The Last Stop: Why the Last Stop?
I was surprised when my fellow resident told me she didn’t like the name of this series. She found it too depressing. To me, when one chooses to live in a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC),...
View ArticleJoan’s Journey: Settling-in to Senior Housing
Welcome Joan’s Journeyers. On a trip to Los Angeles last fall, my dear friend Sondra Katz and I went to the trendy Rockwell Comedy Club, where tables and chairs form a circle around the stage. As we...
View ArticleThe Last Stop: Reflections after Five Years
At my retirement community, my friends and I are having a good time. Chronologically we’re old, but our lifestyle is not! There are some residents living here in their sixties but most of us are in...
View ArticleJoan’s Journey – Unexpected Events Lead to CAT
Santa Monica, CA rocks. Santa Monica senior living rocks and rolls. And I mean literally — my chair, bed, and car, with me in them, have rocked and rolled with earthquakes. Welcome Joan’s Journeyers....
View ArticleThe Last Stop: Day-to-Day Life
I think I should, but I do not know quite how to, describe daily life at my senior retirement community. What I do is very different from my good friend who lives across the hall from me. There are so...
View ArticleJoan’s Journey: Senior Living Lights Up Life
A Joan’s Journey riddle: How many seniors does it take to hang a wall lamp? A) Three B) Two C) One D) None If you guessed “D,” you are correct. How does a wall lamp get mounted in a senior residence,...
View ArticleJoan’s Journey: One Senior’s Journey Motivates Another
Welcome Joan’s Journeyers! I write this on a lovely, sunny Sunday in Santa Monica. I have a big smile on my face and I’m delighted to share why with you. First, I’m happy and content after spending...
View ArticleJoan’s Journey: ‘Comfort Zones’ Important for Successful Senior Living
Welcome, Joan’s Journeyers. In our last two blogs (read them here and here), we took an up-front and personal look at illness, dying and death at senior living. Prospective residents need to...
View ArticleJoan’s Journey: Happy Birthday to Senior Living, Year 1
Happy Birthday, Joan’s Journeyers! Jan. 27 celebrated the one-year move-in date of my experience with senior housing. Almost exactly a year ago, I boarded a plane, alone, from Baltimore. I traveled...
View ArticleJoan’s Journey: Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Welcome Joan’s Journeyers. The time was 1983 when pop-culture princess Cyndi Lauper burst upon the music scene with her electrifying song, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Forty-two years later, this...
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