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Brains in Fog: Cognitive Decline and Dementia

My friend Robin stood quietly pondering the café ice cream display. So many choices: blueberry pomegranate, rum raisin. The server gently suggested mango sorbet, but Robin shook her head. Others…

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Elderly Perspectives on 2024 Election: Cognitive Decline and Leadership

Everything about the 2024 election adds to my awareness of being old. The focus on the ages of both Biden and Trump and their cognitive status was just the beginning.…

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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Married female, mother of two, grandmother of five. Living in a senior living community, where dinner, house maintenance, and continuing care are part of the contract. Residents in this community are actively engaged in our lifestyle here; I currently help produce Zoom programs, and help edit our webpage. Physically "healthy for your age" despite shortness of breath, two knee replacements, a cardiac murmur, various skin issues and an incipient back problem.