How to Prepare For The Silver Tsunami
By the year 2030, more than 20 percent of Americans will be 65 or older and a quarter of this demographic will have four or more chronic conditions and account for 80 percent of the rapidly growing Medicare budget ($583 billion in 2013). How are Americans preparing...Alzheimer’s Music Fest to Raise Funds for Caregivers
If you’re going to be anywhere near Duluth, Georgia on August 23rd be sure to stop by the Red Clay Music Foundry for the Alzheimer’s Music Fest. The brainchild of Georgia musician Vince Zangaro, the Music Fest was created in 2014 to raise funds for families with...Summer Fun With Senior Gadgets
After we sold our family home, my widowed mother moved into my divorced aunt’s townhouse. Both ladies agreed to the arrangement, but this was an experiment of sorts concocted by my cousin and me. We thought the octogenarian sisters would enjoy hanging out under the...6 Myths About Aging and How to Get Past Them
Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing an 82-year-old Floridian who rattled off anecdotes from her past with the energy of someone at least half her age. She still drives, is socially engaged, and takes pleasure in every day she’s given. Her lifestyle...Caring for the Caregiver = Asking for Help
Asking for help is hard. Better to go-it-alone, like a swashbuckling action hero: Lara Croft, Indiana Jones, Han Solo (Solo!)—the list goes on and on. I bought into this particularly American concept of self-reliance in my youth. The “thanks—I’m good!” mindset fit...Scattered
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