Humboldt County supervisors back senior community project From the Times-Standard February 1, 2023 The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors unanimously signed off on a letter supporting a local nonprofit asking the state for $2.5 million to build a senior living community at their regular meeting on Tuesday. Life Plan Humboldt plans on building 144 cottages

Hold On To Your Hats!Life Plan Humboldt has hit a bump in the road but we are ready to keep moving forward. You can help! As you know, we had hoped to develop the Creekside property on Foster Avenue in Arcata, and many of you have visited the property. It looks like that may no

From the NY Times By Christina PolettoMay 21, 2021 As more baby boomers move toward retirement, more and more are designing homes that will accommodate their needs even as they grow older and lose mobility. They never wanted to call it retirement, but for Susan Farnsworth, Leigh Hough and Jean-Philippe Jomini, a throuple — a

The results add to growing evidence that exercise programs may help older adults slow the onset of memory loss and dementia It’s not just your legs and heart that get a workout when you walk briskly; exercise affects your brain as well. A new study by researchers at UT Southwestern shows that when older adults

Gardening is associated with physical, psychological, and social benefits, but few studies have systematically investigated the benefits of gardening for older adults. In a recent study taking place in Australia, investigators examined the relationship between gardening and numerous outcomes. The researchers also compared older adults who gardened in a group to persons who gardened solo.