A sport for all ages and ability
Pickleball. With nearly 8,500 locations on USA Pickleball’s Places2Play map, this increasingly popular sport is practically a household name by now. Pick-up games and well-organized leagues are poppin...
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Post Date: May 17, 2022
(With a Little Help From Servant Rehab)
Question: Where can you belly dance on Monday, balance on Tuesday, strengthen your heart on Wednesday, run some circuits on Thursday and move to music on Friday?Answer: Prime West Knoxville! (And if y...
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Post Date: April 11, 2022
Why You Need To Be Part of Our Fast-growing Community
If you bump into a Prime West Knoxville employee who's repeating the phrase "19 in 90!" while punching the air, please don't worry. They haven't gone mad. They're simply celebrating the fact that Prim...
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Post Date: March 14, 2022
Why Some Older Adults Decide to Keep a Job
When counting the ways older adults can stay active in retirement, most people instinctively think of leisure pursuits. Outings with the grandkids or long walks with the dog. Fun fitness classes with ...
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Post Date: January 31, 2022
Understanding Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Nursing Care
Advanced technologies and modern medicine have kept us alive longer than ever before. In fact, the average U.S. life expectancy is at an all-time high, approximately 78 years old. Consequently, senio...
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Post Date: January 24, 2022
Last-minute Shopping? We Have You Covered.
Gift shopping for grandchildren can be tricky. Some of your grandchildren may appear to have everything. Others may appear to have nothing except perhaps a smartphone and earbuds.
What, if anything,...
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Post Date: December 14, 2021
Easy Ideas for Your Gathering
At first glance, "low-key holiday celebration" sounds like a contradiction. Can an event indeed be festive if it doesn't involve roasting an enormous bird, baking an army of gingerbread men and sourci...
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Post Date: December 08, 2021
Here’s Why Drinking a Little Wine is Good for Your Health
It's often said that wine gets better with age. But could it also be the case that aging gets better with wine?Some experts think that it does. That's excellent news for those of us who enjoy a glass ...
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Post Date: November 09, 2021
While anyone can get scammed, older adults are particularly vulnerable to this kind of crime, partially because they’re a heavily targeted population. The FBI estimates that fraudsters steal some $3 b...
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Post Date: October 22, 2021
There’s never a better time to start than now!
Looking for strict guidelines on keeping up with 10,000 steps a day or how much spinach to incorporate into your diet? This isn’t the blog for that. Nutrition and exercise are crucial, of course, for ...
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Post Date: September 17, 2021
Happy birthday, Medicare!
It was 56 years ago today that President Johnson signed this national health insurance program into law. Since then, Medicare has covered at least some healthcare expenses for millions of American old...
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Post Date: July 30, 2021
Do you remember when you, or perhaps one of your children, chose a college? All those anxious hours poring over brochures, totting up costs, assessing strengths and weaknesses — and all to decide wher...
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Post Date: July 13, 2021
How is independent living different?
Some say that independent living is a great way to retire. We say that it’s a great way to live. Independent living can offer older adults the most freedom and opportunity they’ve ever known. Bills, g...
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Post Date: June 11, 2021
Warm Weather Fun for Older Adults
Summer’s here and the time is right … for having fun outdoors in accordance with the CDC's revised guidelines for vaccinated older adults?Admittedly, this isn’t quite as catchy as the Martha and the V...
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Post Date: May 26, 2021
