Yes, Healthy Food Can Be Fun. The Proof Is in the (Chia Seed) Pudding!
It can be easy to find the motivation you need to eat more healthfully. Even small dietary changes can benefit your heart health and help protect your brain. You may …
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Friends Add Quality — and Quite Possibly Years — to Your Life
With the International Day of Friendship coming up on July 30, it’s an ideal time to stop and think about how much your friends mean to you. In fact, after …
Read MoreYou Can Be Kind to the Ocean — and Share Some Seashore Spirit — No Matter Where You Live
Whether you have a home that looks out at the ocean or you live a thousand miles or more from the closest coast, there are steps you can take to …
Read MoreThose Steps You Take to Be Physically Healthy? They’re Good for Your Mental Health, Too
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, presenting an excellent opportunity to talk about how to protect mental health in older adults. While many ways of safeguarding mental health are known …
Read MoreMeet Marilyn Colyar: An Outstanding Resident Making an Impact in the Heron’s Key Community and Greater Gig Harbor
Heron’s Key is a community where activity is plentiful. Depending on interests and hobbies, there is most likely a group that would align with any resident’s passions. Marilyn Colyar is …
Read MoreWhat Are the Best Dogs for Seniors? It Depends on the Person, the Dog and the Situation.
Did you know nearly 40% of all U.S. households have at least one pet dog? If you’ve ever had a furry friend of the canine kind, then you already know …
Read MoreMeet Janel Berosh
About two years ago, Janel Berosh was working as office manager for a local Washington print shop when she met some of the kindest people she ever knew. The people …
Read MoreDownsizing and Rightsizing Aren’t Just for Seniors Moving to a Retirement Community
Most older adults who are planning to move to a senior living community will need to sort through their belongings and decide what goes with them and what does not. …
Read MoreThe Making of Heron’s Key Voices: A Historical Memoir
Hitting the shelves in March 2023 There are few instances where a community comes together to create something beautiful. At Heron’s Key, however, the passion of residents, past, current and …
Read MoreCreating a community where all can feel safe, welcome and accepted
As one of the younger retirement communities in the Seattle area, we feel it’s incumbent on us to shape Heron’s Key into a community that will appeal not only to …
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