Our 2021 Active Aging Guide
How to Live Well into Your Later Years in Santa Barbara
By Leslie Dinaberg
Santa Barbara is a great place to live no matter your age, but it takes many people a number of years — and perhaps a successful career or two — to start calling our shoreline home. That means there are plenty of people living their best later lives here, which is why we started our Active Aging Guide in 2018 to help navigate the endless options for staying healthy, striving for wellness, and living even longer.
This is the fourth annual edition of this promotional section, in which sponsors suggested trends, techniques, and talented experts from their organizations to our editorial team. Then Leslie Dinaberg took those nascent ideas, put on her reporter’s cap, and turned them into engaging articles that cover a wide range of topics, from bone, brain, and sexual health to volunteering, nutrition, and even drum circles.
Read on, and age well.
Connect, Discuss, and Explore at Vistas Lifelong Learning
Seniors Stay Smart and Social Thanks to This Volunteer-Run Nonprofit
Westmont Living’s Nutrition Tips for Brain Health
Residential Facility Offers Smart Food Advice for Seniors
Villa Alamar and Alexander Gardens Stimulate the Senses to Stimulate Wellness
Sensory Program Keeps Spirits High at These Two Memory-Care and Assisted-Living Facilities
OsteoStrong Builds the Bones of Skeletal Health
How I Came to Understand This Weapon in the Fight Against Osteoporosis
Max Mickey has been a regular bowler at the Santa Barbara Lawn Bowls Club for the last 5 years. 
Audree Hashibe, uses the chair to assist her in a spinal twist at the YMCA’s chair yoga class. 
Marion Freitag, stays active by participating in the YMCA’s chair yoga class. 
Chairs are used to help assist yogis into postures at the YMCA’s chair yoga class. 
Valentino Piermarini, bowls Saturday afternoon at the Santa Barbara Lawn Bowls Club. 
Stuart Orentein, brings his hands to heart center for a deep breath in the YMCA’s chair yoga class. 
Chairs are used to help assist yogis into postures at the YMCA’s chair yoga class. 
The historic Arlington Theater is one of the backdrops at the Santa Barbara Lawn Bowls Club.
Images by Erick Madrid
The (Drum Circle) Beat Goes On at Vista del Monte
Musical Groups Set Rhythm for Residents of This Retirement Community in Hidden Valley
Turner Medical Arts Offers Treatments for Inside and Out
Using Hormones and Sexual Health Techniques to Keep You Younger Longer
Borrowing Medical Basics from VNA Health’s Loan Closet
This Unique Service Is Critical to Those Who Need Crutches, Wheelchairs, and More
Step Up to Help Seniors for the Family Service Agency
Nonprofit in Search of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Volunteers
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