aging

  • Next Chapter Events Coming This Fall

    Kids are headed back to school, but it’s always a great time for adults to jump into a program and learn something, too. This fall, SPL is partnering with community partners to offer a broad set of programs geared for adults who would like to know more about Medicare, end-of-life planning, Social Security and more.… Continue reading

  • May is Older Americans Month

    May is Older Americans Month

    It’s Older Americans Month! We want to celebrate and honor our elders and challenge the narrative on aging not just in May, but throughout the whole year. Our society tends to view aging in a negative light and it doesn’t have to be that way; aging is beautiful, and it’s an experience that all humans… Continue reading

  • Aging in Place

    If you ask most adults where they’d like to live as they grow older, most everyone says that they want to age in their own homes or in their local neighborhoods. It makes sense. People want to feel comfortable and live near familiar streets, parks, stores, and, of course, to neighbors and friends. But, it’s… Continue reading

  • Life with an Aging Parent, Part 2 – Online Resources

    Whether you are an older person or someone with an older person in your life, here are a few of the many informative, helpful and readily available free Library online resources to consider trying out.  Many provide full-text article access.  I’ve heard my elderly father talk about price shopping, his health and wanting to read… Continue reading

  • Life with an Aging Parent: Part 1 – Books

    The first known use of the phrase “eldercare” was in 1960 and is defined as “the care of older adults and especially the care of an older parent by a son or daughter.” This has been becoming part of my world more in the last few years with my father, since other immediate family members… Continue reading