I grew up surrounded by the biggest names in aging. Eden’s first class of Regional Coordinators was initiated in my house, and I have met countless aging professionals since. My father took me to see the first Green Houses open in Tupelo, Mississippi. As a child I wore one of the first Eden shirts ever to come off the press. The point is I have been connected to the aging movement since I first started aging myself.
Continue ReadingAs a doctor and a blogger and a friend of elders I tend to steer clear of electoral politics. After all members of all political parties (and their loved ones) grow old. Aging is an equal opportunity experience. For the most part I think America has done pretty well balancing the needs and demands of […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Blog Roundup More Hot Koko This is the second in a series of Hot Koko posts. (First post HERE) When Jude and I started “playing” music, neither of us knew how to hold our instruments. Sure we had seen pictures of guitar and mandolin players but looking at a picture and knowing how to do […]
Continue ReadingChangingAging readers — the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) needs our help. In honor of Older Americans Month, AoA has launched a social networking initiative aimed at fostering engagement between the generations by way of an online video challenge “Connecting Generations.” The Video Challenge seeks to bring together multiple generations to create videos featuring the roles elders […]
Continue ReadingI love trains. They are cheaper than air planes, sometimes faster, they are reliable and they are relaxing. Any way you look at it, participating in mass transit involves one being seated in a long tube-like object; be it train, bus, or plane. In these tubes you inevitably have to put up with some minor […]
Continue Reading— This is what journalism is about: NPR investigation reveals surge in ‘Gray Homicides.’ [NPR News] — Young people need old people. Old people need young people. That’s the way it is. [ElderCareLink] — Ah, another study finds the obvious — hospitalizing frail older people is traumatizing and often unnecessary. [ElderCareLink] — Message to governors: […]
Continue ReadingThis is a singular YouTube video that rocks my world. CHECK IT OUT: An intergenerational project to raise awareness of ageism and elder abuse. High school students and seniors in Guelph Wellington worked together to develop an information package to be used in high schools to address ageism and elder abuse. For more information on […]
Continue ReadingEvery one is aging. As each generation ages and reaches adulthood, they rule as if they were supreme, and for the most part they are. Each generation will rise, rule, and as life goes, fade into the pages of history. Now we are witnessing the beginning of one of these transformations. The boomers are beginning […]
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