For over 20 years, hard-working volunteers have toiled to bring the loneliest Coastsiders together for a cup of holiday cheer. Although the shelter-in-place order caused organizers from the Coastside Adult Day Health Center, I.D.E.S. Society and Boys and Girls Club of the Coastside to scale …
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Lately, we’ve all been getting a crash course on what it takes to live well at home. For Senior Coastsiders, the long game is knowing, understanding and providing what older adults n…
Wednesday, November 04, 2020
To say that Coastside residents have been spending a lot of time at home would be a considerable understatement. For some, it means living in a full house, full time — often with mul…
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Just one year ago it seemed unlikely a group of seniors would meet online to experience a World Café (http://www.theworldcafe.com/) and engage in a dialogue about climate change. Tha…
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
We received a call from our friend in Oregon, telling us that his wife had traveled to China in hopes of bringing her mother back to California. He told us a weird and frightening st…
Most languages have sayings. One of my favorite sayings, that I first heard when I moved to the United States from Africa, is, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Lemons sug…
Wednesday, October 07, 2020
The recent wildfire that devastated our southern neighbors has brought the effects of climate change closer to home, and we know that the warming climate will continue to make events…
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
When I sat down to write this article, I flipped on my desk lamp and powered up my laptop. The laptop was immediately bathed in a yellow disc of lamplight, the screen silently flashi…
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
The anxiety caused by COVID-19 over the last seven months has only intensified with the fires, smoke and evacuations that have impacted the coast. Every time we settle into a “new no…
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
We have learned in the past five or six months that the human ability to adjust, adapt, pivot, alter, accommodate and then adjust again has no end. We also see that in the need to co…
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
With dementia, there is an abundance of good-natured advice from family, friends and health care professionals. To assist in filtering the good advice from the bad, here are the top …
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
My first name is LindaGrace and my last name is Frost. Before the pandemic, I was teaching Gentle Stretch Yoga at Senior Coastsiders.
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
I am sharing important information about the proposed California state budget cuts that will impact older adults and those with disabilities in our community.