senior citizens

Shoeboxes for seniors is returning this holiday season and 99.9 KTDY, The Blake Assisted Living and Memory Care Community, and Cajun Area Agency On Aging are collecting shoeboxes filled with items useful to seniors in the Acadiana area to help aging citizens get a special treat this holiday.

The service will start now and run through April 30th.

If you are uncertain about something, just don't do it.

A group of seniors at a nursing and rehab center in Texas wanted to get in on the fun by sharing their chalkboard photos, and the resulting pictures are just the cutest.

This simple little box makes a huge impact on a senior.

I guess we can all learn a thing or two from our elders, especially when it comes to having some fun!

The deadline to donate items is December 20, 2017.

Each filled box cost only $10 with items found at a discount store. I just put the boxes in the bottom of my shopping cart and filled them up as I perused the aisles.

Be warned: you'll probably need a tissue. But you'll smile, too.

Here's an athlete everyone can root for.

Valentine's Day is supposed to be about romance, love and togetherness, but for older adults and senior citizens, it can be about isolation and depression. Singer and actress Victoria Justice is doing something about that with a sweet and cute initiative.

I don't like to think about it, but one day I will be able to flash my "Senior Discount" card, the only thing good about it being I will be saving some money!

If you're feeling a little sluggish on this Monday morning, and just can't get into your 'To Do List' today, watch this video of two super seniors in the 100 yard dash - which ends in a photo finish! It looks like the guy in Lane 3 owns it, but watch what happens at the end...

Ever had a guy come to your door offering to repair something with the materials 'left over' from some other job?

What age is considered old these days.  At 49, as I write this, I realize that I have well crossed over to the other side.

The internet is a remarkable tool; you can learn so many things from it, and some of those things are actually true! I was looking at Facebook this afternoon when I came across a 'Share' that talked about a poem that was written by an old man who (later) died in a nursing home...

Robbery 101: before you try to shake down a public establishment, make sure no one there is armed. That’s what two would-be thieves in Florida learned the hard way last weekend.

The elderly may seem like easy targets to thieves, but as this story shows, that isn’t always the case. On Monday, an unidentified 90-year-old California woman teamed up with a good Samaritan to chase down a mugger who robbed her outside a convenience store. Is this the beginning of a new crime fighting duo?

Getty Images The Pew Internet And American Life Project has released the results of research that indicates the fastest growing segment of internet users is senior citizens.

One generally associates the onset of drug and alcohol addiction with the recklessness of youth. However, two new studies are challenging those assumptions, with findings suggesting that older folks are also quite susceptible to addiction’s trap.