On June 8, 2023, the Trustees of the Restoration and Beautification Committee met at the Idabelle Firestone Gathering Place and Garden to celebrate the completion of a long and historic project – the restoration of the Harvey S. Firestone Recreational Park. The Gathering Place, a new ...
I was chatting with an elderly friend who is widowed. We were talking about canine companions. Because of advancing age, this friend didn’t think it was a good idea to get a dog. But home was lonely. So, my friend got a dog. My parents wanted another dog after their border collie, Josh, died. But Mom and Dad both had health issues that the family thought would hinder their abilities to raise a puppy and provide for the dog’s basic needs. An older couple I know lost both of their dogs last year, one in mid-June, the other in early December. The gentleman wants a dog. His wife is ...
I received a phone call from an elderly man I know. We hadn’t spoken in some time, since the day he found my home by accident and stopped to visit. Over the weekend, he needed a friendly ear willing to listen for a little while, and I was willing to give him some of my time. He was concerned about the treatment of elderly persons, something he thought I wouldn’t know anything about. His kids are about the same age as my brothers and me. I am a member of the DAHS Class of 1971. He may have a 15-year head start but I am learning as we go now. My mother told me this day would come, that ...
I used to make sure my bed was beside the nightlight that was plugged into the wood trim that bordered the wall of the bedroom. The downside was that that particular spot was in line of the hallway and our parents’ bedroom door so I also had to listen for our parents to come up the stairs sometime between the weather report about 11:20 and when Johnny Carson began his monologue about 11:30 p.m. My bedtime was 9 p.m. until I finally convinced Mom to let me stay up to watch The Carol Burnett Show at 10 p.m. on Mondays. We didn’t have cell phones back then. We didn’t have Caller ID. ...
As we begin the next phase of the restoration of Firestone Park, the players will be changing. The current campaign to replace the aging football stadium (described later in this article) includes the Columbiana Schools, the Columbiana Booster Club, an interested major donor and the Firestone ...
Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect older adults. With this in mind, we at the Salem Visiting Angels office have created this series of articles to keep our older population and their families informed and to offer some practical advice for meeting the challenges faced by seniors and those who care for them. ——— While paranoia is not a common part of the aging process, some research ...
