Empowerline Blog

Twenty-six years ago, Karen Gross and Marg Lambert cut the ribbon to an Atlanta location of the maker-to-market store known as Ten Thousand Villages. Together, they sometimes traveled to retreats [...]

Two and a half years ago, Joyce Lee’s life turned upside down when she received a call from the fire department in her mother’s hometown in Maryland. She took the call while driving on I-285 and [...]

A few months ago, my mother decided to adopt a cat. She took her mother—my grandma—along with her to pick one from the litter. After settling on her favorite snuggly friend, my grandma surprised [...]

It has become a Thanksgiving holiday tradition for my family to converge on my home in Atlanta from parts far and near. While my husband and I live with my mother nearby, my siblings are quite a [...]

Many years ago, in his native Buenos Aires, Armando Mónaco was an actor and newscaster. On a recent Friday, the 67-year-old retiree portrayed the lead character in a Spanish-language play he [...]

This person is Victoria Helmly, and I had the opportunity to ask her a handful of my biggest questions about Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias. Here’s what she had to say: Q: What’s the [...]

Great news. ARC is putting out a podcast! Better yet, there’s an entire episode that focuses on an aging issue—specifically, the trend of “Golden Girls” housing, in which many older people are [...]