Tossing out the fantasies
We first snorkled more than 50 years ago in a sheltered cove in the Virgin Islands and snorkled in the Caribbean on vacations for years after that. My first snorkeling…
Making plans for dementia, just in case
When and how might we—or friends or family—know the time has come to get additional support if we should develop dementia? At what point would moving have been less traumatic…
Moving my demented friend to fulltime care
Sharing my experience of moving my friend with dementia into our community’s Health Center where Assisted and Nursing Care are available as part of our contract. My friend, Traci (not…
We are the Tsunami..
Seniors lining up for food aid vouchers in Hong Kong. Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times Today’s New York Times carries yet another article about the huge wave of…
The dangers of New Year’s Diets for the Elderly
My joy in celebrating a New Year is often dampened by the absolute onslaught of advertisements and resolutions featuring diet products claiming to extend your life, improve your social life,…
Child Resistant Pill Bottles….
Louise Aronson, in her recent book Elderhood, cites the story of child resistant pill bottles to illustrate the casual disregard given to the needs of the elder generation when medical,…
Politics, Aging, and Auditory Processing
Recent news stories here in Pennsylvania feature discussions of the “auditory processing disorder” (APD) of our senatorial candidate, John Fetterman. As he explained prior to his nationally watched debate with…
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