Category Archives: Aging
Can you afford to live to a ripe old age?
Can you afford to live to a ripe old age? :- Doug.
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How likely are you to need Long-term Care?
Take a look at the AP-NORC study just out about how far off we are from reality: http://www.apnorc.org/projects/Pages/long-term-care-perceptions-experiences-and-attitudes-among-americans-40-or-older.aspx :- Doug.
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The Rule of Ear:
The Rule of Ear: If you can’t see my ears, I can’t hear you. :- Doug.
Sometimes we rest
Everything is moving—but not always at the same speed—sometimes we rest. :- Doug.
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Save the world–or savor?
Do we save the world—or savor? :- Doug.
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The best stage of your life?
What would make the next stage of your life the best stage of your life? What would you want to do? Not do? Ponder? Explore with others? Ideally what would be on the curriculum? :- Doug.
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Beautiful and worthwhile aging
What’s beautiful and worthwhile about this land called aging? Why are we headed there? :- Doug.
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Neediness is a gift
Neediness in a conversation is as much of a gift as that by a know-it-all. The commerce is in information through ideas through creativity to real wisdom, and each of these opens the doors to meaningful exchange. It might be … Continue reading
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Healthy aging tips, beyond physical
Take a look at Dale Carter’s wonderful article. It goes beyond getting plenty of sleep and eating right: http://blog.springerpub.com/gerontology/beyond-the-physical-3-key-tips-for-healthy-aging :- Doug.
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What you see is your eye
The opening segment of the film Consider the Conversation shows older people in nursing homes having difficulty doing therapy, eating messily. Some folks see this as denigrating folks or making fun. Others see it as finding our compassion. What you … Continue reading
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The most inopportune times!
We joke that Life is what happens when you are making other plans, Prepare to be surprised, Whatever happens is the only thing that could. We are surprised to find we are loved. Geniuses are the ones who surprise us. … Continue reading
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The arc of our lives is long
The arc of our lives is long. At both ends it bends toward earthy rhythms. At these ends others fulfill themselves caring for us. Our loving can be found in letting them. It’s not If but When we will slow … Continue reading
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Laughter + Music: for dementia better than drugs?
Friends– Take a look at this from the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/laughter-and-music-better-than-drugs-for-dementia-patients-20130802-2r4w9.html In a three-year study they found a weekly dose of songs and laughs, clowns and humor helped as much as psychotropic drugs and anti-depressants, in reducing aggression … Continue reading
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Journey of life
The journey of life Here and there By quantum leaps :- Doug.
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