What The Doctor Ordered
I’ve been running a program for men in the early stages of dementia (alk about a job for a hostage negotiator). This poem brought more men to the program than all my spruiking, brochures and referrals.
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Elders. Nature. Folklore. Awesome.
As midwinter approaches, the time for gathering with our families, for folklore, for storytelling, and for treasuring connections among generations and our past is definitely upon us.
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Reunion: A Lesson In Aging
How could I have studied gerontology all these years and yet retained “a purely abstract notion” about aging?
Continue ReadingGhosts, Goblins and Rising From the Dead
There is really no way to jump into this nicely so I’ll just out with it. Calico, a subsidiary of Google, is trying to cure death and to do that they are going to try to ‘cure’ aging.
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Eid Mubarak From the Jew Across the Street From the Berkeley Masjid
Today is the Islamic holy day celebrating the conclusion of the Haj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. There was a huge crowd of people joyfully milling about on the street outside our home which is directly across the street from the Berkeley Masjid.
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How to Accept Our Aging Bodies – Part 2 of 2
In a thousand ways every day, our culture reminds us that being old is the most terrible thing that can befall any person. And in twice as many ways every day, it unrelentingly promotes the lie that we can maintain a youthful body unto death.
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How to Accept Our Aging Bodies – Part 1 of 2
It is right when hormones are raging and fecundity is in bloom that the young should be so beautiful. But that does not make age ugly or unattractive. Only different.
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Building an Elder Friendly Future
Across the country community groups, agencies and academics are talking about the urgent need to create more elder-friendly communities. Too bad they’re part of the problem, says community activist Jim Diers.
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