Seniors

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,...

With the region’s hottest June in history and more heat in July, Jewish organizations that serve the elderly have been working hard to keep seniors safe. “Elders are very vulnerable to extreme heat so we...

Many people mistakenly assume senior living is something they only need to consider when they require health care. But, according to Melissa Kampersal, executive director at Edgewood Retirement Community in North Andover, the best time...

Ina Cherkas and Gail Pearson love being nurses. Ina, age 84 and a resident at the Jeffrey and Susan Brudnick Center for Living in Peabody, worked as a registered nurse for 32 years. Gail, 63,...