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    New health center for seniors has opened at old Rite-Aid

    A shuttered Germantown Rite Aid has reopened as a senior-focused health center. ArchWell Health says its team-based care model and social programming aim to address both medical needs and isolation among older neighbors.

    Philly’s oldest living resident, Bernice Sebastian, has passed away at age 112

    Bernice Rosalind Eugenie Sebastian—Philadelphia’s oldest known living resident—has died at 112 after a hospital stay in Olney. Her niece and caregiver, Marie Monique-Marthol, remembers a life rooted in education and mentorship in Saint Kitts and Nevis, and offers a heartfelt thank-you to the Germantown “village” that supported them.