Category: February – March 2021

  • Green Point Nurseries: A Growing Business on the Big Island

    Harold Tanouye started the beginnings of Green Point Nurseries in 1957, when Hilo’s economy had not yet recovered from the impacts of WWII. Residents were moving away due to lack of work. Harold wanted to live in his hometown, but needed employment. He recognized a demand for anthuriums, which military personnel and civilians were sending…

  • Vaccination – A Lesson from the Past

    When the vaccine for COVID-19 is finally available, the decision to get inoculated will depend on where trust lies. When the doctor recommends a vaccine, will folks get it? The term “inoculation” was used as early as the year 1000 AD, when Chinese doctors were trying to eradicate smallpox. Their method involved grinding up smallpox…

  • A 91-Year-Old Advocate of Healthy Living

    Hawai‘i is fortunate to have many people living well into their 90s and even 100s. Toyoko Nishiki, a 91-year-old woman, is one of the most active we have met.

  • Your Body, Your BFF

    Your body is always talking to you, and you, maybe without realizing it, are often talking to your body. For the most part, you usually respond to your body when you are hungry, sleepy or itchy… Sometimes you might get angry at it for not looking how you wish it would, or complain about the…

  • Help! I Can’t Find My Credit Card!

    Becoming a victim of credit card fraud is likely to happen to us all. We may lose our credit card (or debit card) and the finder may make unauthorized purchases. Or somehow, an online fraudster obtained our credit card information and has made unauthorized online purchases. So what do you do when that happens?

  • Mental Health During COVID-19

    As a mental health professional for 45 years, I am increasingly concerned about the welfare of our most vulnerable populations since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it began in February, approximately 54 percent of older adults surveyed reported increased loneliness, and associated depression and anxiety.

  • Assisted Living Facilities Strive to Adapt

    I took a job as a business office manager at an assisted living community while I was in college. My major was accounting and I fully intended to become a CPA. But by the time I graduated, I knew I wanted to be an  administrator at an assisted living community.

  • GM Website Aids for Hearing, Sight Impaired

    Those with hearing or visual challenges can find useful tools at the bottom, right-hand corner of every Generations Magazine website page. The Screen Reader control panel has three sets of tools to help make it easier to hear and read text.

  • GM Community Development Director

    Generations Magazine welcomes Rick Tabor as its community development director. Rick’s experience in the fields of mental health and senior home care perfectly complement the magazine’s mission as the resource in Hawai‘i for news and information about and for seniors.