Young at heart come together to celebrate annual Valentine's Day for Older Adults
Elderly adults celebrated love a few days early at a Valentine’s Day party at the Carrboro Century Center on Friday afternoon.
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Students battle seniors in pingpong tournament at Seymour Center
The UNC Club Table Tennis team and senior citizen table tennis players faced off in a tournament on Saturday at the Robert & Pearl Seymour Center.
Orange County libraries partner with dementia-friendly nonprofit
There might be something slightly different about the Orange County libraries the next time you browse.
Hit and run prompts discussion of task force for senior safety
On Oct. 15, 2015, a senior pedestrian was killed in a hit and run on Homestead Road while crossing the street.
Orange County receives grant to help dementia patients like Dean Smith
On Wednesday, Linnea Smith spoke publicly for the first time since the passing of her husband, former UNC basketball coach Dean Smith.
Retired veterans celebrate with UNC's ROTC
Residents and veterans of The Cedars of Chapel Hill retirement community celebrated Veterans Day with members of UNC’s Air Force and Army ROTC units.
Silver Sneakers program discontinued at local YMCAs
The Healthways Silver Sneakers fitness program will be discontinued at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA as of January 1, 2016.
Senior citizens strut their stuff in fashion show
Eight members of the Seymour Senior Center will be strutting their stuff on the center’s stage Friday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Growing pains for growing older
In the next 20 years, the over-60-year-old population in Orange County is projected to increase by 83 percent, and the community is searching for solutions to accommodate this massive, quickly growing demographic.
Seniors learn a tricky business
When Carolyn Parsley attended magic class at the Central Orange Senior Center on Thursday, she took notes on her skills to show them to her grandchildren later.
Orange County hosts Wishbone Tiny Homes owners to speak to aging population
If you’re searching for simplicity at home, an innovative developer might hold the keys to your happiness — in the form of a bite-size bungalow.
Local chapters of Meals on Wheels participate in March for Meals campaign
Three local Meals on Wheels chapters are participating in the national organization's annual March for Wheels campaign to bring attention to their cause: delivering meals to homebound senior citizens.
Granny Pods could come to Carrboro, provide affordable option for elderly
Out the back door and over the lawn, to grandmother’s house we go — or at least, that’s the idea behind a new alternative to nursing homes.
Goat Parade raised $13K for Seymour Center from sale of decorated goats
With the help of ten fiber glass goats, the Robert and Pearl Seymour Center because a few thousand dollars richer.
Ten Thousand Villages hosts fundraiser for Seymour Center
The holiday shopping season in Chapel Hill is in full swing — and one local business is using the influx of customers to raise money for a worthy cause.
Goats sold to raise money for senior citizen programs
Orange County residents gathered at Galloway Ridge at Fearrington retirement community on Friday night to gather their goats.
Japanese delegates talk aging populations in Chapel Hill
Aging populations are presenting more challenges in developed countries like the United States — and towns like Chapel Hill might have something to learn from places like Japan, where aging has been central to policy-making in recent years.
Chapel Hill's fraud cases increase exponentially
Three weeks ago, someone stole Janice Tyler's identity and opened a PayPal credit account in her name.
Orange County awards good care for aging
For residents at an assisted living home in Chapel Hill, forgetting was a part of life — until the facility's new program helped them to remember.
Goat sculptures to decorate Chapel Hill, Pittsboro to raise money
A herd of 10 painted “Glamour Goats” will be descending on Chapel Hill in October.
