Growing Gray: A special report on aging in the Monadnock Region
Across the country and here in the Monadnock Region, baby boomers are reaching retirement age in record numbers. With people living longer, the population of older adults will spike, with the potential to overwhelm medical systems, retirement funds and local economies. With this series, The Sentinel introduces you to some of the people at the front end of what one public policy group calls "The Silver Tsunami," and shows you how their issues will become our issues, as we become a society that is... Growing Gray.
Eleanor M. Corbin never thought there would be a time when she wouldn’t live in her own home.
Geraldine “Gerry” Jeffery loves taking photographs.
Eleanor C. Ball knows the health care system well.
Ruth O. Warren’s first job was in the filing department at National Grange Mutual Insurance in Keene.
Laura J. Beck has been a teacher for most of her life.
Ellie Corbin plays with her pet cat Misty. Corbin, 73, like other senior citizens, is adapting to a new way of life, challenged by the fixed i…
