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Ageful Living
A Resolution and Four Ways to Keep It
As 2025 begins, I can't help thinking that there is one goal each and every one of us should have that can improve our society: Chipping...
Dec 28, 20244 min read
A Song for All Ages
When Coldplay's Chris Martin was looking for "an old person" to be in a video for the release of his song "All My Love," little did he...
Dec 13, 20243 min read
In This Political Age, Let's Watch What We Binge On
To calm us, turning our attention to the familiar is good ––– only if what's familiar is good. This year's Presidential election has...
Aug 6, 20243 min read
The Bull Looks Different
Stepping into the arena of older age requires determination and an admirable capacity for resilience. In my journey toward becoming a...
Mar 1, 20243 min read
Reflections on "Sephora Kids"
Their obsession with maintaining beauty involves the search for ways to postpone aging. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest...
Feb 6, 20243 min read
"Ripe with Opportunity" (Interview, Part 2)
In this second of a two-part interview, Dr. Suvi Neukam addresses ways to grow the geriatric profession, improve its care delivery...
Dec 18, 20234 min read
"The Patients Chose Us" (Interview, Part 1)
In this first of a two-part interview, a geriatrician explains why highly skilled training and meaningful patient relationships make her...
Dec 12, 20234 min read
A Season of Surprise
How do we explain when memories of certain delightful gifts, years later, return to us as unexpected treasures? Dear Santa: ...
Dec 19, 20227 min read
From the Catcall to the Catacomb
You’d think there were only two inevitable experiences for women over the course of their adult lives. I can’t recall when I first saw...
Sep 15, 20224 min read
Deciphering Ageism's Code
Yale psychologist Dr. Becca Levy offers powerful insights on how perceiving aging affects the experiencing of it. Some important books...
Apr 13, 20223 min read
Who Cares About Caregiving? Part 2
As time passes, caregivers will need greater recognition, acceptance, and support from all parts of our society. In Part 1, I presented...
Jul 19, 20214 min read
Who Cares About Caregiving? Part 1
It's not a disease or disability. It's the future of health care. On November 26, 2002, The Charlotte Observer published the following...
Jul 6, 20214 min read
How Should We Celebrate Older Americans Month?
If we do it right, eventually we'll no longer need to at all. This is Older Americans Month. Most people don’t know that. In fact, the...
May 6, 20215 min read
An Iconic Solution
Instead of creating a new “warning” symbol depicting older adults, why have one at all? Four months ago, the Centre for Ageing Better in...
Jan 23, 20214 min read
We, Too, Are the People
There is a large group of Americans who can contribute even more substantively to the quality of life of all citizens if given greater...
Aug 25, 20204 min read
The News Media and Aging: Reports from the Field
How well does the media cover longevity issues — and how can it improve? Pro-aging advocates might give the media less-than-stellar...
Dec 2, 20193 min read
Building Toward Age Equity: Three "Inter"-Changing Models
Strategies that are interdependent, intergenerational, and intersectional can help abolish ageism. After decades of struggle, pro-aging...
Jul 8, 20194 min read
On “Elderhood”
A new book by geriatrician Louise Aronson calls us to rethink medicine, aging, and life itself. This began as an old age book, and then...
Jun 5, 20194 min read
From “Faking Normal” to Living a New One
A proactive guide to facing and overcoming the changed economic reality as we age. Her public voice began with a 2016 essay, when Harvard...
Apr 10, 20193 min read
How to “Finish Strong”
A book that highlights the important issues involved in ensuring humane and compassionate end-of-life care. So far in my life, I’ve been...
Jan 29, 20194 min read
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