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WesleyLife welcomes longevity expert: "Perceptions of aging must change to prepare us for extra years of life"

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Perceptions Toward Aging

WesleyLife welcomes longevity expert: "Perceptions of aging must change to prepare us for extra years of life"

WesleyLife's 75th-anniversary celebration, scheduled for July 7, will feature as keynote speaker one of the nation's foremost authorities on the future of aging -- and...

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Watch Us Grow

Ahmad Named Vice President of Philanthropy; Will Lead New WesleyLife Foundation

Noted philanthropy executive leader and strategist Sophia S. Ahmad will join WesleyLife next month as Vice President of Philanthropy, heading up the soon-to-be-launched...

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Des Moines

Healthy Eating, Local Eating: Des Moines Farmers Markets

Eating local food is an easy way to improve your health and the world around you. For many of us, buying and preparing food is little more than an annoyance to check off...

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Edgewater

Community Spotlight: Edgewater

Community Spotlight: Edgewater In the quiet moments of your life, when you have a break from daily stressors, how do you envision your ideal lifestyle? We designed...

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LGBTQ Pride Month

"I feel safe and valued here ... isn't that what we all want?"

It took Eileen Stephens a long time to feel comfortable in her own skin. Today, as she sits at her desk with a LGBTQ+ rainbow pin affixed to her WesleyLife collared...

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Community Wellness

Wellness at 50: 5 Habits For a Healthier Body, Mind & Soul

At 108.7 million strong, people over the age of 50 are now the largest demographic in the United States, and they’re making big changes for themselves and the world...

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Intergenerational experience

22-year-old is Wesley Acres' newest resident

When Molly McDonough was planning the ways she'd spend her time before her senior year of study at Drake University in Des Moines, moving into a Community for Healthy...

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heritage

Resident delighted children as host of TV's "Romper Room"

To say Bob and Beverly Croskery have lived the lifetimes of 10 couples isn't an overstatement. He's served as a minister, executive business leader, trustee, and adviser...

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LGBTQ Pride Month

"Let go of your plans and embrace the ones that are waiting for you."

When Matt Garcia woke up one day in March 2021, he couldn't have imagined that his afternoon would be spent seized with worry, looking up the definition of "pansexual"...

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