The ‘Age Wave,’ and compassionate solutions

Link to article in Faribault Daily News Guest Column by Deb Taylor As we look ahead in this new year, we know senior and caregiver needs will only grow. Members of the large Baby Boom generation are turning 65 at a national rate of 10,000 per day, adding to the increasing number of Minnesota seniors. […]

Protecting Seniors from Schemes and Scams

        Link to article in The Caledonia Argus Guest Column by Deb Taylor Dwight, 74, is more cautious now after being stung by a classified advertisement he saw in an online magazine. The ad promised $100 in legal currency for $50. Dwight (naively) felt it was a good deal so he dashed […]

A Senior Friendly Workplace Makes Sense

        Link to article in Lakeshore Weekly News Guest Column by Deb Taylor At a Labor Day gathering, I was talking to a business professional who related his experience in hiring older adults. He was very direct: “They show up on time, they have a solid work ethic, and they bring customer […]

Worn out: Seniors caring for seniors

        Link to article on InsightNews.com Guest Column by Deb Taylor Retirement is supposed to be a time of leisure, after decades spent in the working world and raising children. But millions of seniors, because of our increasingly aging population, are finding themselves as caregivers – pursuing a new labor of love, […]

An ‘Island’ or a Sea of Compassionate Helpers?

        Link to article in The Laker & The Pioneer Guest Column by Deb Taylor No man (or woman!) is an island. Have you ever heard this quote? A shorter version of it was first delivered by the seventeenth-century English author John Donne during a sermon. He was right, no one is […]

Four restaurants serve up success with Monticello Senior Center meal program participation

Link to article in The Monticello Times One year ago this week, four Monticello restaurants entered a unique community service partnership aimed at providing economically priced senior meals. The owners of the Monticello Corner Café, Chin Yuen, Monticello VFW Post 8731 and Cornerstone Café began working with Monticello Senior Center Director Pam Loidolt to replace […]

Soothing Senior Grief

Link to article in Lakeshore Weekly News Guest Column by Deb Taylor Life brings different rhythms — different timetables — for each of us. We lose dear loved ones, we grieve, we face changes — diminished mobility, an end to driving the car, maybe a different place to live after decades in the long-time family […]