Capital City Senior

There’s plenty going on for area seniors these days, with more all the time. Every month, hundreds of active, imaginative seniors meet to eat, explore interesting places in and around Springfield, play sports, travel and much more. They are the members and friends of Lincoln Land Community College’s Academy of Lifelong Learning (A.L.L.), and they’re […]

There’s no one right answer for women who wonder if their sex life is normal in their midlife years, and there are Pittsburgh doctors who say they can prove it. In an attempt to go beyond surveys of the sex lives of women in their 40s and 50s, physician Holly Thomas, women’s health researcher at […]

Randy Held rises at 4:30 a.m. to complete his workouts at the YMCA, and he feels energized for the rest of the day. PHOTO BY JENNIFER SNOPKO, SPRINGFIELD, YMCA Walk through the doors at either of our Springfield YMCA locations and take a look around. You’ll see people from all walks of life interacting, sipping […]

A fully loaded 16-passenger raft is dwarfed by the vastness of the Grand Canyon. PHOTO BY KAREN A. WITTER Awesome is now a commonly used word to describe just about anything that is nice, good or enjoyable. But, Webster’s dictionary defines awesome as causing feelings of fear and wonder and feelings of awe. Awe means […]

Disrupt Aging: a Bold New Path to Living your Best Life at Any Age, by Jo Ann Jenkins with Boe Workman. Public Affairs: 2016, 237 pages. “At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.” –Maya Angelou Disrupt Aging serves as both a declaration of middle-aged and senior […]

Craig Backs explains his motivation: “I exercise and eat a more healthy diet so I can be a more effective example to my patients, my colleagues and my community.” PHOTO BY PATRICK YEAGLE I recently participated in a webinar on “motivational interviewing.” Motivational interviewing seeks to identify an individual’s “why” and enable and guide them […]

PHOTO BY ISTOCKPHOTO.COM It’s often thought that as people age, they lose much of their sharpness and thinking power. While it’s true that folks over 55 are unlikely to change into innovative giants such as Steve Jobs, the loss of memory retention and deductive reasoning power can be slowed down or prevented by one simple […]

Country Lane Memory Care founder Cari Claussen in front of the facility’s building under construction in Riverton photo by Pat Yeagle “When I was 16 years old, my grandma was very sick and she was unable to speak, says Cari Claussen, founder of Country Lane Memory Care in Riverton. “She was in a Springfield nursing […]

Bickford House (retirement apartments), 2300 W. White Oaks Dr., Springfield, 62704, 217-787-4687 Brenden Gardens (independent living), 900 Southwind Rd., Springfield, 62703, 217-529-4586 Capitol Plaza Apartments (independent living) 1210 E. Washington St., Springfield, 62703 217-528-1771 Capitol Retirement Village (independent /supportive living) 500 North Bruns Lane, Springfield, 62702, 217- 698-9441 Carriage House (assisted living), 2715 W. Monroe St, […]

Gail Adamski, right, with coworkers Jean Hartman, Kate Becker and Cheryl Pippin, celebrating The Farm’s 20th anniversary in 2014. Cheryl: “We get tickled because it looks like we know what we’re doing.” Gail Adamski and husband Eric, an area building contractor, bought 63 acres and a horse barn between Salisbury and Petersburg to start a […]

After retiring, Phil Locascio decided to finally pursue his dream of painting. Now he’s an accomplished pastel artist who belongs to several artists’ groups and regularly sells his work. When facing retirement, most people rightly spend considerable time and energy on financial planning to adjust to life without a salary. Equally important, however, is the […]