Category: February – March 2017

  • Make Your Giving Go Further

    Technology has made all of our lives easier. Just by using a smartphone, you can talk to people all over the world, check the weather forecast or reserve a seat on a plane. The true power of the smartphone is how it combines a myriad of tools into a single, sleek device. As you support…

  • ‘Test Drive’ Your Estate Plan

    Kingdom Advisors founder Ron Blue takes an interesting approach to estate planning. He advocates lifetime giving as a way to assure that the objects of your bounty are worthy recipients of your wealth. This could play out a couple of different ways. As Blue points out, there are three places your “stuff” can go after…

  • Control Healthcare Costs in Retirement

    It’s no secret that healthcare becomes a bigger concern for most of us as we grow older. More ailments are likely to develop, which means more money is spent to visit health professionals and purchase medications. Even if you remain healthy through your later years, the costs of preventative care and preparing for potential, unexpected…

  • Make a Retirement Resolution

    It’s 2017 and one year closer to retirement. Whether you’re at your very first job or wrapping up a successful career, there are always new things to learn when it comes to saving for the future. So why not make retirement planning part of your New Year’s resolution? Putting money in a high-yield savings account…

  • A Better Reason to Eat More

    I have said for years that eating more may be better for weight loss than eating less. At first, people are a bit shocked to hear this until they realize that I mean eating more food — but still eating fewer calories. How is this possible? Here is a simple example. If you eat an…

  • Gold Standard for Safe & Quality Care

    The Joint Commission’s Home Care Accreditation program provides certification for more than 6,000 programs that provide home healthcare services directly or through contracted individuals or organizations. An independent, not-for-profit organization, The Joint Commission accredits and certifies nearly 21,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the United States. Joint Commission standards address the performance of home care…

  • Strategies to Ease Morning Stiffness

    Difficulty getting out of bed in the morning? Or taking longer for joints and muscles to loosen due to stiffness? The basic causes of morning stiffness are lack of physical activity, not sleeping properly and chronic conditions like arthritis. Try these strategies to loosen up: • Five minutes of movement in bed can ease discomfort.…

  • Time to Spring Into Action!

    The City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is now accepting registration for spring 2017. Fun and affordable classes, such as ceramics, painting, ‘ukulele, aerobics, yoga, tai chi, swimming and more are offered. Or, if you’re looking for an opportunity to make new friends or reconnect with old ones, join one…

  • ‘Super’ Seniors Head to Tennis Nationals

    Like the challenges of aging well, playing tennis at a mature age provides its own set of character trials and physical tests. Of the almost one million tennis players in the U.S., about 2,000 compete annually in the USTA League 65 and Over Tennis National Championships. In December, over 100 “super seniors” from Hawai‘i Island,…

  • Partnering for Seniors

    Generations Magazine has partnered with local news station KITV and its “Aging Well” weekend segments. As a resource magazine, Generations is happy and very fortunate to have local TV station KITV Channel 4 to step up to the plate and support our aging population— one of the fastest-growing segments of our community. During each weekend…