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...Finding Cure for Alzheimer’s: Sexy. Supporting the 5 Million+ With Dementia: Not So Much.
At a campaign stop in May, 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush revealed that his mother-in-law has Alzheimer’s disease. He asked people to email him their ideas and suggestions for how to cure the deadly disease. Journalist and producer Maria Shriver did...How Old Do You Feel?
Mark Twain said, “Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” That’s pretty much the same conclusion researchers Andrew Steptoe and Isla Rippon came to after conducting a long-term study of close to 6,500 men and women. The...5 Great Resources for Uber-busy Caregivers
Recently I came across some eye-popping Pew Research findings about family caregivers. A sampling: Family caregivers spend more time seeking out health information online than any other group of Internet users. Caregivers spend more time combing the Internet for...Scattered
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