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What Will It Take to End Ageism? Part 2 June 24, 2019 
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Doughnut Hole is Gone, But Medicare’s Uncapped Drug Costs Still Bite into Budgets
Medications for chronic conditions are still a major drain on an older adult’s resources. It’s uncertain if this will improve any time soon.
Cinema
Coco - Another animated gem from Pixar that will enchant anyone with a pulse. In rural Mexico, young Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of playing the guitar, an act his family …
Our Souls at Night - In a sleepy Colorado town, widow Addie (Jane Fonda) visits her withdrawn, widower neighbor Louis (Robert Redford) with a proposition: they should sleep together. …
Fiction
Women in Sunlight - Get ready to pack your bags and head to Italy, because Frances Mayes has done it again. In her new novel, three single women are considering the next chapter …
Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A Novel - Ernest Young, a mixed-race, bastard child in the early 1900s, travels alone on a freighter from China to the United States, sent by his mother …
Nonfiction
My Parent’s Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving - As we humans are living longer, the sandwich generation has moved to the club sandwich, as we care for not only parents and kids but grandparents and grandchildren …
Over the Hill, You Pick Up Speed: Reflections on Aging (For Anyone Who Happens To) - By Nardi Reeder Campion – University Press of New England, 2006 Reading this very funny, unusually candid book is like having a conversation with a dear friend, no longer young,… …
Children’s Books
Quiet - Tomie dePaola—the Caldecott and Newbery Medal-winning author/illustrator of the Strega Nona books (and so many more)—shares a basic yet powerful message in his latest picture book. …
A Gift from Abuela - The day Niña is born is one of the happiest of Abuela’s life. She adores having a granddaughter. As Niña grows, the pair spends much time together …