My First Triathlon
For my 70th “birthday present” I asked my wife our daughter if we could do something adventurous together.
Continue ReadingFor my 70th “birthday present” I asked my wife our daughter if we could do something adventurous together.
Continue ReadingThe common understanding is that burnout happens when we push too hard for too long. By this definition, the solution is to not push as hard or for as long. Thinking of burnout as avoidable by making the choice to stop pushing so hard for so long puts us in a lose-lose situation.
Continue ReadingToo few people understand that Medicare does not include benefits covering the cost of long term care and as a result wait too long before buying LTC insurance.
Continue ReadingI am certainly not blind to how fortuitously my interest in aging aligns with the needs of an aging world—and I certainly don’t need additional convincing that my decision to forgo law school was in equal measure, wise and slightly prescient. But maybe you do.
Continue ReadingSimply asking a person how old he or she feels may yield rich insights into the physical and mental state of the individual, experience with getting older or, more specifically, with managing a disability.
Continue ReadingIn the course of a typical day, I and many other older adults who are retired or live in generationally segregated communities or work and socialize only with others our age have very few personal interactions with younger people. And I’m convinced that we are the lesser for it.
Continue ReadingAfter 14 years fighting to maintain some shred of autonomy and home in assisted living facilities in New York and Pennsylvania, Martin Bayne is being evicted from his current assisted living. His next stop will be an “indeterminate stay” at a short-term rehab facility in a local CCRC.
Continue ReadingThe time is ripe for doctors to rethink how they prescribe medications. Less is more.
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