Grief Touches Every Life

At some point, we’ll all experience the loss of someone we love. While grief is universal, no two journeys are the same. We’re grateful to see more honest conversations about grief, like Anderson Cooper’s CNN podcast, helping normalize discussions about love, loss, and healing. At Roots & Roads, we believe talking about grief matters. These…

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2025 Roots & Roads Annual Report

Thank you for making 2025 a year of extraordinary impact. Together, we provided compassionate care, expanded access to trusted resources, and helped more people experience comfort, dignity, and support when they needed it most. None of this would be possible without our incredible community of supporters, partners, and advocates. Download a copy of our 2025…

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Reimagining Grief Support Recording

Missed our presentation, “๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€”? You can now watch the recording online, or revisit it anytime.

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Healthy Meal Planning: Tips for Older Adults

“Eating healthfully and having an active lifestyle can support healthy aging. Use the resources below to learn about different patterns of healthy eating and ways to create a nutritious meal plan . . .” https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/healthy-eating-nutrition-and-diet/healthy-meal-planning-tips-older-adults

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Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease: What Do We Know?

“Changes in the brain occur many years before the first symptoms of Alzheimerโ€™s disease appear. These early brain changes point to a possible window of opportunity to prevent or delay memory loss and other symptoms of dementia. While nothing has been . . .” https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/alzheimers-and-dementia/preventing-alzheimers-disease-what-do-we-know

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Services for Older Adults Living at Home

“There are many types of services available to help meet the long-term care needs of an older person living at home. Family members and friends may be able to help with some personal and household tasks. But you might want to hire professionals to assist with others. The ideas and resources below can help you…

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How Grief Changes Two Years After a Loss

“For more than 25 years, I served as a psychology professor and researched grief and bereavement. I consulted and taught individuals, couples and families to meet the demands that chronic illness exacts, to build safety nets and resilience in the presence of stress, and to create space for the problems that the . . .”…

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Computer Cons and Venmo Villains

“Why Iโ€™m hanging up my digital detective badge after a misguided expedition in the hall of mirrors that is the Web. ‘Royal Doulton Long John Silver Pirate Toby Mug 1953 โ€” NOT JUST A LITTLE OLD LADY COLLECTIBLE!’ I posted on Facebook Marketplace. Everyone told me my swashbuckler mug with the parrot handle would never…

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From the Ground Up Recording

Did you miss our presentation “From the Ground Up: Raising Death Literate Children?” If you did or just want to take another peek, the recording is available here:

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When Retirement Finally Sets Your Creativity Free

“For decades, Linda C. Shaw had something to say. A poet, author, singer, and performance artist living in Denver, Colorado, she spent years building a creative life around the edges of everything else. Then a series of physical setbacks โ€” including surgeries that required her to relearn how to walk โ€” put it all on…

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