A man in an orange shirt stands on a porch with a screen door behind him.
A Meals on Wheels volunteer delivers food to a Rolling Meadows home. We learn how friends and neighbors can help support seniors who age in place. Courtesy of Richard A. Chapman / Associated Press
A man in an orange shirt stands on a porch with a screen door behind him.
A Meals on Wheels volunteer delivers food to a Rolling Meadows home. We learn how friends and neighbors can help support seniors who age in place. Courtesy of Richard A. Chapman / Associated Press

Aging in place is the practice of seniors staying in their homes with care from friends, family, and/or paid staff, rather than living in a retirement or senior care facility. It’s been gaining popularity as a way for seniors to maintain independence.

Reset learns more about how to effectively, and safely, age in place.

GUESTS: Mary Mitchell, columnist and director of culture and community engagement for the Chicago Sun-Times

Margaret Laraviere, deputy commissioner of senior services with the Department of Family Support Services; executive director of the Area Agency on Aging

A man in an orange shirt stands on a porch with a screen door behind him.
A Meals on Wheels volunteer delivers food to a Rolling Meadows home. We learn how friends and neighbors can help support seniors who age in place. Courtesy of Richard A. Chapman / Associated Press
A man in an orange shirt stands on a porch with a screen door behind him.
A Meals on Wheels volunteer delivers food to a Rolling Meadows home. We learn how friends and neighbors can help support seniors who age in place. Courtesy of Richard A. Chapman / Associated Press

Aging in place is the practice of seniors staying in their homes with care from friends, family, and/or paid staff, rather than living in a retirement or senior care facility. It’s been gaining popularity as a way for seniors to maintain independence.

Reset learns more about how to effectively, and safely, age in place.

GUESTS: Mary Mitchell, columnist and director of culture and community engagement for the Chicago Sun-Times

Margaret Laraviere, deputy commissioner of senior services with the Department of Family Support Services; executive director of the Area Agency on Aging