What needs to be considered before making lifetime gifts?

by Senior Scene | Sep 1, 2026 | Financial Advice, General Interest, Legal, Magazine, Top Story (C)

What needs to be considered before making lifetime gifts?By Attorney Truman Scarborough A full description of estate planning would include the accumulation, preservation, and gifting of property.  While most of our lives are devoted to the acquisition and...

Where can a retiree volunteer?

by Senior Scene | Sep 1, 2026 | Community, Featured Article (03), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health

Where can a retiree volunteer?By Lisa Peake, RN Retirement can bring a wonderful sense of freedom—but it can also leave us wondering, “What comes next?” For many older adults, volunteering provides an answer. It offers an opportunity to stay active, meet new people,...

About Helping Seniors …

by Senior Scene | Sep 1, 2026 | Community, Entertainment, Featured Article (06), General Interest, Magazine

About Helping Seniors … Fifteen years ago, Joe Steckler—the man who simply couldn’t stay retired—began the work that became Helping Seniors. Joe first retired from the U.S. Navy as a Captain after an exemplary career of service to our country. He later “retired”...

Yes, The Wind Is Against You, But Who is With You?

by Senior Scene | Sep 1, 2026 | Community, Featured Article (02), General Interest, Magazine

Rev. Jeff Wood, First Presbyterian Church of SebastianWeLoveFirst.org & Facebook.com/welovefirstsebastian Yes, The Wind Is Against You, But Who is With You?  The disciples of Jesus, we are told, are on their own in a boat in a tempest.  They are tired and afraid. ...

Helping Seniors News

by Senior Scene | Aug 1, 2026 | General Interest, Helping Seniors Newsletter, Magazine

  Prefer PDF? Click Here The Helping Seniors Newsletter   Here is the Current Issue of the Helping Seniors Newsletter – information from Brevard County’s Helping Seniors non-profit organization that has provided the county’s free-of-charge...

Dog: what the nose knows!

by Senior Scene | Aug 1, 2026 | Featured Article (01), General Interest, Magazine, Senior Health

Dog: what the nose knows!(How dogs can help with human health) Arvind M. Dhople, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus, Florida Tech Certain diseases give off a distinctive smell, mostly undetectable to humans – but could dogs guide us to a new ways of detecting cancer?  You are...