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A Day Away

Seniors participate in adult day programs

How adult day programs support seniors and their caregivers Fact checked by Shannon Sparks When Jack Sullivan, an 80-year-old Andersonville resident and father of 12, first visited CJE SeniorLife’s Adult Day Services program, he wasn’t sure what to expect. “I was wary at first,” he says. “But before I knew it, I was here five […]

Creating Spaces

Seniors participating in an art class

Reconnecting with self and others through art The C wing of Westminster Place, an assisted living community in Evanston, used to be a sleepy corridor with dull, mass-produced artwork. Framed prints of stale subjects broke up the walls’ neutral tones — but barely.  The scene changed eight years ago, when Gordon Guth, 88, a retired industrial […]