A seven-piece band was playing and the lights were dimmed — a perfect atmosphere for Hidden Lake‘s annual Senior Prom, which featured dinner and dancing in the community’s Hearth room. This year’s theme, “Stars Over the Arch”, was illustrated with beautiful silver and blue decorations, and the residents and staff were just as elegantly appointed. [...]
“I’ve been writing since I was a little kid,” says Viola Kuecker, a retired RN and Laclede Groves’ author in residence. “I started off signing autograph books. We’d pass them around and write in each other’s books. It was fun.” But, one thing led to another, and Viola wound up spending the next 60 years [...]
It’s an old story, and one that staff members at assisted living and skilled nursing communities hear all the time. “Caregiver burnout is heartbreaking for everyone involved,” says Kristin O’Dea, health services counselor at Peoria’s Lutheran Hillside Village senior living community. “Too many times, we see an older couple where one person has been taking [...]
The crack of the bat, the cry of the umpire…for Heisinger Bluffs resident Ross Boeger, this is the most wonderful time of the year. “I’ve spent my whole life in baseball,” Ross says. “I started league play when I was 14 years old playing with the Hartsburg town team. I played American Legion ball, I [...]
