Seniors

Feeling guilty about moving a loved one to assisted living or memory support? Choosing to move a parent or spouse to an assisted living or memory support community is a difficult decision that many people...

CHELSEA – Eleanor Karp, a much beloved resident of the Leonard Florence Center for Living, turned 107 on Sept. 1. Wearing a festive tiara, Eleanor celebrated this milestone day with family, friends, residents, and staff...

BOSTON – Holocaust survivor Israel ‘Izzy’ Arbeiter of Newton, an eyewitness to the horrors of Nazi concentration camps, will be honored during a virtual community event on Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. The event is...

We’ve all been through a lot during the last year and a half. Just when we started feeling ready to ditch the masks for good, new COVID-19 variants have caused many people to feel uneasy...

CHELSEA – Florence & Chafetz Home, a specialized memory support residence operated by Chelsea Jewish Lifecare, announced that it has expanded its assisted living memory care residence. The 12newly open private studio apartments, each with...

BOSTON – It’s a century-old scrapbook, with a modest, mottled black-and-white cover and yellowed interior pages, the kind of common family keepsake that might attract curious flea market shoppers or history buffs. But the letters...

To perk up the summer season, Cohen Florence Levine Estates staff teamed up with “Judy’s Jewels” on July 28 to orchestrate a lively flea market in the assisted living residence. Judy Weiss, a volunteer, curated...

It’s been more than two months since I honored my late son’s memory with the annual scholarship at Danvers High School. Brian died May 14, 1982, and a year later, the first scholarship was awarded...

Dr. David S. Rosenthal, a hematologist/oncologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and R. Peter Shapiro, a retired lawyer who practiced in Concord, N.H., first met 70 years ago at Camp Alton,...

Sylvia “Sip” Webman, celebrated her 101st birthday on July 4th and was honored by the Worcester “WooSox” Red Sox baseball team. Born in 1920 in Poland, Webman grew up in Lynn before moving to Worcester,...