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This August 5th InMaricopa article by Ron Smith deals with techniques to foil scammers. It also references AARP's Watchdog Alert notification system that can hel...
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Pros, Cons of Long-Term Care Insurance Debated
Note: This article was previously published in the April 2023 issue of InMaricopa magazine. Did you know someone turning 65 today has nearly a 70% chance of nee...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: Claiming Back Your Garage
Typically, our garages serve at least two purposes: housing the car and providing a convenient spot for needed temporary and long-term storage. Sometimes storage...
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AIP - Walk in Tubs: Should I Consider One?
I recently had a reader ask for information regarding walk-in tubs. My experience with walk-in tubs is limited to a neighbor that I once had who got a walk-in tu...
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Some Aging in Place Considerations When Planning for Retirement
In my January 2020 article in InMaricopa Magazine I provided an introduction to the topic of aging-in-place. Beginning this month, we are starting a series of ar...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: The Living Room and Bedrooms
An age friendly home is primarily about seeing the home as a place for safe, easy passage from one room to another to avoid the potential for dangerous falls. Eq...
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Celebrating Older American Month
Note: This article previously appeared in the May 2023 issue of InMaricopa magazine. May is Older Americans Month. Initially “Senior Citizens Month,” the name ...
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Continuing Care Retirement Communities Worth a Look
An article on Continuing Care Retirement Communities first published on March 8th, 2023 by Ron Smith in InMaricopa Magazine. Continuing-care retirement communit...
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Relationships Must be Nurtured
Smith: Relationships must be nurtured By Ron Smith -Jun 1, 2021 Research tells us that healthy relationships can increase our sense of worth, help build confid...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: Safely Entering and Exiting Your House
When considering safety factors, look for good visibility, excellent lighting, accessibility and no trip hazards. Be sure that your address numbers are clearly v...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: The Laundry Room
Oh, where is that Doggy? Probably under foot! I’ve previously examined a number of areas in your home for potential tripping hazards and obstacles for safe li...
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Solo Agers: Procrastination Not a Good Plan in Dealing with Your Affairs
Note: This article was previously published in the February 2023 issue of InMaricopa magazine. Last month, I wrote about the importance of reaching out to thos...
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Community Engagement: Got the Time?
What is community engagement? For some it is civic engagement – meaning active participation in your community and what happens in it. It can include activities,...
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Medical Alert - Do I Need One!
Last week I was helping my wife with the delivery and the installation of a home key box to a Province resident when she asked me what I knew about medical alert...
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Those Retirement Years! What Stage are You In?
Retirement is all about choices. All these choices can happen over a long period of time unless you were so defined by your job you didn’t even think about it. A...
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Prepare for the Summer Heat
Our first 100-plus degree day arrived in late April. This content was previously published in the June 2023 issue of InMaricopa Magazine. This event was a ...
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AIP - Aging-in-Place: What's It All About?
Aging-in-Place is a design and build philosophy that focuses on how to create a home environment that provides livability and independency for occupants regardle...
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A Little Bit More to Consider . . .Advanced Care Planning.
Last month I emphasized the need for planning during the third phase of our life. Although the article was a good overview regarding common planning needs, the c...
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Saying "Thank You" to Caregivers!
“The system for helping people who can no longer care for themselves is broken and costly.” (Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO AARP, May 3,2022, AARP Bulletin, p 32) This repo...
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A Gift of Time
A gift of time – the gift of time is very real. Life expectancy has increased dramatically. In addition, we are in much better overall health than prior generati...
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In Emergencies, Preparedness Instills Confidence
An article published in the September 6th, 2022 issue of InMaricopa Magazine by Ron Smith. Smith: In emergencies, preparedness instills confidence - InMaricopa...
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Sleep - It's a Big Deal!
On the average, adults tend to need about 7-9 hours of sleep from their 20s on. This does not change for older adults. Research says that people can survive long...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: Make Your Kitchen Senior-Friendly
Make your kitchen senior-friendly Let’s make our living spaces easier on ourselves. Our older selves will thank us. We are going to start our room-by-room revie...
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Just a Click Away!
Just a click away By Ron Smith -Sep 10, 2023 - InMaricopa Magazine After many complaints about the need for a consolidated source of senior resources in Marico...
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Are You Ready for Monsoon Season?
Monsoon season can be quite a spectacle. It usually includes heavy rain with flashfloods, spectacular lightning strikes, damaging winds and dust storms accompany...
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AIP - The Rest of the Story: Not All About the Physical Environment
Over this past year I’ve focused on reviewing recommended checklists to improve the physical setup of your house to be better suited for aging-in-place. COVID-19...
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AIP - More Reasons to Plan for Aging in Place in Advance
There are some great benefits to aging in place. It can cost less if they already own their home and be more comfortable since there is “no place like home. ”Agi...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: The Bathroom
The bathroom can be one of the most dangerous rooms in your house due to the increased potential for falls caused by slippery conditions. Ultimately, the dreade...
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Celebrating Older Americans Month
This article was previously published in the May 2023 issue of InMaricopa Magazine's Senior Section by Ron Smith. May is Older Americans Month. Initially “Sen...
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A Frightening Experience
A Frightening Experience Instead of starting my new series of articles on aging-in-place this month, I want to discuss a very personal excursion that my family ...
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Long-term care system broken for those in "gigantic middle."
An article by Ron Smith, first published in the Senior Section of InMaricopa Magazine on June 9th, 2022. Smith: Long-term care system broken for those in 'gig...
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AIP - The Home Assessment Series: A time to Look Around Your Home
A Good Time to Look Start Looking Around Your Home! Starting this month, I’m going to share a series of checklists to help make your home more comfortable and s...
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Never too Late to Plan!
A report from the Government Accounting Office (GAO) in 2019 indicated that 29% of households aged 55 and over have no retirement savings and no defined benefit ...
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Check out what's new...
Recently posted: November updates to Joan's Corner have been published. Included with the November newsletter are events to remember, resources for veterans a...
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AIP - Assessing a Home for Aging in Place Features - finding that forever home!
In this article, I’m going to talk about buying that forever home. The community that you are looking at should have easy walkability or an excellent transportat...
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Leave Them Laughing!
Back when I was hiring new employees, I would always add a couple of extra desired skills to the job description: 1) the ability to deal with ambiguity; and 2) a...
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Senior Housing and Care Choices - More Than You May Think!
When it comes to decisions regarding housing at the time of retirement, most everyone is simply trying to decide where they want to live. Will they stay put or m...
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Steps Toward a More Meaningful and Enjoyable Life.
At some point after retirement, we may start questioning what we should do with all of our free time. We may have already accomplished some of our anticipated tr...
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