Run a sales office? See the Sales Offices plan: give every prospect a free year of the daily briefing →
A world of interest. Right in your community.
Something worth reading.
Something worth
talking about.
Ready-made daily and weekly programming for your residents. Residents pay nothing. Priced by community size: under $1 per unit a month for communities over 75 homes.
Bring the wider world into everyday community life, with thoughtful reading, short news videos and ready-to-host conversations. Residents can enjoy it on their own or gather with neighbors.
Your team gets prepared materials and chooses what fits your community.
No ads. No selling data. We never sell residents’ information, we don’t rely on advertising, and there will never be ads in anything we deliver. Your residents get the content and nothing more.
Everything we provide, in one place
Explore the Sample Week.
Open any piece and see exactly what your residents would get: the daily briefing and its 3 To Know video, Beyond the Headlines in large type, Coffee and a Topic, Coffee and a Country, Coffee and a Story, weekly Table Talk cards for the dining tables, a monthly Special Report and posters ready to print.
We deliver each piece on its day. Your community decides what to use and when.
Explore the Sample Week- Every dayDaily briefing · 3 To Know video
- Every weekTable Talk cards
- MondayCoffee and a Story*
- TuesdayCoffee and a Topic*
- WednesdayCoffee and a Country*
- SaturdayBeyond the Headlines
- SundayShort Story of the Week
- About once a monthSpecial Report*
- * Includes a host guide and resident materials
One program. Three ways to take part.
Read. Watch. Gather.
Residents choose how they take part, on their own or with neighbors. Open any sample to see the real thing.
Read · Every morning
A wider world, every morning.
A daily briefing by 6 AM Eastern, starting with 3 To Know, the five-minute read. Every story is researched from newspapers around the world, often in their own languages. On Saturdays, Beyond the Headlines brings four stories in large type, ready to print.
Watch or listen · Free in every plan
The day’s news in three minutes.
Each morning, 3 To Know becomes a short video with large captions and a clear voice, plus a 3-minute audio file. Play it on the lobby screen or at a morning gathering. Download it and press play; there’s nothing to prepare.
Gather · Weekly
Conversations worth showing up for.
Coffee and a Topic, Coffee and a Country and Coffee and a Story give a host everything they need: a resident sheet, a host guide anyone can read aloud, and a poster. No specialist knowledge needed. Coffee and a Topic and Coffee and a Country need no advance reading; Coffee and a Story invites residents to read a short story beforehand.
Once a month, your community also gets a Passport Week: a ready-to-run theme kit built around a Coffee and a Country — food, film, music, crafts and conversation ideas to choose from. We create a new one every week, so you choose from a growing library, and you can ask us to create a special one. Each Passport Week pairs Wednesday’s Coffee and a Country (at noon) with a matching Coffee and a Story and Coffee and a Topic from the same country, so a Lifestyle Director can run up to three World Desk discussion sessions that week. Included at no additional cost.
Theme Weeks, new in the Library: like a Passport Week, built around a theme such as a Big Band dinner dance or a Broadway opening night, ending in one big themed night. Your monthly pick can be a Passport Week or a Theme Week. See them in the Library.
Start with your staff
Try it with your team
before residents see it.
A free month to explore with your team. Start with one briefing and one host guide; you don’t need to evaluate every format. Nothing is sent to residents during the staff trial month. If it looks useful, we’ll help you plan a separate resident pilot.
Your first three steps
- Read one short briefing.
- Open one resident sheet and its host guide.
- Choose one program you could picture on your calendar.
Everything else is there when you want it.
No fee for the staff month or the resident pilot. Listening included.
Nothing converts to paid unless you agree in writing.
We’ll contact you to confirm access and timing. No payment details or resident information are needed for this request.
A short call
We talk through fit and timing, then confirm dates in writing.
Staff trial month
One calendar month for your team only. Read the editions, look through the guides, even run a practice gathering.
Resident pilot, when you agree
A separate 30-day stage. We explain what it involves before you decide, and nothing starts without your OK.
Review, then decide
Around day 25 of the resident pilot, we review it together. You decide whether to continue.
From the actual conversation sample
This is the kind of question residents gather around.
“Is a perfect copy of a place worth visiting? Would you rather see a copy up close, or the real thing from behind a rope?”
A question from Caves You Can Walk Into. No specialist knowledge required, just a point of view.
See how the conversation is introduced →Prepared centrally. Hosted locally.
Easy for your team.
You set the schedule.
We deliver each piece on its day. Your community decides what to run and when.
A growing archive.
Every piece is saved for your community, and each week’s new pieces are added. Pick what fits your calendar.
Ready to print and post.
