Solutions

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Richland Source Gray Matters team traveled to New York City on Oct. 24 for The New Old Age summit sponsored by The Atlantic. This was one of the topics covered at that convention. Maybe Silicon Valley has it all wrong. The future is not algorithmic but human. And society’s push to front-load our […]

ASHLAND – Too often, people ignore the early signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia and don’t get help or begin planning as early as they should. Tessa Clark, a licensed practical nurse and program coordinator for Alzheimer’s Association’s Northwest Ohio Chapter, wants to help residents of Ashland, Richland, Crawford and Knox counties, along with the other […]

Every life stage has its own set of physical and mental health challenges.  As part of Richland Source’s Gray Matters series, we want to help answer your questions about health and wellbeing for older adults.  Maybe you’re a senior with a question like, “How can I stay socially engaged in retirement?” Or maybe you’re a […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is responding to a reader-submitted question through Open Source, a platform where readers can submit questions to the staff. An anonymous reader asked, “My mom had Alzheimer’s, and a life-saver for me as her caregiver was the Rotary Adult Day Care. I suggest you do an article about their services. We […]

Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series on senior scams.  MANSFIELD — Cracking down on scammers isn’t a one-person job. It requires an all-hands-on-deck approach, which is exactly the method that agencies and organizations in Richland County are taking to stop and prevent elder exploitation from occurring. One of the key agencies that […]

Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series on senior scams.  Some people have a cunning prowess to make a profit through creative measures. The sad truth is that some of these people use their abilities to take advantage of others — to exploit them. And while these perpetrators can target anyone, among those […]

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series on senior scams.  MANSFIELD — Hailey Kinnamon-Hergatt knew from a young age that if she needed money, she’d have to work for it. This kind of thinking was instilled in her by her father, Robert Butler.  “At 14, he told me if I wanted a […]