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It takes a village: social networks and healthy aging

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
“Hojancha is a green, orderly canton. If you walk through Hojancha, you breathe peace,” says Verónica Campos. She’s the deputy mayor of the canton...
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Is old age an illness? Costa Rica said no

Katherine Stanley Obando -
What does official terminology have to do with love? Not much, usually. But every once in a while—afloat on seas of paperwork, adrift in endless...
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Challenge yourself to learn: another secret to healthy aging

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
One morning in April 2021, Ana Cordero Cordero, who was 79 years old at the time, took her smartphone and wrote a message to...
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A chance to reunite: intergenerational travel in Costa Rica

Katherine Stanley Obando -
“Intergenerational travel” is a mouthful, but the concept behind it couldn’t be simpler.  One of the most transformative aspects of a family trip to Costa...
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A surprisingly simple Costa Rican nutritional practice for healthy aging—on the verge of being lost

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
“The answer is in the Blue Zones,” one Instagram user commented when we asked about the secret to healthy aging. Is this true? Since 2007,...
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Accessible travel in Costa Rica: what tourists (and travel providers) should know

Katherine Stanley Obando -
When Derek saw Costa Rica’s first accessible beach, Jacó, he knew what to do. Immediately. He’d been waiting a long time. “He went into the...
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Two sides

Emma Jane -
One’s hair is white and short; one’s hair is white and long. Sometimes, it’s in a bun. One wears a jacket, pants and boots; one...
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How can a city become age-friendly?

Mónica Quesada Cordero -
“And she is doña Loly, the soul of this place,” says Verónica Hernández Zúñiga, as we walk through the gates of the Cocorí Senior...
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Welcome to “Long live CR!”

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Statistics show that by 2045, Costa Rica will have more Costa Ricans over 65 than under 15. That year, I will turn 65. What...
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The dark-soul magnolia rises among the forests of Urrao

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Every day in the Colibrí del Sol reserve, two women protect the Urrao magnolia, an endangered tree, from indiscriminate logging and agricultural expansion that...

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The rebirth of Santa Julia: the urban wetland that unites conservation and livelihood

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