‘Hope of the Crow’ offers compelling, insightful, and often humorous guide on how to navigate growing older
Barbara Arnold, photos by Andrea Paulseth
Katherine Schneider's new book features perspectives and insights on approaching aging and taking sight for granted – something Schneider knows very well, as someone who was born blind and continues to educate the world ...
nearly one-third of Eau Claire residents have high blood cholesterol
Eau Claire City-County Health Department
Heart disease accounts for 1 in 4 deaths across the country, and high cholesterol is one of the largest risk factors for heart disease. While the body can ...
$50,000 donation to help aging locals stay active
Tom Giffey, photos by Andrea Paulseth
The effort to turn part of Eau Claire’s McDonough Park into an Active Aging Fitness area got a big boost recently with a $50,000 donation from Markquart Motors ...
addition will add much-needed space for exercise, learning
Tom Giffey
Eau Claire’s population is getting older, but thanks to an upcoming addition to the L.E. Phillips Senior Center, it will soon be getting more fit and better-educated, too.
The Yoga Room offers yoga instruction for seniors, mobility for all ages
Evelyn Nelson, photos by Andrea Paulseth
Lucinda Kemmet, instructor at The Yoga Room (2839 Mall Drive, Eau Claire), said she enjoys sharing her values on yoga with a wide variety of audiences – and now senior citizens.
The electric-equipped TerraTrikes can be reserved and checked out free of charge.
Tom Giffey
According to the senior center, the TerraTrikes offer a battery-powered “pedal assist” which helps boost a biker’s own pedal power.
V1 Staff
For the first time in a decade, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched a modernized and redesigned Medicare Plan Finder at www.medicare.gov/plan-compare ...
Medicare open enrollment period begins Oct. 15
Eau Claire County Aging & Disability Resource Center
Medicare’s Annual Open Enrollment Period is coming soon: It begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7. Be sure to add this to your fall checklist if you have a Medicare Part D plan or a Medicare Advantage Plan ...
nearly one-third of Eau Claire residents has high blood cholesterol
Eau Claire City-County Health Department
Heart disease accounts for 1 in 4 deaths across the country, and high cholesterol is one of the largest risk factors for heart disease. While the body can make all the cholesterol that it needs ...
making every season of life count when you are experiencing memory loss
Russell Martoccio
Autumn in Wisconsin seems to come without warning at a time when the fruitful days of midsummer are beginning to wane but when it still seems as though food, endless plenty, and the warmth ...
local dietician advocates for memory-preservation diet
Briana Novacek
As we age, many factors can affect how our bodies function. These factors may seem out of our control, but there are actually things one can do to boost physical and mental functioning. Pam VanKampen of Chippewa Falls has been a registered dietician for 32 years ...
Chippewa Valley seniors are recognizing the benefits of an active lifestyle – and for many of them, pickleball is key
Tom Giffey, photos by Andrea Paulseth
About five years ago, the City of Eau Claire was poised to remove worn-out, rarely used tennis courts at McDonough Park, a narrow strip of green space tucked away off Centre Street on the city’s near ...
research finds that people who have a positive perception of aging live longer
Leslie Fijalkiewicz
A few weeks ago my friend Chuck was bemoaning the fact that he was having his 60th birthday. He talked about “being old” and “feeling old” as though he had no control over what was happening to him ...
four things seniors need to know about the Medicare annual election period
Josh Sterling
Each year the Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP) occurs between Oct. 15 and Dec. 7. This is a crucial time for Medicare beneficiaries to review their current Part C (medical) and/or Part D (drug) plans. This can be confusing, so here are four things you need to know ...
Eau Claire County trails state in share of women who get this vital cancer screening
Eau Claire City-County Health Department
Mammograms save lives. Yet many women in the Chippewa Valley are not getting into the clinic for this routine breast cancer screening. Today we know much more about this disease than we used ...
Eau Claire ophthalmologist Dr. Tom Dow will open center to treat dementia risk
Barbara Arnold
I moved back to Eau Claire in 2004 to facilitate firsthand the care for my mom who had developed dementia. I asked Dr. Tom Dow of the Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic if my mom and I could have our appointments ...
Senior Americans Day offers a spectrum of activities for 55-plus crowd
Tom Giffey
Next June 4, the UW-Eau Claire campus will be overrun with seniors – and we don’t mean the kind who are a few credits away from graduating from college. We mean the kind of seniors ...
ageism keeps us from embracing the gift of growing older
Jennifer Speckien
A quick Google search of “anti-aging” gives you 13.6 million results. The entire first page of results includes things like anti-aging diets, anti-aging skin creams, etc. – a plethora of consumer goods ...
how to feel good about downsizing and opening the next chapter of your life
Connie Kees
The kids are gone, the big yard needs mowing, the snow needs removing, and you have too much stuff that used to serve a purpose. There is never enough time to just relax ...
to get fit, treat exercise more like play and less like a chore
Mary Pica-Anderson, photos by Andrea Paulseth
People in our world are becoming more and more sedentary. No matter what age we are, we seem to be spending more time in front of televisions and computers. We rarely walk or ride a bike to get around, and ...
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