My 99 year old Mother is well & back home

Thanks for all your interest in my 99 year old mother. As I said in an earlier post, she needed rehab after a short hospital stay. 

We brought her up to The Glenridge, to stay in the Carrol Center. She was thrilled with the skilled nursing care she got at the Carrol Center. 

Shannon and I were also thrilled to have mom just a block away. We stopped by a couple of times a day. 

You should see the Carrol Center. It's not like any nursing home I've ever seen. There is a huge aviary in the center which is filled with finches. We were among the many folks who spent time just watching the action among the finches. 

Besides being beautiful with delightful distractions, it was impeccably clean. Instead of the normal linoleum tiles, there was carpeting everywhere. There was no odor. The rooms were beautiful and the fitness center was wonderfully complete. 

Best of all, the nurses and staff were delightful, patient, and caring. If I ever need skilled nursing care, there is no place I'd rather go.

Anyway, Mom is fine and much stronger for the rehab. She pushes a mean walker, and there isn't a hint of weakness or stumble. Unfortunately, the assisted living section here at The Glenridge, is reserved solely for members, so mom had to return to her assisted living facility in Venice. It's nice, but nothing like the assisted living facility in the Glenridge. If only mom and dad had made the decision to move to a continuing care retirement community when they were younger and able to walk in. 

We learned the value of making a choice while we could qualify. Perhaps this blog will help other retirees see the merit in making an early choice. 

Yours for a healthy retirement,

Ken Johnston 

Elderly Sex? Does it ever end?

"There's a popular perception that older people aren't as interested in sex as younger people," said Stacy Tessler Lindau of the University of Chicago who led a study of more than 3,000 U.S. adults ages 57 to 85, published in August by the New England Journal of Medicine. 

The study found that between 50% and 75% of those studied remain sexually active. 

Holy Smokes! The study also found a close link between sex and health, with healthier people reporting the highest rates of sexual activity. 

The Glenridge is totally dedicated to keeping all of us retirees healthy and active. What a stroke of luck that we ended up here. 

Who would have thought? Most of these wonderful, healthy, oldsters are enjoying a healthy, vibrant sex life ... and nobody talks about it. I guess that's the way we were brought up. 

Thanks to all the fitness options and the focus on healthy eating we not only can expect to live longer, but with this discovery, it seems we'll enjoy our later years even more. 

More later,

 

Ken Johnston

P.S. To get on the waiting list to become a member of this fantastic place, take a look at The Glenridge web site.