Coping With Caregiving When You’re Not Wanted

“When you think back to childhood and the make-believe roles you may have dressed up as —parent, a superhero, or even a pet — I guarantee that pretending to be a “caregiver” for a loved one was never considered. Forget even that far back. Maybe you’re an adult child embarking on an empty nest, or…

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Personal Historians Help Preserve Family Stories

“My mother, Betty Fivecoat, told such interesting stories of her childhood on a farm in Harrisonville, Missouri during the Great Depression. Dozens of extended family lived in one farmhouse, surviving mostly on her grandfather’s veteran’s pension he earned while serving in the Philippines during the Spanish American War and in World War I. My mom…

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Dealing With Frustration While Waiting for a Doctor Referral

“Often, when a new health condition develops, our primary doctor must refer us to another doctor or specialist for consultation, evaluation, further testing or treatment. This process is called a referral. The referral process can be lengthy, increasing anxiety about the potential worsening of one’s health condition. It can be a source of immense frustration…

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Functional Strength Training: The Best Workout for People Over 50 “Scientists have known for decades that strength training is the best intervention for people over 50 to fight bone and muscle loss, increase longevity, prevent falls, boost metabolism, regulate blood sugar and maintain . . .” https://www.nextavenue.org/functional-strength-training-people-over-50/

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Roots and Roads is the 2023 Core Grant Awardee

We are honored to be first-time recipients of Community Foundation for Southern Arizona’s 2023 CORE Grant!  This gift, made possible by CFSA in collaboration with the RYUNA and Blessing funds, will allow us to innovate our programming to best meet the needs of our diverse community. We are grateful for the vision, trust, and partnership of these philanthropic champions – together we…

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Plan for your future

Plan for Your Future If your age necessitates a required minimum distribution (RMD) from your IRA, you are eligible to transfer up to $100,000 each year directly to a qualified charity like Roots & Roads. By rolling over your IRA distribution directly to Roots & Roads, it qualifies as your RMD and you avoid having to…

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Embracing Skin Care, Taking Care of our Pets, The Arctic Helped Heal Me

Our top interesting articles from social media in March 2020. Our goal in sharing on our social media and here on the website is to keep communication open, thoughts and planning open to end-of-life, and making that transition one you can experience fully. We share these articles with the hope they will positively impact those…

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