Lifestyle
COVER STORY: Participating in the Arts Creates Paths to Healthy Aging
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We all know to eat right, exercise, and get a good night’s sleep to stay healthy. But can flexing our creative muscles help us thrive as we age?
The Cautious Consumer Guy: The ‘Automatic Renewal’ Ploy
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- Written by Arthur Vidro Arthur Vidro
“Automatic renewal” is when a publication extends your subscription without first asking you and then demands payment.
You Can Heal a Family Estrangement
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Estrangement between parents and adult children can happen for many reasons — parents who object to their children’s lifestyle choices and relationships or children reacting to abuse, toxic behaviors, or lack of support, and other causes.
Grief Relief: The 3 Vital Steps for Grief Recovery
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- Written by Victor M. Parachin Victor M. Parachin
Sooner or later, everyone will experience the death of someone they have loved. When this happens, the result is grief — a natural but unpredictable response to the loss that impacts a person emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically.
Dauphin County Woman Wins Statewide Pageant
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Jo Ann Tresco, of Hummelstown, was recently crowned Ms. Pennsylvania Senior America 2021 at the state pageant held at PA DanceSport in Hummelstown.
Bob’s Tech Talk: App Removal, Tracker Tags, and Google Photos’ New Fees
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- Written by Bob DeLaurentis Bob DeLaurentis
Q. There is an app on my phone that I do not use. Can I save space by removing it?
Celebrating August’s Senior Activism
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- Written by James E. Patterson James E. Patterson
In the history of senior Americans, August is an important month for a law that a former U.S. president called “one of the great peacetime achievements of the American people.”
New Law Expands Support for Caregivers
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The Pennsylvania Department of Aging recently announced a bill sponsored by Rep. Karen Boback and signed into law by Gov. Wolf that will expand eligibility and allow flexibility in the administration of Pennsylvania’s Caregiver Support Program.
Grief Relief: Grief — Some Commonsense Answers
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- Written by Victor M. Parachin Victor M. Parachin
After her spouse died, a woman wrote in her journal: “I feel like I’m a hamster on a wheel going round and round but going nowhere. Even though Steve died 10 months ago, I still feel like it happened only yesterday. I just can’t stop thinking about him.