Marianne Delorey

The power of touch

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes   Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language, and the last, and it...
Mike Festa

New AARP Survey Reveals Veterans More Likely to Lose Money to Scams Than Civilians

By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts Massachusetts’ 383,087 military veterans and active-duty service members are at risk of being targeted by scammers. According to...
Marianne Delorey of Colony Retirement Homes writes about "the otherness" of aging.

The grace of forgetting

By Marianne Delorey   “Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.” Friedrich Nietzsche    “To be able to forget means sanity.”  Jack London   People who...
Mike Festa

AARP Awards Four Massachusetts Organizations with Community Grants as Part of its Successful Nationwide...

BY MIKE FESTA, STATE DIRECTOR, AARP MASSACHUSETTS AARP Massachusetts has announced four Bay State organizations will receive 2021 Community Challenge grants – part of the...
Mike Festa

AARP Massachusetts is looking to honor the state’s top volunteer

By Mike Festa, AARP Massachusetts State Director There are so many people over 50 volunteering here in the Bay State: lending a hand to neighbor,...

Mathieu Newton Sotheby’s International Realty

How long you should live in your home before you sell? Are you considering upgrading, downsizing, relocating? Consider these factors when deciding if now is...

Home is where the heart is

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D. “The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.” –Japanese expression. When I was in my twenties, I worked as a Resident...

Planning for retirement – Traditional IRA versus Roth IRA

By Joseph McManus, RICP®, Financial Planner, Prudential Advisors There are many vehicles used for retirement planning. One of the most common is the traditional IRA (individual...
Marianne Delorey of Colony Retirement Homes writes about "the otherness" of aging.

Creative engagement

By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes   “There are two ways of spreading light – to be the candle or the mirror that...
Mike Festa

New AARP Analysis Shows COVID Crisis Continues in Nursing Homes: Massachusetts Death Rates Remain...

AARP Massachusetts Continues to Urge Massachusetts Lawmakers to take action By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts The latest release of AARP's Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard...