Informational Blogs
Navigating Retirement: Expert Advice and Resources at Friends House
For many people exploring future lifestyle options, staying active isn’t really about exercise. It’s about continuing to participate in life in ways that feel familiar, meaningful, and enjoyable. At Friends House, active living often happens quietly. It looks like walking to dinner with neighbors. Spending time in the garden before […]
Walk into ArtSpace at Friends House and you feel it before you see it—the hum of conversation, the scrape of a palette knife, the quiet focus of someone discovering something new. This is not a scheduled activity built to fill a calendar. It is a resident-shaped creative space where curiosity, […]
Wellness isn’t just about reacting to health challenges – it’s about building habits that support long-term well-being. At Friends House in Sandy Spring, MD, serving the Olney and greater Washington DC area, our senior wellness programs are designed to support physical health, social connection, and mental well-being every day. Many older […]
Voices of Friends House
Insights, experiences, and reflections from residents and leadership at Friends House.
Who knew that retirement could be a time for transformation? And that one badly needed to make a shift in one’s life? Somehow I had missed America’s Civil Rights movement. But when I landed here at Friends House, the Diversity Committee was sponsoring a 2-3 month study group that presented […]
When Byron and I considered where we would live after retirement, we soon agreed on Friends House. We were familiar with the campus from visiting our friends Myra and Roger Wolcott and by service on various Baltimore Yearly Meeting committees. We knew that Byron’s Parkinsons would progress and we wanted […]
We planned to retire in Friends House fifty years ago. We often visited my mother-in-law when she was here. She loved it. I have not been a bit disappointed in anything. The Lodge is totally comfortable in that it is well insulated against the outside world. It has wonderful windows […]
