by Jana Panarites | Nov 3, 2015 | Aging Well, Growing Older, Innovators |
What do the cartoonist Roz Chast, Encore.org founder Marc Freedman and scientist Dr. Linda P. Fried all have in common? Along with 47 others on NextAvenue’s 2015 Influencers in Aging list, they are changing how we think about aging and the ways that we age. Dr....
by Jana Panarites | Oct 30, 2015 | Aging, Baby Boomers, Growing Older |
Although there is no guarantee that children will take care of their parents in old age, this isn’t even an option for many aging Baby Boomers. That’s because one in three Boomers is single as a result of never marrying, being divorced or widowed. Even if...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 27, 2015 | Aging Stereotypes, Growing Older, Media, Seniors |
America has a problem with aging. Not because the nation’s senior population is growing like kudzu, but because of how we tend to view older age: as a time of enfeeblement and disappearance—from ourselves and society. Rather than seeing ourselves as growing...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 16, 2015 | Caregiving, Growing Older, Seniors |
Have you heard about Internet sensation Wanda B. Goines? She may be the only nonagenarian on record to have over 4.6 million views on Facebook. 92-year-old Wanda B. Goines lives in Cave Junction, Oregon in the house built by her father. An artist and a calligrapher,...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 13, 2015 | Baby Boomers, Caregiving, US Domestic Policy |
I’ve had my eye on the RAISE Family Caregivers Act since it was first introduced in the Senate on July 8, 2015 by Sen. Susan Collins (R) of Maine. A companion version of this same bill, also known as the “Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and...
by Jana Panarites | Oct 2, 2015 | Aging Well, Global Health, Seniors |
Two days ago the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its 254-page World Report on Ageing and Health. Timed to coincide with the United Nations’ annual International Day of Older Persons on October 1, the report’s release was accompanied by a briefing...