• About Seniors Guide
  • For Industry Professionals
  • Magazine
  • Get in Touch
Skip to content
Seniors Guide
  • Search
  • Retirement Communities
    • Retirement Communities Overview
    • Active Living
      • Active Adult Communities icon Active Adults
      • Hand with cloche icon CCRC
      • Shooting star icon Independent Living
      • Skyscraper icon Senior Apartments
    • Assisted Care
      • Assisted Living
      • Open hands icon Personal Care communities
      • Hands house icon Residential Care Homes
      • Bed icon Respite Care
    • Nursing Care
      • Nurse icon Skilled Nursing Care
      • Building icon Long Term Care
      • IQ icon Memory Care
      • Dumbbell icon Rehabilitation Care
  • Home Care
    • Home sunrise icon Home Care Overview
    • Handshake icon Companion Care
    • Home heart sunrise icon Home Care (non-medical)
    • Home stethoscope icon Home Health Care
    • Group like icon Care Management and Coordination
  • Senior Services
    • Person chat bubble icon Senior Services Overview
    • Calendar and clock icon Adult Day Services
    • Apple icon Agencies on Aging
    • Home heart icon Aging in Place
    • Medical clipboard icon Doctors, Clinics, and Pharmacies
    • Moving dolly icon Downsizing and Realtors
    • Legal scale icon Financial, Legal and Insurance Services
    • Butterfly icon Hospice Care
  • Articles
  • About Seniors Guide
  • For Industry Professionals
  • Magazine
  • Get in Touch

Articles On:Community Life

March 2, 2026

Social Connections in a Retirement Community: Planned and Organic

By making social connections in a retirement community, residents can stave off loneliness – along ...

Read More
Residents dancing in a planned activity, making Social Connections in a Retirement Community
February 16, 2026

Social Spaces in Retirement Communities

Senior living communities have a greater emphasis than ever on providing connections for their residents ...

Read More
Friend groups gathering in a retirement community, emphasizing social spaces in retirement communities. By Bialasiewicz
February 11, 2026

The Differences Between Assisted Living and Independent Living

For those who are new to the world of senior housing, the vocabulary can take ...

Read More
Senior Asian couple looking at retirement communities
February 6, 2026

Reflections on Pain

Robert Koehler calls pain his “least favorite teacher.” Like most of us, he’d rather keep ...

Read More
Reflections on pain, as a senior man visits the doctor to consult on his knee pain. Noipornpan
February 2, 2026

Benefits of Semi-Private Living in Memory Care

When you realize that a loved one needs trained, round-the-clock care for Alzheimer’s or other ...

Read More
The chance to make new friends, like these two senior women, is among the advantages of semi-private living in memory care
January 21, 2026

At-Home Composting Wherever You Live: Easy and Beneficial

Whether you live in a detached single-family home or a apartment in a retirement community, ...

Read More
An older adult's hands cradling a child's hands, cupped around a sprouting plant, with dark, rich soil illustrating the value of at-home composting. By Yuri Arcurs
December 30, 2025

A Retirement Community Tale: Boomers Gone Wild

Life at an assisted living facility inspired Candace Arthuria to write this fictional retirement community tale. ...

Read More
dining together at an independent living community, a great place to ditch loneliness and chores and find your own retirement community tale
October 22, 2025

A Day in the Life: Active Adult Community

This day in the life of a hypothetical resident of an active adult community can ...

Read More
women having coffee at a cafe and laughing. Image by Yuri Arcurs. Article on a day in the life at an active adult community
October 20, 2025

What Is the Cost of Assisted Living?

One of the first questions to emerge during the search for an assisted living community ...

Read More
Woman explaining the cost of assisted living to resident
October 15, 2025

A Day in the Life: Independent Living Community

This day in the life of a typical resident of an independent living community can ...

Read More
A smiling woman at home with her cat in her arms. Perhaps a resident of an independent living community. Image by Robert Kneschke.
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 18
  • »

Categories

Search Articles

Assisted Living
Lutheran Home
800 West Oakton StreetArlington Heights, IL 60004
Seniors Guide Verified
Google Customer Reviews
Lutheran Home Gazebo seating
Seniors Guide logo with tagline
Ross Media Solutions logo

Ross Media Solutions is a media company that loves to blaze new trails with our products and brands. We strive to encourage and promote the importance of family in each life we touch. Through Seniors Guide, we educate and empower seniors and their families to make their best choices.

  • Advertise With Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Consent Preferences

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Copyright © 2026 Ross Media Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.
Seniors GuideTM is a trademark of Ross Media Solutions, Inc.