North Suburban Hearing Service
Thursday, 29 November 2018
by UB Blog
North Suburban Hearing Service has served the Niles, Illinois area and its surrounding communities for almost 50 years. We offer a full range of diagnostic and preventative hearing healthcare professional services, including evaluations, hearing aids repairs, hearing aids sales and rehabilitative and preventative counseling. We are dedicated to keeping abreast of the latest improvements in
Arden Courts – Memory Care Community
Thursday, 29 November 2018
by UB Blog
We recognize every individual’s physical, mental and social needs and provide a secure environment that fosters independence for as long as possible. Walking paths, visual cues and home-like amenities invoke a sense of freedom and independence.
Presbyterian Homes
Thursday, 29 November 2018
by UB Blog
Founded in 1904, Presbyterian Homes is an independent, not-for-profit and faith-based organization with a national reputation for creating extraordinary retirement communities. Fully accredited by CARF/CCAC, the nation’s only accrediting body for retirement communities, Presbyterian Homes serves older adults through our acclaimed retirement communities in Evanston, Lake Forest and Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Chicago Senior Services Network
Thursday, 29 November 2018
by UB Blog
Chicago Senior Services Network (CSSN) are professionals in the senior healthcare and related services areas. We help our clients by sharing resources, training, and new ideas. CSSN builds alliances that construct lifelong working relationships, and work in areas related to senior care.
We are a non profit organization with a mission to educate and provide assistance to seniors struggling addiction as well as caregivers and family members with concerns. Our primary objective is to effectively halt the growing silent epidemic of senior addiction.
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
Friday, 30 May 2014
by Meaghan Diaz
“Written in Irv Yalom’s inimitable story-telling style, Staring at the Sun is a profoundly encouraging approach to the universal issue of mortality. In this magisterial opus, capping a lifetime of work and personal experience, Dr. Yalom helps us recognize that the fear of death is at the heart of much of our anxiety. Such recognition is often
The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom
Thursday, 29 May 2014
by Meaghan Diaz
“‘When you find the courage to change at midlife,’ Angeles Arrien teaches, ‘a miracle happens.’ Your character is opened, deepened, strengthened, softened. You return to your soul’s highest values. You are now prepared to create your legacy: an imprint of your dream for our world-a dream that can fully come true in The Second Half
The Art of Growing Older: Writers on Living and Aging by Wayne C. Booth
Thursday, 29 May 2014
by Meaghan Diaz
“To delve into ‘The Art of Growing Older: Writers on Living and Aging,’ by Wayne Booth (U. of Chicago Press 1992) is to discover, or rediscover, that the world’s literary greats have had a lot to say through the centuries on the topic of aging.”
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being
Thursday, 29 May 2014
by Meaghan Diaz
“In each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has been an authoritative and companionable guide through a uniquely effective combination of traditional and nontraditional approaches to health and healthy living. Now he gives us a book about aging that is unlike any other. Drawing on the new science of biogerontology (the biology
Something to Live For: Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life
Thursday, 29 May 2014
by Meaghan Diaz
“Drawing on ancient and contemporary wisdom, as well as modern research, Richard Leider and David Shapiro provide insightful ways of thinking and being that help us find meaning and purpose in the second half of life. This deeply reflective book uses a safari, (referencing a trip the authors took to Africa in 2006) as a
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