Deupree House's Premier Senior Living Blog

Happy Halloween, Cincinnati seniors! This month, we have a haunted houseful of activities for residents living here at our Deupree House retirement community in Hyde Park, and we wanted to share them with you.

We’ll treat our seniors to a variety of group outings — to the grand re-opening of Music Hall, to the Cincinnati Pops and Ballet, and to various theatrical goings-on around town. We’ll also host parties, community forums and get-togethers to help Deupree House neighbors get to know each other, and stay informed about community issues.

Here we are in autumn! It’s hard to believe how the year has flown by. For seniors living here at Deupree House, in Cincinnati, September promises to be busy and enriching.

Seniors whose partners have passed on know that, sometimes, the golden years are lonely. And being widowed isn’t just a social challenge; it can be a challenge for retirement planning, too.

Single people are almost twice as likely as their married peers to feel “not at all” financially secure, according to a 2016 consumer survey by life insurer Northwestern Mutual. The company also found that singles are more than twice as likely not to have spoken with anyone about their plans for retirement.

(DH Resident Ginnie Belben enjoys walking the path every day with her dog Chloe. Photos by Gary Kessler.)

Apps like Medisafe have shown promise in increasing medication compliance rates.

The stereotype about older people is that they’re unfamiliar with, or scared of, new technology. That’s simply not true.

Seniors are increasingly tech-savvy. Baby Boomers reaching advanced maturity today grew up with mass communications, television and the early days of the computer revolution. Within the next 20 years, the earliest Gen X-ers, who were raised with video games and personal computers, will reach retirement.

Many of the residents here at our Cincinnati senior living community are long-distance grandparents; meaning, they’re seniors whose grandchildren are living outside the Tristate. When grandparents and grandchildren live far apart — say, a time zone or two — visits might come few and far between.