A seat at the table
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”
Gertrude Stein
There is...
Reverse mortgages and the new administration
By Alain Valles, CSA, MS, MBA, Managing Director, Helping Hands Community Partners
Change is always the constant
Over the past 30 years hundreds of thousands of...
Keep social ties strong during the holiday season
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Certainly, 2020 has been a year unlike others. On behalf of our 760,000 members and all older Massachusetts...
Navigating the sometimes hard road of caregiving
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
“Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.” Anne Wilson Schaef
Elder care is not always easy or...
The holiday season and reverse mortgages
By Alain Valles, CSA, MS, MBA, Managing Director, Helping Hands Community Partners
“The days are long, but the years are short”
This quote from Gretchen Rubin,...
Social Security and payroll tax deferral
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
On behalf of all older Americans, AARP sent a letter on Sept. 22 to congressional leaders to support...
Perfectly imperfect
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”...
I love my home. I love my independence. I love my reverse...
By Alain Valles, CSA, MS, MBA,
Managing Director of Helping Hands Community Partners, Inc.
Home sweet home
“I love my home. I’m getting older. I want...
Build a strong long-term care system
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
America’s long-term care system is not just broken — it doesn’t exist.
Americans 50-plus and others in need of...
Reverse mortgages – New options
By Alain Vallès, CSA, MS, MBA, Managing Director, Helping Hands Community Partners, Inc.
As Managing Director of the self-funded nonprofit charitable mortgage company, Helping Hands...
