Hobbies

Hobbies are a good way to keep the hands and mind active. They help pass the time and can lead to an expertise in one's field of choice.

The artistic impulse flowers at all ages. The desire to create canvases filled with colorful paints can flourish in older adults.

Nothing says summertime quite like the Soap Box Derby. Started in 1934, and is often portrayed in movies and television as a rite of passage for teenagers.

Many residents of senior living communities were drivers in the 1950s and 1960s when cars such as the Chevrolet Impala and Ford Thunderbird ruled the roads.

And for residents at more than a dozen nursing homes in Oregon last week, they got a blast from the past, when they were visited by some of these same muscle cars, according to the Roseburg News-Review.