Be Prepared!
It’s fun preparing for life’s positive events, but it’s those more negative ones – such as a serious illness or death – that we’re often reluctant to even discuss.
It’s Time To “hiv” the Talk With Older Adults
It’s time for a new sexual revolution for the Post War Generation — one where a real conversation about HIV/AIDS can start.
The Ins and Outs of Continence
It’s a health condition that affects one in five women, but it’s something that very few people want to talk about, even with their doctor.
You Can’t Exercise Your Way Out of Aging
Contrary to long held beliefs that exercise can help slow the aging of muscles, new genetic research out of the UK finds that link “implausible”.
Martin Bayne Talks about Life on the Inside
Today’s must read is an interview that Martin Bayne recently gave to the New York Times.
Medicare for All(most)
In a time when politicians and deficit hawks are advocating raising the eligibility age for Medicare, we should actually be pressing to do the exact opposite.
Many Geriatrics, Few Geriatricians
If you believe that your family doctor or specialist is ready to successfully handle your increasingly complex health care needs as you age, you are very likely wrong.
I am Looking for the Best
I am looking for what you think are the best videos/films that capture the truth of the caregiving experience.
Senior Moment? Try Mind Expansion
The important loss of mental agility can also give us valuable new abilities, if we know where to look for them.
A Brief History of Modern Medicine
Living life day to day it is easy to forget that ideas can change the world sometimes much faster and more profoundly than we expect.
Tenure
Next week marks my 3,652 day as an assisted living resident – my ten-year anniversary as a member of America’s Institutional Aging Community.
Sport – A Poem on Frailty
There is a tension between respecting frailty and preventing frailty. One of our recurrent themes has been to highlight how important it is to respect frail patients.
Good for the Heart is Good For the Brain
I generally avoid posting news about the latest food, vitamin, supplement, or lifestyle factor that may or may not affect your risk of dementia, for better or worse.
A Look at the Loony Binsters
Since “mental health” seems to be so much in the news due to the Newtown massacre, I thought I’d share some insight on the history of how we’ve dealt with mental health.
Grown-Ups Need Regular Vaccinations Too
We often think of vaccinations as being for children, but grown-ups need them too. Do you know which ones you need?
How the New "Dalai Lama Model" of Mindfulness Meditation Works for Me
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have proposed a new model that characterizes mindfulness as a broad framework of complex mind mechanisms. Called “Mind and Life XXIV: Latest Findings in Contemplative Neuroscience,” this model was recently presented to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It differs from the current description of mindfulness as a way of paying attention, in the present moment, non-judgmentally.
Good, Humane News From Medicare
On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced a proposed settlement agreement that would make it easier for people with disabilities and chronic conditions to qualify for home care.
Until now, Medicare beneficiaries have been required to show they were likely to improve (the “improvement standard”) for Medicare to cover skilled nursing care and therapy services at home.
The Balance Of Defying And Embracing Age
My father was only in his late 40s when he began backing arm’s-length out of telephone booths (remember those?) to be able to see well enough to dial; my mother was about the same age when she bought an ineffective gizmo to help her thread needles and, still thwarted, began asking me to do it for her.
July 2009, Hell
July 2009, Hell I write these words on a notepad, sitting on a hospital bed. Below me, a black rubber mattress amplifies the almost unbearable heat of this steamy July evening.
Stem Cells: the Promise, the Cost, the Future
I like seeing the latest news about stem cell research. The amazing technology certainly won’t extend my own 83-year-old life beyond its estimated 90 years, but who knows what impact the science may hold for my kids, grandchildren, and great grandki…
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