Urban Retirement Communities: The City Advantage
From Chicago Tribune Prime Time Section 9/13/13 On a recent Saturday morning, Ellie Merar, 87, walked to the farmer’s market in downtown Evanston. The market…Read More
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Garden at The Mather Featured in Evanston Review
From Evanston Review 7/25/13 Some residents of The Mather are reaching for their garden tools these days on the retirement community’s two acres of lush…Read More
New Home Sweet Home – Making the move to a retirement community: Residents tell their stories
From Chicago Tribune “Primetime,” 5/10/13. Retirement communities vary widely, from apartment buildings with a few services to assisted living facilities that provide round-the-clock help. Read more »
Mather LifeWays CCRC earns LEED Gold certification
The Mather, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) located in Evanston, Illinois, has been awarded a LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] Gold rating by the US Green Building Council…Read More
Eldercare Trend: Staying Fit Head to Toe
Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging Seeks Participants for 2013 Brain Fitness Program: A growing body of research suggests that cognitive health is not entirely genetic…Read More
Cafe Customers Offer Divine Advice for Retiring Benedict
Pope Benedict XVI may be the first pope to resign in 600 years, but he is not the first person to step down from his…Read More
Build Green to Save Green: The Lure of LEED in Senior Housing
The Mather, a Mather LifeWays continuing care retirement facility (CCRC) in Evanston, Ill., was recently awarded LEED Gold certification for its second phase of construction…Read More
Tips for Downsizing Your Home
Gale Morgan, Vice President with Splendido’s parent company Mather LifeWays and Retirement Living Contributor on KVOA News 4, shares several tips to ease the transition…Read More
What’s In a Name? A World of New Possibilities
A visitor touring The Mather in Evanston, IL, Mather LifeWays’ newest CCRC, may notice someunusual nomenclature on the signage—some terminology that doesn’t fit thetypical retirement…Read More
Ping-Pong Pays Off – Mather Puts a Spin on Aging
The exhibition was hosted in advance of this October’s LeadingAge Denver conference, where Mather LifeWays will sponsor a table tennis tournament for its Continuing Care…Read More
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