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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),...

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Joan’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...

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The 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...

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Joan’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....

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The 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...

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Joan’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,...

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Joan’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...

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Joan’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...

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Joan’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...

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Joan’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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