Accessible Garden Takes Root
The Buehler Enabling Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden enhances how older adults and people with disabilities experience the outdoors. Fact checked by Jim Lacy The space opened in 2000 with support from the Buehler Family Foundation. It builds on an original garden dating to the 1970s that served rehabilitation patients and people with disabilities. […]
Walking for Fitness and Friendship
8 great Chicago area walking paths for older adults Exercise contributes to healthy aging — that much everyone can agree on. But you don’t need a gym membership or fancy equipment to boost your physical activity. All you need is a path and a good pair of sneakers, because walking is one of the best […]