Can you hear me now? It’s an unkind stereotype—the aging person who is constantly saying, “Eh?” because they can’t hear what someone else is saying. While it might make for a funny bit on a TV show or in a movie, in real life, hearing loss is no joking matter.…
Over the past year, the pandemic has definitively disproved the old adage, “you can’t go home again.” For nearly 27 million young adults, going home again became the best survival option as colleges closed or transitioned to a remote model and employers laid off massive numbers of staff. In fact,…
The movie opens on a shot of a woman walking through a quaint village of cobbled alleys and charming shops. As she makes her way along the street, she is greeted by passersby and greets them in return. She pauses to exchange a friendly word with a shopkeep who…
Some people joke about hoarders, but those people haven’t lived with the pain, frustration, and very real physical dangers caused by this mental illness. While hoarding usually presents when a person is still a child, it is a disorder that—like dementia—becomes more prevalent and severe with age. It is an…
Aging isn’t easy, but we all have to do it. Contrary to the myth our culture tries to sell us, there is no escaping the march of time and the changes it brings to our bodies, minds, and lives. And these days, understanding how to age well is increasingly important…
Once the holidays are behind us and winter proper has settled in, we will likely find ourselves with some extra time on our hands. In years past, trips and getting together with friends and family helped to break up the long, dark season between New Year’s and springtime. But the…
Use it or lose is the old adage, and it applies to your brain as well as your body. In this post, we’re going to give you a long list of things you can do to use your brain and keep it healthy. Consider the alternative – succumbing to Alzheimer’s.…
All across the country, the pandemic numbers are trending steeply in the wrong direction. Epidemiologists have long warned of a difficult winter season, and we certainly seem to have arrived on the threshold of that prediction. Sadly, this rise in cases coincides with the winter holidays, traditionally a time for…
It has been an extraordinarily long haul since the first lockdowns in March. We’ve all had to adjust to the “new normal” as it has affected how we work, learn, play, and go about our daily rounds. Most of us have gotten pretty good at adapting; but the hardest test…
By Jill Brightman I’ll admit it. I love to text. It’s quick and it’s easy. And, why struggle to find the right (auto-corrected) words when I have a variety of emojis right at my fingertips? The advent of email, text messaging, and social media have undoubtedly changed our communication style,…