The Gray Zone

2 in 5 Coloradans 60 and older provide day-to-day support to a loved one. They spend an average of 9-12 hours per week in duties ranging from transportation and meals to personal hygiene or help getting from one place to another within the home. An official term gets thrown around: ADL’s (activities of daily living). The 2018 Community Assessment Survey for Older Adults (CASOA) … [Read more...] about Older Coloradans: More Likely to Give Care than to Receive It

Clorinda Trujillo visited the beauty shop to have her hair set on days of the dances at VFW Post 501. Later, she’d don one of her special dresses, slip into a pair of dancing shoes, dab on perfume, and offer her arm to her husband Salomon. The two looked good, felt good, smelled good. They’d arrive early at the VFW to secure a table for the friends and family they’d invited to … [Read more...] about Clorinda Trujillo: 101 Years of Family, Friendships, Laughing, Dancing

As lawmakers in the state legislature begin their work for 2021, Colorado Senior Lobby President Robert Brocker has a reminder for them: the contributions and value of older Coloradans is significant. $20.1 billion dollars annually significant. A 2018 report, The Community Assessment Survey for Older Adults (CASOA), tracked everything from the strength of 16 Colorado regions … [Read more...] about Volunteers Adapt, Serve Up 300 To-Go Dinners to Support Church They Love

A series that started with traditional senior housing at Gardens at St. Elizabeth, then home sharing, and went on to explore cohousing and ADU’s, concludes here with a look at two more living arrangements North Denver’s older adults have enjoyed in recent years. Frances Hart bought a duplex near Highlands Square in 1980, with her daughters Heather and Bonnie in mind. The … [Read more...] about Highlands’ Frances Hart encourages: “Take Care of Each Other”