Here are recent TWF blog entries
Wheeeeeeeeee!!! for Wii: Seniors take to the game
In senior centers and nursing homes across the country, seniors are taking up Wii --the interative Nintendo video game. They are hosting bowling parties -- the
most popular use of the Wii, and even celebrating the world szeries with a home-run derby. ...
Seniors, it's cold outside! What to do
In much of the country, now is the time to combat the cold. But it's a tougher chore for seniors than many other folks. In "very young and very old
people, their immune system tends to be weaker," Dr. Jorge Fleisher told the Boston Globe. Also, "when ...
Designing for Seniors - Great Tips!
What will boomers and other seniors need? The Corporate Design Foundation says that in the next 25 years, the number of people over age 65 will more than
double, and an estimated 20% of the U.S. population will be in their so-called "golden years." ...
America Needs Elders: Go Green?
That's what Dr. William Thomas, an international authority on geriatrics, told several hundred social workers, nurses and other caregivers at a conference
on again in Cleveland this week (October 2007). He told them -- and all of us -- that the way s ...
Think Your Can Discount Seniors? Think Again
Start counting.... As if we needed a reminded as to how important the work Twilight Wish is doing, consider that the seniors who need to be celebrated today are
only the tip of the aging iceberg. Last fall (October 2007), the nation's first Baby Boom ...
The sweetness and the silliness: Caroling at senior centers
It's almost cliche, to go caroling at senior centers and nursing homes during the holidays. Yet is can mean so much -- both to the residents and to the
visitors. I still get chills when I think of the tears welling up in one woman's eyes as she sang ...
Teach kids how to be generous with seniors
While many adults understand the value of gifts from the heart for seniors, what a gift you can give the seniors and the little ones in your life by encouraging
kids to be thoughtful and generous, without costing money. Here are a few ideas perfect f ...
Holiday Gifts for the Elderly: Thought, Love, Time
Dear Abby had a great column just in time for holiday gift-giving, remindig all of us that the last thing most seniors needs is another tie or sachet.
Here's some of the great advice she shared: One grandaughter helped her "grandmother with Christmas ...
Out of the Mouths of Babes...Great Holiday Idea!
Leave it to kids to know just how to honor the elderly. The kids at McQuade Children?s Services in New Windsor, NY, formed an organization -- with president, VP
and all -- and sold cider donuts to raise $120. They used the money to buy two CD players ...
Are You Ageist? Take this Quiz
Ronni Bennett on As Time Goes By reveals that most of us are more ageist than we think : She writes: David notes that rather than be troubled if our test
results are less than stellar, we should ask ourselves ?what we are going to do to transcend the ...
