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# Retirement Insider

Select Category Activities Advice for Family & Friends Advice for Seniors Health & Wellness Meet Our Residents

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### [War Reflections: From a Seven Year Old’s Perspective](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/war-reflections-seven-year-olds-perspective)

Nov 8, 2016 6:13:18 PM

The grandfather of my children is a wonderful man. A man of great wisdom, pride and patriotism. At 92, Joe is still remarkably sharp and witty. Although, at this time of year, he becomes quiet and pensive. When he does we all suspect he recalls the details of his time served on the front lines of WWII.

[Rebecca Visser](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/rebecca-visser) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/war-reflections-seven-year-olds-perspective)

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### [Meet Our Resident ~ Winton (AgeCare Orchard Manor)](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-resident-winton-agecare-orchard-manor)

Sep 25, 2016 3:12:54 PM

I sat down with Winton in his cozy suite at Orchard Manor that he shared with his wife until her passing. Winton was born on November 21, 1926 twelve miles south of Coronation to parents Joe and Annie Wangsness.

[Rebecca Visser](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/rebecca-visser) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-resident-winton-agecare-orchard-manor)

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### [Meet Our Resident ~ Al (AgeCare Valleyview)](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-resident-al-agecare-valleyview)

Sep 9, 2016 2:49:19 PM

Meet AgeCare Valleyview Resident Algirdas Arelis (aka Al), born in Lithuania in 1929.

[Rebecca Visser](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/rebecca-visser) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-resident-al-agecare-valleyview)

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### [Meet Our Resident ~ Mary (AgeCare Orchard Manor)](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-resident-mary-agecare-orchard-manor)

Aug 30, 2016 4:13:24 PM

Meet one of AgeCare Orchard Manors’ long-time residents. Mary may be 90 years old, but she still recalls the carefree hopscotch days of her youth, growing up in sunny Three Hills, Alberta.

[Rebecca Visser](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/rebecca-visser) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-resident-mary-agecare-orchard-manor)

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### [Meet Our Resident ~ Adelhed (AgeCare Orchard Manor)](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-resident-adelhed-agecare-orchard-manor)

Jul 26, 2016 6:06:42 PM

Adelheld (Addie) tells a harrowing story of her life growing up in Eastern Europe. Born in 1929, she faced many unfathomable challenges, beginning in 1945 when Germans invaded her family home in Czechoslovakia.

[Rebecca Visser](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/rebecca-visser) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-resident-adelhed-agecare-orchard-manor)

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### [Meet Our Residents ~ Dave Bell (AgeCare Orchard Manor)](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-residents-dave-bell)

Jul 11, 2016 5:13:46 PM

Dave has had an ambitious and colourful life. Born to a farming family in Poverty Flats, Alberta in 1921. Dave spent his early years at a primary school near Hussar that was named Lawson, after his mother’s family. Later he attended a dormitory school for boys in Drumheller, but he didn’t graduate until age 19, as like others, he was juggling school and working on the family farm.

[Rebecca Visser](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/rebecca-visser) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-residents-dave-bell)

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### [Meet Our Residents ~ Tilley Schlossberger (AgeCare Orchard Manor)](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-residents-tilley-schlossberger)

Jul 4, 2016 4:58:49 PM

At 104, you can bet that Tilley Schlossberger has a vast collection of life experiences, and she relays her stories with surprising clarity and an upbeat tone.

[Rebecca Visser](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/rebecca-visser) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-residents-tilley-schlossberger)

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### [Meet Our Residents ~ Adeline & Dale (AgeCare Valleyview)](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-residents-adeline-dale-agecare-valleyview)

May 5, 2016 4:56:40 PM

Meet Dale and Adeline; Married for 13 years and each other’s second chance at love.

[Rebecca Visser](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/rebecca-visser) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/meet-residents-adeline-dale-agecare-valleyview)

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### [Dancing for Good Reason – It’s Great For Your Health and Wellness!](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/dancing-good-reason-great-health-wellness)

Mar 30, 2016 2:19:03 PM

If you Google ‘old people dancing’ – I guarantee you will be entertained! Seniors everywhere are letting it be known that a little grey hair and a knee replacement or two does not mean the dance is over!

[Rebecca Visser](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/rebecca-visser) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/dancing-good-reason-great-health-wellness)

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### [Tips on Proper Eating and Nutrition as You Age](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/tips-proper-eating-nutrition-age)

Mar 1, 2016 1:32:53 AM

### Bread for the Journey

As we March toward spring it is the perfect time to reinforce the importance of eating well. This can be especially challenging for seniors who live independently and alone, and are not inclined to put the thought and time into preparing a proper meal just for themselves.

[Barb Noad](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/author/barb-noad) 

[Read More](https://living.agecare.ca/retirement-living-blog/tips-proper-eating-nutrition-age)