Spring 2023 Senior Directory

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Since 2006, LIFESTYLES Over 50 has sought to educate and equip seniors, boomers, and caregivers to live vibrant and healthy lives. For 2023, we transformed our format to be a quarterly directory and magazine, to provide our readers with access to community services, informative articles, timely information, and hopefully a few good laughs with jokes, puzzles, and nostalgia. The new format is designed to meet the needs of our community and to empower readers to make healthy choices for their minds, bodies, and souls!

Caught in a Trap—A Story of Addiction

At the age of 70, I became addicted to a benzodiazepine, or “bennie,” while on another anti-anxiety medicine and a mood stabilizer—all to help me cope with life as I thought it should be. Read More »

What’s the Value of a Zero?

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10). Read More »

The Benefits of Hospice Care

If you have a loved one who is terminally ill (that is, the doctors have confirmed that their illness has reached an incurable point), you should consider hospice care. Read More »

Get the Dirt on Gardening in the Lehigh Valley

Ah, spring! When a young man’s fancy turns lightly to thoughts of love. And when an older man’s car turns quickly into the garden center parking lot before the mulch is all gone! Read More »

Have You Heard About Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids?

Somewhat analogous to reading glasses, OTC hearing aids are designed to be used by adults with self-perceived mild to moderate hearing loss. Read More »

Can a Nursing Home Require Friends or Family Members To Pay for a Resident’s Care?

If your loved one is entering a nursing home, you may worry about whether you could be required to pay for his or her care. Find out about Pennsylvania's "filial support" laws. Read More »

Cancer Patients Get Help for Their Heart, Too

Cancer treatment saves lives. But the disease and its treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy, can take a toll on the heart, too. Read More »

Spring Ahead for the Get Your Tail on the Trail 165-Mile Challenge

The 10th annual Get Your Tail on the Trail 165-mile challenge begins May 1. Individuals, families, and employee or community groups are encouraged to log miles walking, running, biking, and more, to receive great prizes during our challenge periods. Read More »

10 Tips for a Safe and Pleasurable Outdoor Workout

Whether you belong to a gym or not, moving outside is excellent exercise as we grow older. Read More »

Unemployed and Looking for Work? AARP can help!

For more than 50 years, AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) has provided people over age 55 with opportunities to fill entry-level and mid-level positions with employers in their communities. Read More »

Spring 2023 Senior Directory

Growing older is only fun for pre-adolescent kids. For the rest of us, it is an unpleasant fact of life, and while we cannot slow the hands of time, we can choose how we manage it. Read More »

The Reason for the Cross

As we look at Good Friday, we might wonder, "What is good about a man hanging on a cross like a criminal?" This poem by reader Carole A. Bauder answers this crucial question. Read More »

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