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- At the Mercy of Strangers March 28, 2017 by Wendy Lustbader - In a culture that values independence above all, many are terrified of growing dependent on the care of others. What could bring dignity and even meaning to the frailty we may face at the ends of our lives?
- Want to Live in a Great Place? Find an Age-Friendly City—or Town March 28, 2017 by Leigh Ann Hubbard - Among other things, an age-friendly community is walkable and safe, with opportunities for older people to find a job or volunteer, and to connect with others.
- 100 Years and Counting: What Makes a Centenarian? March 28, 2017 by Flora Davis - People who survive for 100 years or more owe their long lives to: their genes a healthy lifestyle a healthy bank account great medical care an upbeat personality a sheltered, low stress life all of the above Don’t give in…
- Successful Aging—It’s Not Impossible March 28, 2017 by Leigh Ann Hubbard - Maybelle lives with her daughter, Ella, in a two-bedroom house in rural Nevada. At 76 years old, Maybelle controls her type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure as best she can. Years of caring for her ailing husband left little…
- It Takes a Village to Age in Place March 28, 2017 by Robert Miskimon and Flora Davis - When Janet Swenson enrolled her 87-year-old mother in Lincoln Park Village, a Chicago organization for older people, she was delighted with the results. Suddenly, her mother had help with household maintenance, someone to call for transportation or to find a…
- Tim Carpenter: Retirement Can Unleash Creativity March 28, 2017 by Leigh Ann Hubbard - When you’re talking to Tim Carpenter about how he envisions the future of old age, at some point it strikes you: he’s talking about older people as … people. They’re not “seniors.” They’re not “the 62-and-older crowd.” They’re not … other.
- The Power of Positive Aging March 28, 2017 by Flora Davis - Do you feel good about growing older? If you do, you may very well live longer than those who dread old age. This good news (or bad news, depending on how you feel about aging) emerged from a study done…
- Single and Childless: Will That Be a Problem in Later Life? March 28, 2017 by Dana DiFilippo - Cindy Abrams never married or had children, a fate forged partly by chance and partly by choice. The Connecticut woman once dated a man she thought could be The One but chucked him when her dad objected because he wasn’t…
- Katherine Freund: Imagining a Time When Older People Won’t Need to Drive March 28, 2017 by Leigh Ann Hubbard - Her knees aren’t great. She uses a cane. She doesn’t walk as quickly as she used to. And the nearest bus stop is a couple of miles away. She promised her kids she wouldn’t drive. So what now?
- One More for the Road? Maybe Not March 28, 2017 by Holly C. Corbett - Baby boomers are working harder and playing longer than previous generations—and toasting life to its fullest at the end of the day. But for many, it may be time to think about holding back a bit as we pour the…
- What Kind of Old Age Will You Have? March 28, 2017 by Leigh Ann Hubbard - Imagine that researchers could tell you how to plot your way to a satisfying old age. Would you listen? The researchers think you would, and they’ve been trying to map that elusive path for decades. They’ve quizzed countless older people…
- Transitioning Out of the Fast Lane March 27, 2017 by Liz Seegert - Are you a go-go or a go-slow? Or maybe even a no-go?
It’s not some new Dr. Seuss book, but another way to describe the various stages of growing older. Barring a catastrophic event, older adults typically fall into one of five major life stages that take them from active and healthy to completely dependent on others.
- Bag Lady Syndrome: The Fear of Dying Broke and Alone March 27, 2017 by Liz Seegert - In Woody Allen’s film Blue Jasmine, a once-wealthy socialite (Cate Blanchett) sits on a park bench muttering to herself, having lost everything. With no money, no real job skills and no family to help, all she has left is a…
- Pioneering the New Old Age March 27, 2017 by Leigh Ann Hubbard - It’s like cancer. Like a heart attack. Like death. Old age—it’s something that happens to other people. And it’s not pretty. That’s how some of us think of it, anyway, if we think of it at all. “Most people in…
- How to Save a Life March 27, 2017 by Leigh Ann Hubbard - Sally Jacobson had about a month to live. A few months before, she’d been tired, sure—not feeling so great. But she was bustling along, balancing work and family in Grand Forks, ND. Then she got some great news: a promotion…
- Armed and Aging: Is That a Problem? March 27, 2017 by Dana DiFilippo - Richard Swift grew up in the era of John Wayne and Gene Autry, cinematic cowboys whose armed antics drove his daydreams. He had a BB gun years before the first whiskers sprouted on his chin. At 12, he got a…
- Can a Fighting Spirit Cure Cancer? March 27, 2017 by Leigh Ann Hubbard - The pink teddy bears were what really got her. Here she was, a 59-year-old woman with breast cancer, and a stuffed animal was supposed to make her feel better. No thank you. “That did not go down well with me.…
- How Long Are You Likely to Live? March 27, 2017 by Flora Davis - In the United States, life expectancy at birth is 79. Some people won’t live that long while others will survive much longer. What are the odds you’ll make it to 80? To 100? From heredity to gender and education to…
- A Stranger Just Called Her ‘Sweetie.’ How Does She Feel? March 27, 2017 by Lisa Esposito - The language used to describe aging, the way people talk to and about seniors, matters. Ageism can hurt your health, research shows. Shedding negative stereotypes and embracing positive attitudes now can help make life better as you get older.
- Retirement: Does It Have a Future? March 27, 2017 by Flora Davis - Someday, Americans may recall the 20th century as the heyday of retirement, when individuals left the workforce in their 60s with decades ahead in which their time would be their own. Life’s later years are apt to be very different…