jason Siperstein | 7/5/19

Pesach shortcuts for seniors

Before Pesach last year, I wrote about how to best build the seder around an aging loved one. In retrospect, this was perhaps an overly child-centric approach. In my defense, most things … more

NAOMI FINK COTRONE | 4/4/19

The community in France should look like this, according to Nord Achitect’s website.

New models for senior living cropping up worldwide

“It is what it is.” You probably hear that a lot — I certainly do. All at once, the phrase means basically nothing and speaks volumes about our willingness to accept the status … more

NAOMI FINK COTRONE | 1/10/19

An anecdotal, non-comprehensive, slightly cavalier comparison of aging in Israel and R.I.

As a lifelong Rhode Islander who works with seniors, I’m pretty familiar with what the golden years look like around here. I know, for example, that in Providence, old friends … more

NAOMI FINK COTRONE | 4/19/18

Gardening encourages family bonding across generations

Anyone who gardens is happily familiar with the welcome sense of calm created by its rhythm, wholesomeness and simplicity. In a world of screens and meaningless “likes” on social … more

NAOMI FINK COTRONE | 4/4/18

Music therapy helps celebrate family connections one note at a time.

Bringing joy and therapy to hospice patients through Jewish music

NEW YORK – It’s a bitterly cold winter morning in Brooklyn, but Brenda, a 101-year-old woman in a Jewish hospice facility suffering from severe short-term memory loss, has a special … more

Sarah Seltzer | 3/4/18

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