Posters with your logo and a QR code, invitation wording, resident sheets and host guides anyone can read aloud.
Residents sign themselves up.
They scan your community’s QR code or sign in with just their email address. No passwords, and you never share a resident list. If your community prefers, staff can send one spreadsheet instead.
See staff-time estimates and who does what
More for residents.
A clear role for your staff.
We prepare the journalism, reading materials and host guides. Your community chooses what to use, handles local distribution and provides a host when people gather.
| Each scheduled calendar event | About 15 minutes to prepare and host, including printing the Table Talk cards |
|---|---|
| With a resident host | A resident can host from the guide |
Minimal staff time: about 15 minutes to prepare and host each scheduled calendar event.
Resident hosting is a chance for residents to lead, with staff support, not a hand-off.
The World Desk prepares
- The daily briefing and weekly print edition.
- A topic menu, resident sheet, and host guide.
- Invitation wording and community-named launch materials.
- Staff orientation, email support, and a pilot review.
Your community brings it to life
- Choose a topic, time, and welcoming place to meet.
- Print and distribute the materials locally.
- Invite residents through your usual channels.
- Host the conversation and tell us what worked.
Delivery days are agreed during setup. Your community provides printing, any mailing, devices, space, and refreshments. Live World Desk facilitation is not part of the base program.
From the real host guide · first 5 minutes
“Introduce yourself and the topic. Ask: ‘Has anyone here traveled somewhere mainly to see art or a historic site? What made it worth the trip?’”
Enrolling residents
Residents join on their own.
Residents sign themselves up
Residents scan a QR code on a poster or flyer and sign up with their own email. They can start reading right away. Your staff then confirm the list of names and apartment numbers, and anyone not confirmed within 72 hours loses access.
If your community prefers: one staff list
Staff can send one spreadsheet with each resident’s name and email, and we add everyone in one step.
With self-sign-up, your community never has to share residents’ email addresses or other private information with us. For prospects, your sales team can enter a prospect’s email (with their OK) to start their courtesy briefing.
Also in every daily edition: a scams story, health news for readers 65 and over, and plain words
Practical resources and editorial standards
Useful every day, too.
Alongside the world news, the daily edition carries practical coverage for this stage of life, in plain words.
Updated every day: the morning briefing seven days a week, plus an afternoon update on weekdays.
Protects your residents
A scams and fraud story every day
One short story each morning on the scams aimed at older adults right now: fake calls, phishing texts, Medicare and bank schemes. It helps residents spot one before it reaches them.
Practical, not alarming
“What you can do” boxes
Health and scam stories end with a highlighted box of two to four plain steps, such as “Ask your pharmacist to review everything you take.” Residents come away with something to do, not just something to worry about.
Health for this stage of life
Health news chosen for readers 65 and over
Covering Medicare, medicines, falls, hospice and caregiving, and explained in plain words. It's educational, not medical advice.
Easy to read
Plain words and three text sizes
No jargon, and any technical term is explained the first time it appears. One tap sets the text to Standard, Larger or Largest, and the page remembers the choice.
Accuracy first
How we check every story
AI assistants help research, translate and draft our stories, under rules our editor sets. Every story lists its sources, with links to the originals. Every story passes an independent fact-check or our editor’s approval before it runs, and anything flagged red stays out unless it is fixed and re-checked, or the editor approves it. Our editor, William Kohn, is accountable for every edition.
“I think the site [is] very well done and there’s a variety of topics that would attract a broad range of people. The stories I read are well written, clear, concise (which I appreciate as a biologist) and well documented.”
A few things you may be wondering.
What does it cost after the trial?
The staff trial month and the 30-day resident pilot have no program fee. After that, community pricing depends on the total number of independent-living units, occupied or not. Listening is included with the Community Program at no extra charge; residents pay nothing.
See the community pricing →Do we have to use everything?
No. We deliver each piece on its day, and your community decides what to run and when. We recommend starting with the daily briefing and one weekly gathering, then adding more as residents ask.
What if some residents prefer not to use a screen?
Beyond the Headlines is designed for independent reading in large-type print. Coffee and a Topic uses a printed resident sheet and needs no advance reading. The daily briefing is online; listening requires a suitable device.
Look at the large-type sample →Do we have to share residents’ email addresses?
No. Residents join on their own: they scan your community’s QR code or sign in with just their email address, with no passwords. If your community prefers, staff can send one spreadsheet instead. Your staff confirm each name and apartment number within 72 hours, and your community never shares a resident list.
Does every resident have to attend the conversation?
No. Independent reading and listening stand on their own. Residents who come to a gathering are welcome to talk, ask a question, or simply listen.
More questions and answers →Simple planning tools are ready when you are. See Getting Started →