Health and Wellness
The Father’s Day We’ll Never Have
This is our first Father’s Day without Dad. If he were still here with us, I would have liked to offer him the opportunity to be honored by Operation Resolve on a trip on a special flight with a group of other WW II vets to visit the National World…
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News from Triangle Square
“A Place to Live: The Story of Triangle Square” is a documentary about the nation’s first affordable housing facility for LGBT seniors. The film premiered on television in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 8:00pm on KCET Channel 28. … Continue reading →
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Awesome TED Lecture — Go Dr. Bill Thomas!
Dr. Bill Thomas, known for Changing Aging, Green Housing, and Eden Alternative, as well as his position as a professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has just given a TED Talk. Click to learn about TED Talks. Below you can listen to a…
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Medicare: The Best Birthday Present
My father turned 65 over the weekend and I helped him get the best present – Medicare. Why the best present? He is no longer dependent on an employer for health coverage. He is free to be entrepreneurial, work multiple jobs, … Continue reading →
Full Story »Retirement Lifestyle Design-Getting serious about fitness
Aging is relentless. My Lifestyle Design Plan has a fitness dimension. As I reported earlier this year, the deterioration of my physical strength and agility caught me by surprise. Suddenly I couldn’t do things that were easy before, like getting up out of a chair. I had accepted getting old. I just wasn’t prepared for [...]
Retirement Lifestyle Design-Getting serious about fitness is a post from: Ralph Carlson Blog If you like this post stop by Ralph Carlson Blog – How to create your own unique retirement lifestyle. for more.
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An Antidote to Ageism
I seem to be running in to quite a few anti-agers who are not, to put it mildly, on board with my ideas about valuing age and aging. They, mainly, object that: Life is so AWESOME I just want more its gooey goodness!
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The Ageism of the Old
It is an unfortunate fact of social life that whenever and where ever a minority of people are oppressed and discriminated against by the majority, the minority group is under intense pressure to endorse and validate the majority’s stereotyped image of them. From the Wiki… Ageism has significant effects on the elderly and young people. [...]
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Un-rounding the Earth
I keep re-visiting the claims of America’s anti-aging gurus because they so transparently reveal the fear-based, evidence-free mindset that fuels the artificial youth industry.
Full Story »Isradipine, Weight Gain, Exercise: Trimming the Fat
Are Isradipine or Other Meds Causing My Weight Gain?
Last year during the spring and summer, I lost 10 pounds. This year, with the same diet and exercise, I’m gaining weight. Even after several days of steady work in the garden and light meals of …
Harry Bernstein, Author at 96
The late Mr. Bernstein was published in 2007 at the age of 96. In his memoir, The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers, “Mr. Bernstein described a childhood [in a northern English mill town] defined by grinding poverty and the unspoken … Continue reading →
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What Dad Taught Me About Facebook
A few years back I absolutely refused to join the facebook craze. These days I have to remind myself not to stay on too long because I can literally waste hours looking at what fun other people are having.=) If you have facebook, you know e…
Full Story »Baby You Can Drive My Car
One of my favorite bloggers on the the subjects of economics and culture looks at aging and writes… Older people, like the rest of us, of course have differing tastes and a variety of preferences for how they’d like to live, but it’s also the case that as people age, mental and physical capacities [...]
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Check Out The Latest Submissions To The ChangingAging Blogstream
ChangingAging would like to welcome and invite readers to visit the latest submissions to the Blogstream. Are you changing aging? Click here to submit your blog to the ChangingAging Blogstream and join a growing community of pro-aging voices.
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Watch My TEDx Talk – Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age
My TEDx talk “Elderhood Rising: The Dawn of a New World Age” has been posted to YouTube and I’m excited to share it with the ChangingAging Blogstream.
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In Which I Get to: Turn You On
One of the stale stereotypes that clings to aging and people who are interested in aging and elders is the notion that “aging is boring.” Examining the problem of ageism more closely we might amend this to say that “aging is a pale predictable phase of life more suited to compassion than art.” OUCH. That will raise a welt.
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Sun Care for Older Adults
Like to spend time outdoors? A post from The National Senior Conservation Corps (“Gray is Green”) lists six myths that are worth knowing about sun care for older adults! Click here to read more.
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Fighting for the interests of skilled nursing providers
Cynthia Morton pulls no punches when talking about the bum rap long-term care gets in the never-ending battle for healthcare dollars.
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4 Ways to Save on Prescription Drugs
Given the recent rise in drug prices and the increasing number of patients, especially those over 60, who are taking multiple medications each month, saving money on prescription drugs is increasingly important.
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Silent Snaps
Arthur: I can’t snap anymoh-ah.
(Tries to snap, but makes no sound.)
Laura: You can’t? But…
Full Story »How to Adjust your Plan in the PDCA Cycle
This is the final step in the PDCA Cycle. You have made your Plan. Then you took action with the Do step. Along the way you measured your progress so you could Check your success in reaching your goals. Now it is time to make adjustments and start the cycle all over again. It is [...]
How to Adjust your Plan in the PDCA Cycle is a post from: Ralph Carlson Blog If you like this post stop by Ralph Carlson Blog – How to create your own unique retirement lifestyle. for more.
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