San Francisco Senior Beat https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Former SFSU teacher shifts to helping union workers build leadership abilities Home About Joe Edley, a three-time national champion, has been racking up great Scrabble scores for decades As the city’s older population swells, seniors who can no longer live at home face high costs, limited choices Couple beat ‘fast furniture,’ pandemic and other challenges to keep upholstery shop going for nearly 50 years Home sale helps active senior with pending health issues move into continuing care community so transition to ‘assisted living’ is not disruptive ‘It was a chaotic time; we weren’t ready,’ wife says of husband’s surprise cancer diagnosis Mahjong and family kept mother in assisted living facility sharp and happy till the end City’s ombudman has been keeping an eye on seniors in residential care facilities for the past 40 years When the family’s upstairs was converted to board & care, her piano lessons were the entertainment Robert Wachter, the doctor who is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to treat patients Car accident upends family counselor’s hard-won career and settlement in U.S. Consultant’s retirement dreams clash with market-rate rent in North Beach Blog One bold step opened up education and a career charting demographics in low-income countries City College café owner customizes and caters to make students, staff and professors feel at home Stephanie Ernst-Scott runs the last tackle shop in San Francisco. It’s been in her family for 60 years. K.D. Sullivan: From Park Bench to Publishing House He rode the rails, he slept on the streets, Kevin Fagan spent decades reporting on the homeless for the San Francisco Chronicle Successful sous chef finds equilibrium and support after career sidetracked by health and hard times Retired conference consultant embraces San Francisco and its history with tour of her own neighborhood Farm life couldn’t compete with the excitement of big cities and the challenge of the executive life Free speech and anti-war activist Sue Trupin found her niche caring for AIDS patients and supporting black grandmothers A lucky phone call steered him into a 54-year career as a shipping executive. She’s a photographer and a flamenco dancer who fights to reduce maternal deaths in poor countries around the world Getting seniors to exercise is final and favorite of her many careers, from Levi’s to KRON’s Bay TV newsroom Rock ‘n’ roll and diamonds shaped the life of Arthur Indenbaum Cathedral Hill doctor became a leader in the treatment and prevention of AIDS. Through one-man performances, son of Holocaust survivor shares history with high school students Being an ‘old soul’ isn’t just about age but an attitude – best nurtured by intergenerational contact Circus Bella veteran juggler and ‘right-hand man’ keeps his family in on the act Retired scientist, avid cyclist, and world traveler faces the challenge of Alzheimer’s A tale of love and lighting on Divisadero Street “Mr. Mahjong” teaches San Francisco to love a 19th-century Chinese game Practicality atop an adventurous spirit has Potrero Hill resident contemplating eventual move even as she continues to build community How a dedicated teacher of young children became a dedicated civic volunteer. Famed boogie-woogie pianist embroiders her performances with her own hand-crafted art The biggest, best walk – and bath of a lifetime. ‘So hard, all the losses and pain:’ Personal and world tragedies led daughter of Holocaust survivors to life of helping others help others A face of medical care in the Mission, Kattia Balestier has been on the front lines for nearly 40 years Early computer nerd – now a regular at future-focused public space with bar – slowly realized he “was in the middle of something big” Out of the classroom and onto the airplane. Peter Mundy takes his middle-school students around the world. A life of resilience: Escaping Soviet antisemitism, Tatyana Yasnovsky built a life in San Francisco as she practiced psychiatry   Things of heaven and earth – but mostly earth – have captivated neuropsychologist who once pondered the priesthood With more than 28,000 movies and TV shows on hand, Colin Hutton’s Video Wave store has survived the onslaught of Netflix and Amazon Prime Sixty years later, a writer returns to her childhood home in Mexico and savors the sights, smells and flavors of a changed San Miguel de Allende ‘Wild writing’ softens clinical healthcare leader’s shift to solo career and enriches retirement Host of group that supports women forge new life after retirement fitting out her Dodge van to recapture the joys of childhood camping Retirement sends Vonn Scott Bair full speed into long days as actor, playwright and game developer