Life in the Later Lane

Life in the Later Lane

Jody Reiss at The Sequoias

As the city’s older population swells, seniors who can no longer live at home face high costs, limited choices

EDITOR’S NOTE: See full profiles of the seniors interviewed by clicking links within the story. A panoply of health issues, including slow-moving Parkinson’s, and kidney disease, prompted Jody Reiss, a retired therapist and AIDS educator, to move into an assisted living facility – at the relatively young age of 68. Most residents are 75 or ...

Stephanie Ernst-Scott runs the last tackle shop in San Francisco. It’s been in her family for 60 years.

Walk through the doors of Gus’ Discount Fishing Tackle, and you’ll likely be greeted before you even reach the counter. That’s how Stephanie Ernst-Scott learned to do business from her father, Gus Ernst, who opened the Outer Richmond shop more than 60 years ago. “You say hello to somebody when they cross your threshold,” said ...

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