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We love welcoming our surrounding community to events held at Ardenwoods. We think it’s important to challenge ourselves to either learn a new skill or continue expanding our mind no matter what age!
This month we welcomed Robert and Laura Uherka from Simply Change. Robert and Laura are Senior Move Specialists and Professional Organizers. Robert and Laura challenged our attendees to consider 10 questions to get ready for a move. We included them below for you to ponder as well!… Read More
After threat of bad weather caused a necessary reschedule, guests gathered Wednesday, February 27 at Ardenwoods for our first event of the year. Edward Jones advisor, Doug Rostick, delivered a presentation about how technology will change the way that you age. As we age every day occurrences such as going to the grocery store, driving to the park for a walk or communicating with our loved ones can become more burdensome. Rostick addressed the advances in technology that make maintaining your every day life easier.
In his presentation, Rostick referenced data collected and distributed by the MIT Age Lab. You might think that technology makes things more difficult as you age, but in reality it can serve to make your life easier. Below you will find the five that the Age Lab identifies.… Read More
Everyone understands the allure of retirement communities that advertise exciting resident events. Having a thriving social life as you make the transition into a retirement community is extremely important. Fear of giving up freedom is what discourages many people from choosing to downsize.
At Ardenwoods we not only offer events planned with our residents in mind, we also offer resident planned events! This Valentine’s Day we helped a couple of residents coordinate to throw “Sweets to the Sweet in Verse and Dessert,” a resident-lead community event.… Read More
This is the perfect quote to use when talking about Paul Bryant. That’s what his life has been…one adventure after another with books of stories, to boot!
Paul’s story began in Oklahoma City, where he was born in 1928 and raised until 1945 when he entered what was then Oklahoma A & M as an agriculture student. But after a year, Paul joined the army at the age of 17 (he graduated high school at the age of 16!). World War II had just ended the year prior, and the military was looking for soldiers who could play an instrument in order to establish military bands. As luck would have it, Paul was a trumpet player and was snatched up to enter the Army’s music school at Camp Lee, Virginia, where he first had to complete basic training. … Read More
We don’t know about you, but we can’t wait for spring! With the dreary days and threat of bad weather creating hazardous situations for everyone, we’re ready for a little bit of relief from the biting cold. Luckily, the seniors at Ardenwoods Retirement Community have an advantage against the imminent bad winter weather. They don’t have to worry about salting their driveway, the road scrape schedule, or whether or not they’ll have access to food.… Read More