Optimism in the Golden Years

Link to article in Lakeshore Weekly News Guest Column by Deb Taylor Throughout her 106 years, Elizabeth lived an optimistic life. She’d known struggle early when her mother died in 1914, when Elizabeth was six. But she persevered and looked on the bright side, helping her father and siblings run the household. Later, when she […]

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. […]

Senior Community Services To Recognize Notable Contributions to Seniors at 5th Annual Luncheon

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6. 2015 Media Contact: Allison Bendickson a.bendickson@seniorcommunity.org 952-767-7899 Senior Community Services to Recognize Notable Contributions to Seniors at 5th Annual Luncheon Minnetonka, MN – On October 23, 2015 nonprofit Senior Community Services – which helps seniors and caregivers maintain independence – will present it’s 2015 Key Community Partner Awards […]

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 […]