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A Lesson in Loss
For the past two years, I have had a traveling companion. He’s been on business trips and vacations and family gatherings. He’s been to Austin and Boston, Seattle and Tampa, Detroit and Los Angeles, and many places in between. He is in a lot of photographs from places I have visited. His name is Notch,...
Joy Sandwiches
According to the National Peanut Board, the average American will eat more than 3,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in their lifetime. Hopefully, with a glass of milk. Peanut butter and jelly can be a great source of protein, carbs, healthy fats and even some fruit. Two slices of bread, peanut butter and grape jelly. A little salty, a little sweet. . . There are web pages, YouTube videos and TikToks devoted to the best way to make and eat them.
An Ode to the OAA
The Older Americans Act, or OAA, was established on July 14, 1965. Part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs, the OAA supports the quality of life for older adults in communities across the country. Johnson wrote, “I know of no better way to sum up the vitality and the hope of our programs for older Americans than to report the words of a volunteer worker: ‘We are enabling men and women in their years of retirement to plow their goodness back into the world they helped to build.’”
Benjamin Rose and Senior Citizen Resources Join Forces to Expand Support for Older Adults in Old Brooklyn
CLEVELAND, OH (June 26, 2025) – Benjamin Rose and Senior Citizen Resources (SCR) are pleased to announce a strategic merger that will strengthen and expand services for older adults in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood. Effective July 1, 2025, SCR will become part of Benjamin Rose, a trusted leader in aging services, and its senior center...
The People in Your Neighborhood
One of the things I love about Cleveland is that it is a city of neighborhoods. A frontier town and port city, Cleveland was built on waves of industry and immigration by people who came here looking for work and a better life. They brought pieces of their past lives with them. The settled in areas defined by the geography of the Cuyahoga River, Lake Erie, the Heights and the canal systems. The evidence of it is everywhere: in the architecture of its churches, in the variety of its cuisine and in the names of communities. Neighborhoods are the building blocks of thriving cities.
In Praise of Alphabet Soup
May is Older Americans Month. Most years, this is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of older adults make in our communities, as volunteers and civic leaders. 2025 was the year to celebrate milestones of programs that recognized and affirmed the contributions of older Americans and secured a degree of comfort and dignity for them...
Comfort and Dignity
Since its founding in 1908, the Benjamin Rose Institute has addressed the financial challenges faced by older adults. In its first two decades, Benjamin Rose provided modest monthly stipends to “worthy, older adults” to meet their living expenses when illness or misfortune threatened their ability to live with comfort and dignity. These payments, and the...
A Bit of History for Women’s History Month
Please indulge me in a bit of history about people, places and things. The “Thing”: “The first meeting of the Benjamin Rose Institute Board of Trustees was held on July 20, 1908 in the Directors Room of the Citizens Savings and Trust Company.” Benjamin Rose made his fortune in the meatpacking industry, and diversified his...
Ribbon Cutting
The average temperature in Cleveland in January is 35 degrees. It was a little colder than that on January 22. We went outside anyway. Just over two years ago, Benjamin Rose launched major renovations at Margaret Wagner House. This multi-million-dollar project included many upgrades to the 65-year-old building: a new roof, elevators and HVAC systems....
Benjamin Rose Announces New Board Leadership
[CLEVELAND, OHIO] – The Benjamin Rose Board of Directors has appointed Belva Denmark Tibbs as Board Chair and Dr. Kathryn Bryan as Vice Chair, effective January 1, 2025, for a two-year term. Denmark Tibbs and Dr. Bryan bring diverse expertise and a strong dedication to community service and philanthropy, making them invaluable additions to their...
Grand Opening Celebration for Newly Renovated Margaret Wagner Apartments
[CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO] - Benjamin Rose is thrilled to invite the community to the Margaret Wagner Apartments Grand Opening Celebration. This event marks the completion of extensive renovations that began in 2023, showcasing 20 new one-bedroom units on the first floor, updates to all 60 existing apartments, enhanced accessibility and modernized community spaces. Celebrate with...
The Medicare Advantage
The open enrollment for Medicare plans began on October 15 and it got me thinking about a recent incident with my father. A few weeks ago, I was home visiting my parents. While we were sitting at the kitchen table, my dad got a phone call. It was the nurse from his insurance company. At...
Home for the Holidays
There’s a lot of things I like about the holiday season. One of my favorites is the music. Some people may tire of the Christmas carols, but not me. I will admit, I’d like to hear them after Thanksgiving, instead of right after Labor Day, but hearing a favorite carol helps put me in the mood for...
Caring About the Caregiver
Over the holidays, I took advantage of a few days off and caught up on some books I had been intending to read. Over the past several months I had picked up quite a selection of books. This one looked interesting. That one was by an author I had read before. Another one suggested by...
February
February by David Kowalczykbleak, bitter, barrendull, dreary, dismal gray, grim, grindingstark, shriveled, sullenFebruary doesn’t get much respect. Valentine’s Day provides a flash of red roses and foil-wrapped chocolate, but mostly what is written and said about February is that we want it to be over. It’s been a mild winter so far, but also a gray...
Facing the Facts
Like much of the country, communities in Northeast Ohio responded to the death of George Floyd, captured on video by bystanders, with a mix of disbelief, sadness and outrage. His death galvanized the country and caused many of us to reconsider the state of racial justice and equity in the United States. The Cleveland City...
One Vote Counted
“One vote counted is one voice heard.” It’s an election year. You probably noticed. The seemingly endless stream of political advertising. Yard signs. Mailers. Two of my neighbors were canvassing this weekend, going door-to-door for their candidate. Walking through the community, I see multiple places to pick up an absentee ballot request form. Civic engagement and...
Family Caregiver Month
November is National Family Caregiver Month. In his annual presidential proclamation, President Trump noted, “With generous hearts and faithful devotion, they honor the sanctity of life and affirm the inherent value of all human beings. “When we talk about family caregivers at Benjamin Rose, we mean the network of informal, and unpaid, supports that allow...
Stay Home for the Holidays
What are you doing for the holidays this year? One of the many ways that the pandemic has altered our lives in 2020 is the impact it has on family gatherings: birthdays, weddings, funerals and family reunions. In addition to the conversations about what to do in planning an event, we have all asked the...
Community
One of the most used words in the aging network is “community”. We advocate for “home and community-based services” (HCBS) as alternatives to institutional care. We take part in awareness efforts, Dementia Friendly Communities or Communities for a Lifetime, that promote inclusion or accommodation in civic planning and daily life. Assisted living facilities and planned...
