Guide helps baby boomers, aging parents learn about housing options

Randalynn Kaye's father, who lived in Tennessee with her mother, had a severe stroke in 2006, leaving him in need of care. She made the trip from her home in St. Charles, Ill., to pack her parents' suitcases and drive them back to Illinois, where they made the housing transition to a nearby retirement community.?"When a crisis like that occurs, many seniors do get pulled out of their home and get plopped down somewhere," said Kaye, who is a marketing director at Wyndemere Senior Living Campus in Wheaton. "It's a period of intense upheaval for them."
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Wyndemere Helps its Residents' Stay Mentally Fit

Millions of seniors join health clubs with the goal of improving their physical health, speed and strength.  However, according to a recent survey conducted by a major health insurance company, nearly 60 percent* of seniors say their biggest concern with aging is staying mentally sharp!   In addition, mental agility proved to be more important to seniors than relationship issues, mood disorders or even the emotional problems that can accompany aging.
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Wyndemere Senior Living Campus has been named a “Veterans First” community
Wyndemere Senior Living Campus has been named a “Veterans First” community, it was recently announced by the American Association for Wartime Veterans (AAWV).
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'Mr. Opera Shares' Love for Musical Melodrama
Mr. Opera is a well-deserved moniker for Harry Clamor, 88, of Wheaton.

For the past 10 years, he has put on his opera "hat" for the first love of his life and the Chicago Lyric Opera Lecture Corps.
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NUTRITION - Battle against aging is food for thought
Eating well as you age is fraught with irony. Your metabolism slows down so you need less food. But you need just as many nutrients - if not more - than before.
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Fishing trip down memory lane Pro guide leads residents of senior living facility on day of angling
Forty years ago, Betty Auwaerter's husband, Le, dug the bed that became Heritage Lake in Carol Stream.
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November is National Caregivers Month Wyndemere Senior Living Campus Offers Caregivers a Well-Deserved Break
Perhaps it’s a last minute out of town business trip, that long-awaited vacation to get away from it all or some well needed alone time in your own home.
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Wyndemere Senior Living Campus Offers Caregivers a Well-Deserved Break & Peace of Mind
Perhaps it’s a last minute out of town business trip, that long-awaited summer driving vacation with the kids clear across the country or simply extra care that is needed for an aging parent on the mend.
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Wyndemere Senior Living Campus Warms Up for 12th Annual Senior Health & Fitness Day
Adults at Wyndemere Senior Living Campus in Wheaton, Ill., are geared up to participate in the 12th Annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day, a national event developed to encourage America’s seniors to stay moving regardless of age. It is estimated that 150,000 older adults will participate in local fitness activities throughout the country.
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Pen pal program draws generations together
Senior Citizens and fifth-graders are coming together through a pen pa program allowing students to learn what it was like to live without video games and television, and reminding the seniors what it’s like to be a child.
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Senior correspondence; Students connect with elders in pen-pal project
When Rich Bernklau helped a co-worker move into Wyndemere Senior Living Campus five years ago, the fifth-grade teacher at Winfield Central Elementary School in Wheaton wasn't looking for subject material for his students.
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Scaling down your dinnertime Chef shows seniors how to create smaller, more healthful meals
For years, chef Tom Torres has stressed the importance of healthful eating among the elderly. No stranger to the kitchen, the Bolingbrook cook started his career 37 years ago by whipping up delicious dishes in hotel restaurants.
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Wyndemere offers seminar for seniors on moving
The public is invited to attend “Managing Your Move…The Simple Way,” an informational and educational lecture designed to help seniors better understand how to successfully manage the process of downsizing and moving, at Wyndemere Senior Living Campus.
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Seniors fighting the blues. Over the holidays, there's emotional safety in numbers
George Wamsley is spending his first holiday season without his wife, Violet. She died after an illness just weeks before Thanksgiving.
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Reality check; Family gatherings offer insights into needs of elderly relatives
Liz Soper worries about her father. Living in Baltimore, raising three children and working full time as a kindergarten teacher, she was able to come back to Naperville to see her parents only three times a year.
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Assisted living a growing trend in elder care
Majel Drake has led an interesting, productive life. She was a teacher downstate who started out on a salary of $80 a month. One of her brothers went on to become a prominent labor lawyer who spent time at Yale University and now teaches at Penn. And she raised a family of her own.
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Growing concerns about growing old; Senior care is moving beyond family members
Your so-called golden years could turn out to be more like tinfoil. That's a quip that law professor Richard L. Kaplan has heard about growing old.
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Wyndemere Senior Living Campus Honored with IABC Spectra Award of Merit
The International Association of Business Communications (IABC) has recognized Wyndemere Senior Living Campus with an award of merit for communications excellence.
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Wyndemere first in nation to receive Earth flag
This summer, Wyndemere's recycling efforts earned it the honor of being the first retirement community in the country to earn an Earth Flag.
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About Joseph L. Benson
A veteran in the senior health care industry, Joe Benson, has more than 30 years high level management experience in this ever-growing marketplace.
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New book Celebrates Lives of Chicagoland Seniors, Reflects on Lifetime of Memories
Residents of Wheaton's Wyndemere Retirement Community share the wisdom they have learned through the decades of life experience, in a new book called "Reflections."
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Wyndemere Residents Share Life Experiences Through Reflections
Nearly 150 residents of Wyndemere, an independent living community for active senior adults, share their life experiences...
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Wyndemere Retirement Community will host its popular "Lunch & Learn" lecture
Led by Randalynn Kaye, CMP, marketing director for Wyndemere, the seminar
focuses on educating and informing the public on how to
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Wyndemere Retirement Community Receives National Accreditation
Wyndemere Retirement Community, which includes Westbridge at Wyndemere Assisted Living, has been awarded accreditation by the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CCAC)
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About Wyndemere Retirement Community
Part of the Wyndemere Senior Living Campus, Wyndemere is an independent living community, featuring a wide range of services and amenities, designed to provide a worry-free
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