Super-Aging: A Perspective
Super-Agers: A Perspective The news media is filled with stories of Super-agers. Super-agers are defined as those over 80 with the cognitive functioning of those 20 or 30 years younger.…
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.…
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…