My new novel, “Tribes of Eden” is coming out in early 2012. It needs a boffo cover. The book is currently in the form of a Word document. It needs to be fitted to a nice book design.
I know that there are many super talented people who read this blog and our readers know plenty of other creative people as well.
So, we need a cover design and a book layout/design…
Thoughts?
Continue ReadingMore from the ChangingAging book of the year—- Life Gets Better. Several years ago, Wendy Lustbader, a former social worker, and her husband were on a bus in New Zealand. She says they were, by far, the oldest people on the bus, with most of their fellow travelers being in the late teens or […]
Continue ReadingWeekly ChangingAging Roundup The Hippie Index Were You a Square? We Are Not the Alzheimer’s Generation! The Caregiver Boom The Politics of Aging Announcing The Inaugural Poetics of Aging Conference Time To Redefine ‘Wellness’ in Aging Services Assessing Organizational Well-Being on the Journey Dementia Beyond Drugs: A Culture Change Perspective GE Healthcare Finance Award for […]
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One of my recent manifestos on what ‘changing aging’ means inspired an interesting blog post at LeadingAge. LeadingAge is very interested in using its clout to influence how the caregiving industry views the concept of “wellness” in long term care. They have set out to create a new definition of “Wellness” that promotes the idea that older adults can remain fully engaged “in living throughout their lives — regardless of real or perceived barriers.”
Continue ReadingAn interesting piece of news arrives telling me that the number of caregivers in California is set to double. One of the problems associated with this boom it that many of these soon-to-be caregivers are themselves facing the prospect of an “unhealthy future due to higher rates of poor health behaviors, compared with both non-caregivers in the same age range and older caregivers.”
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San Francisco-based AgeSong Institute has organized a grassroots gathering of pro-aging performing artists, directors, writers and advocates for the inaugural Poetics of Aging conference Nov. 16-19, 2011, to celebrate and explore elderhood and aging as the basis for depth and wisdom. The mission of the conference is to counter the belief that aging is decline and/or disease and to promote a new understanding of old age as a time of growth and potential, not in spite of living longer, but because of it.
Continue ReadingFile this story under “Not Exactly a Surprise.” MIAMI — In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.
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The aging of the post-war generation is not a surprise. For decades pundits have warned of a coming intergenerational conflict pitting the needs of aging boomers against younger generations. I was just interviewed on the “Politics of Aging” in regards to my upcoming participation in a panel discussion on the same topic at the Poetics […]
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