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Maine Great-Grandmother Still Driving the Ambulance as EMT Volunteer

As a joke, a fire department in Maine presented its oldest EMT with a walking stick a few years back. She hobbled off the...

Middle-Agers Are Fending Off Dementia With Healthy Living: Study

If you needed one more reason to give up the fried food, put out your cigarette, and go for a walk, look no further...

Retirement Home For Unwanted Senior Pets Offers Love In Final Years

If you’re over the age of ten and you’ve got a tail to wag, then you’ve got a friend at House With A Heart Senior...

Oregon Students To Receive Two Years of Free College With Their Diplomas

High school seniors in Oregon are getting a graduation present from their state leaders that’s just too big to fit into an envelope. Oregon is...

General Mills to Remove Artificial Flavors, Colors From All Cereals

It still may taste “magically delicious,” but Lucky Charms will soon undergo a makeover that could change the look of its yellow moons, pink...

Alzheimer’s Husband Proves The Heart Always Remembers

For Throwback Thursday, here’s one of the sweetest news stories from 2014, which somehow slipped past everyone at Good News Network. This husband with Alzheimer’s...

When a Preschool Opens Inside a Nursing Home All Heaven Breaks Loose

A hospital chain has found a way of caring for both the young and the old by having them take care of each other –...

Teen With Asperger’s Goes From Special Ed to Valedictorian

Having Asperger’s meant he didn’t know how to talk to people and had trouble making friends. He had difficulties understanding the nuances in body...

Students Give $8000 Raised for Class Trip to Principal’s Cancer Treatment

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66jOhW0HfAk&w=560&h=315]   A high school class brought their principal to tears when they canceled their senior trip to help pay for her cancer treatment. The seniors...

“Fospice” Gives Terminally Ill Shelter Dogs Chance at a Happy Ending

Thanks to "Fospice" (think foster + hospice), a program run by Foster Dogs, a lucky select few elderly or terminally ill dogs like Biscuit are...

Brilliant Idea: Free Housing for Student Volunteers in Senior Home (w/ Video)

Talk about a win-win situation. A special program at a Netherlands retirement home is offering young people free apartments on site, in exchange for spending 30 hours a month...

New Study Reveals Surprising Benefit to Being Overweight

People struggling with their weight often face frustration, failure and constant reminders they run the risk of heart disease, diabetes and a litany of...

Homebound Elderly Across America Will Get The Gift of Puppy Love

Many homebound elderly people are deprived of the simple joys of puppy love, but this heartbreaking fact is about to change for some American...

Fire Extinguisher of the Future is ALL About That Bass

Could this be the end of old-school fire extinguishers? These college kids seem to think so. A pair of engineering students at George Mason University...

Why These Old Ladies Want You to See Them Nearly Naked

These aren’t your father’s pinup girls. Actually, maybe they are. This 2015 calendar, called Pleasant View, Pleasant Point is stocked with photos of lovely ladies like Dottie Rutter, pictured enjoying...
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Memory Loss Associated with Alzheimer’s Reversed for First Time

Since it was first described over 100 years ago, Alzheimer’s disease has been without an effective treatment. That may finally be about to change. In...

Senior Home Takes Residents to Disney World For Free (WATCH)

“Magical” was the word of the week as 85 elders from Signature HealthCARE were transported back to their childhoods during an all-expenses-paid dream vacation...

Bob Dylan Has a ‘Gift’ for AARP members: Free Copy of his New LP

Bob Dylan is sending seniors free copies of his latest album, which contains a selection of old standards, tucking 50,000 copies into the next...

Grandma’s Got The Zumba Moves!

Two years ago a young Singapore woman started her first Zumba Gold class for seniors who never exercised. The class was so well received that...

Healing Art Studio Impacts Community in Positive Ways

I was invited to an open studio session at Art InDeed one Saturday afternoon. Being guided by founder, Danah Beaulieu I felt empowered, nurtured,...