Content by Leacey Brown
Home Is Where Your Life Is Stable
When a tragic accident put Nick Remund in a wheelchair at age 30, his family was tasked with building a new accessible home to accommodate his new life. Learn about the challenges and victories they had during their journey.
Home Care Providers for Home Modification
Many homes have features that make it difficult for home care providers to offer essential in-home services. Read some first-hand accounts of how home modifications made their jobs easier and more gratifying.
What Do We Do When We Get Home?
Following an unfortunate dirt bike accident, Thore Jenshus faced a new life as a quadrapalegic. Learn how his challenges led him to becoming a advocate for accessible home design.
Caregiving for Rural Families
SDSU Extension developed a course called Caregiving for Rural Families. This self-paced course is designed to help rural people learn about long-term services support, how to help someone with routine tasks like bathing or brushing teeth, and how caregivers need to prepare for emergency situations.
How to Bring Heirlooms Writing Workshops to Your Community
Life stories are pieces of history that should be valued and preserved for future generations. If you are ready to preserve these pieces of history in your community, then it’s time to sponsor an Heirlooms: Creative Life Writing workshop.
What’s good about getting older?
Curious about the positive changes that come with getting older? Learn about some key mental and emotional changes that can occur in older adults, and the benefits that come with these changes!
Advance Care Planning for Rural Families
Did you know that only one out of every three South Dakotans have filled out an advance directive? Check out this article to learn more about preparing your own advance directive.
A Glimpse Into Life Story Writing
Learn some tips for identifying important milestones, events and themes when writing a life story to pass on to future generations.
A Glimpse Into Obituary Writing
Learn some basic considerations for writing an obituary that captures significant life milestones and events.
A Glimpse Into Family History Writing
Learn some writing tips for researching family history and genealogy and organizing your findings into compelling stories.