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Sizeable and diverse elderly population continues to have profound implications for society, availability of labour and economic growth.

The Naperville City Council has signed off on an agreement under which Tower Court Naperville will buy 4.68 acres of city land for an affordable housing complex for seniors and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

As a member of the AARP Network of Age‐Friendly States and Communities, Orlando is developing a plan for older residents to live well.

As of today, it’s been two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic.

June 10, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Rob Paul With the current Rotary Place expansion in Bolton—home to the Caledon Seniors Centre—it was identified by staff last month there was a budget shortfall of $1,627,056 for the project. As a result, Council passed an amendment to a motion to provide the project with the additional needed funds to move forward, with a final report for the project set for the fall. The building was constructed...

Lynette Jaramillo, co-founder and chief executive officer of Casa de La Luz hospice died from heart failure on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at the age of 78.  She was at home in the arms of her husband and with her daughter when she passed away, said her son William Jaramillo II. She was pronounced dead at Banner University Medical Hospital.  “It was just a beautiful end of life, you know, being with her loved ones,” said Jaramillo II. “The reason she started the hospice was so that...