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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…
Security in Later Life, Then and Now March 27, 2017 by Flora Davis - In 1801 in West Greenwich, RI, a woman named Christiana Lampher was sold at a pauper auction. As was the custom, she went to the lowest bidder: Ishmael Nichols agreed that for $1 per year, paid by the taxpayers, he…
Three-Generation Households: Are They History? March 27, 2017 by Flora Davis - Nestled within the American psyche is a nostalgic image of a three-generation household: an older couple sitting by the fire with grandchildren playing about their feet while the children’s parents look on fondly. Yet in the 21st century, so few…
Ellen Goodman: It’s Time to Talk about Death March 27, 2017 by Mary Jacobs - The first glimmer of Ellen Goodman’s vision for the Conversation Project started with a suitcase.
When she was 25, Goodman went home to visit her family. Her father had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and would pass away three months later. Her mother had just given him a gift: a brand new suitcase.
What Is Old Age For? March 27, 2017 by William Thomas MD - Old age is humanity's greatest invention, and on an even deeper level, it invented us. Old age transformed the way our most distant ancestors gave birth, reared their young, lived together, and fed themselves. Later it propelled the development of culture, language, and society.
Aging Voices - For the past 14 years, Darrell Rodenbaugh has played the lead in Scrooge – The Musical, an annual production by North Texas Performing Arts in Plano. The role is a marathon for 62-year-old Rodenbaugh: the company performs more than a…
Just Call Me ‘Whosis’ - I love words. I spend my days reading them, writing them and deeply appreciating them when someone else strings them together in a fresh and evocative way. So why do they so often elude me? Proper and improper names of…