Keeping the Stories of Our Fathers Alive

Keeping the Stories of Our Fathers Alive
At first glance, my father was an everyday guy who dutifully provided for his family. A European immigrant, he sweated in machine shops and never …

Author: Stan Gornicz

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Emergency Planning for Solo Agers

Emergency Planning for Solo Agers
For Beth (not her real name) living alone is a good thing. Over the years, she has grown accustomed to the single lifestyle. She's satisfied with …

Author: Carol Marak

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The 3 Best Things You Can Do For Your Brain, From A Neurophysiologist

The 3 Best Things You Can Do For Your Brain, From A Neurophysiologist
Maintaining a healthy brain doesn't need to be complicated. Sure, you can learn various brain teasers, games, and whatnot, but the best things you …

Author: Hannah Frye

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Community Connections Help Residents Overcome Challenges and Age Well

Community Connections Help Residents Overcome Challenges and Age Well
Life expectancy in the United States is significantly impacted by socioeconomic status, with affluent communities having higher life expectancies and …

Author: Carmen Cusido

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Nursing Home Dumping - Preventing Resident Dumping

Nursing Home Dumping - Preventing Resident Dumping
“Resident dumping” — when a nursing facility discharges a resident and refuses to readmit them after a hospital stay or for another unspecified …

Author: by AARP Foundation, April 14, 2023

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The 3 Best Things You Can Do For Your Brain, From A Neurophysiologist

The 3 Best Things You Can Do For Your Brain, From A Neurophysiologist
Maintaining a healthy brain doesn't need to be complicated. Sure, you can learn various brain teasers, games, and whatnot, but the best things you …

Author: Hannah Frye

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The End of Life Debate

The End of Life Debate
In January, just a few days after the start of 2023, a woman walked into the Daytona Beach, Florida, hospital where her terminally ill husband was a …

Author: Donna Apidone

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Opting for End of Life

Opting for End of Life
Esmé Deprez recalls getting a succinct text from her father, Ron, one morning. "He was ready to die," she says, "and he needed me to help." His …

Author: Donna Apidone

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Major Exercise Secrets To Live to 100 and Beyond, Trainer Reveals

Major Exercise Secrets To Live to 100 and Beyond, Trainer Reveals
We have some longevity secrets you won't want to miss. If you're looking to lead a long, healthy, and downright amazing existence, we have your …

Author: Alexa Mellardo

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Is Hospital-at-Home Right for You?

Is Hospital-at-Home Right for You?
A couple of months before my father died, he fell. While no bones were broken, the fall catalyzed a series of events that included hospitalization, a …

Author: Karen Purze

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The food fight in the White House: Biden's diet

The food fight in the White House: Biden's diet
There's a delicious (surf and) turf battle inside the Biden White House — over the president's plate. The food fight has pitted Joe Biden — who …

Author: Alex Thompson

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Friends Are Key to Happiness

Friends Are Key to Happiness
What's the single most valuable thing you can do to stay healthy and happy as you age? Invest in your social connections. "The good life is built with …

Author: Nancy Collamer

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She Loved Where She Lived

She Loved Where She Lived
In 2021, my mother was buried at We Love Where We Live cemetery in the river town that she was moored to her whole life. The cemetery's official name …

Author: Scott Saalman

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Advice from a recovering workaholic: break free

Advice from a recovering workaholic: break free
When work is all consuming, it can exact a high price. This is not news to anyone who has grown up with work-obsessed parents or who loves their job so much that it has become part of who they are. It's a familiar topic for Bryan E. Robinson, a psychotherapist in Asheville, N.C. He's been writing …

Author: Reena Advani

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The Beauty Parlor as a Sacred Space

The Beauty Parlor as a Sacred Space
My mother was of the Beauty Parlor generation — a generation of women who rarely washed their own hair. Weekly appointments at a salon provided so …

Author: Melanie Bishop

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9 Key Things Women Over 60 Should Tell Themselves Daily

9 Key Things Women Over 60 Should Tell Themselves Daily
While many wince at the thought of getting old, most want to continue having birthdays regardless of the number of candles on the cake. Like any …

Author: Shelley Weiss Cohen, MA, PCC

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Emergency Planning for Solo Agers

Emergency Planning for Solo Agers
For Beth (not her real name) living alone is a good thing. Over the years, she has grown accustomed to the single lifestyle. She's satisfied with …

Author: Carol Marak

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15 Safest Places To Retire in the US

15 Safest Places To Retire in the US
As you get closer to retirement age, you’re probably looking for places to live that fit your lifestyle, but also offer a sense of security. Wherever …

Author: Sam DiSalvo

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How Old Thank-You Cards Helped Me Remember When I Made a Difference

How Old Thank-You Cards Helped Me Remember When I Made a Difference
A tattered greeting card fell to the floor as I rummaged through the file cabinet. I opened the card to find a name I barely remembered along with a …

Author: Mary Kay Jordan Fleming

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Environmental Heroism Has No Age Limit

Environmental Heroism Has No Age Limit
Those of us of a certain age remember the promise of "better living through chemistry," a promise as iconic "as the one word" of career advice …

Author: Craig Miller

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End-of-Life Dreams

End-of-Life Dreams
End-of-Life DreamsBy Paul LauritzenApril 14, 2023In April 2018, my wife of thirty-eight years died from complications of ovarian cancer. During her …

Author: Paul Lauritzen

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The friendship recession

The friendship recession
Richard Reeves, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, discusses the importance of friendships and the potential “friendship recession.” He …

Author: Richard Reeves

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The Remarkable Lesson of Grief

The Remarkable Lesson of Grief
Grief is not teachable. This I learned in 1999, after my first husband Chuck died suddenly, a month before his 50th birthday. Grief isn't teachable, …

Author: Carol Ellstein

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Why You Get Slower With Age and What to Do About It

Why You Get Slower With Age and What to Do About It
Struggling to hit your usual paces in biking, running or another cardio activity as you age? This is a common occurrence as we get older, but that …

Author: Kristin Jenny

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5 Affordable Places To Retire Near the Beach

5 Affordable Places To Retire Near the Beach
You're getting ready to retire, and you want to go to the beach -- possibly every day. Since you don't currently live in a coastal community, this …

Author: Jennifer Taylor

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Oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor marks 105th birthday

Oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor marks 105th birthday
World War II veteran Joseph Eskenazi, at 104 years and 11 months old, is the oldest living veteran to survive the attack on Pearl Harbor. Flag-waving admirers lined the sidewalk outside the National World War II Museum in New Orleans on Wednesday to greet the oldest living survivor of the Japanese …

Author: Associated Press

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Creative Aging: Finding a New Spark

Creative Aging: Finding a New Spark
This very day, Mariah Richardson may be in a meeting, developing new creative projects for television. Eve Lynch likely is pulling out a piece of …

Author: Patricia Corrigan

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Ushering Pets Gently to the End

Ushering Pets Gently to the End
The first message I left on the veterinarian's phone last winter was so distorted by tears and grief that I had to call back twice to repeat the …

Author: Kerri Miller

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I Will Never Be a Grandparent

I Will Never Be a Grandparent
It's no secret that grandparents are extraordinary people. They can magically convert a couple of cardboard boxes into a medieval castle, make …

Author: Barbra Williams Cosentino

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Casket, Cremation or Compost?

Casket, Cremation or Compost?
It’s good to think about death. That actually isn’t a hot take, psychologically speaking — in a study published in Psychological Science, one group of …

Author: Tanner Garrity

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