With retirement and aging, older adults can find themselves with a lot of free time and not many ideas of what to do. Some alternatives to keep the mind busy and active are volunteering, starting another business, embarking on an encore career, engaging with one’s community, and caregiving or…
Carolyn RosenblattJune 4, 2014
91-Year-Old to Run Sunday's San Diego Marathon Harriette Thompson hopes to break her age-group record. By Hannah McGoldrick; Image by MarathonFoto Published May 30, 2014 Harriette Thompson Running San Diego Marathon Harriette Thompson, 91, running the 2012 Rock 'n' Roll…
Carolyn RosenblattMay 31, 2014
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Carolyn RosenblattMay 28, 2014
Hello again, Carolyn and Mikol here. Who doesn’t have negative stereotypes about aging? No one, especially Boomers, wants to think of ourselves as "old". We're middle aged, we're "senior", we're old-er, but old? Never. Our society just doesn’t have a positive outlook on aging. Media everywhere imprints us with messages to…
Carolyn RosenblattMay 9, 2014
Ah, retirement. Most look forward to a time of enjoyment of life and everyone wants to age successfully in retirement. Do we ever really consider what it takes to age successfully? It is a new responsibility that few of us consider in our vision of how we expect to live…
Carolyn RosenblattMay 6, 2014
We have some thoughts about emerging solutions to an aging part of our population, the LGBT community. For the longest time, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community got little other than negative press and highlighting of controversial issues. But things are changing. Millions of people who are retiring include LGBT…
Carolyn RosenblattApril 26, 2014
First, we do have to put ourselves first sometimes. What's best for us, best for our own families and our own peace of mind must be a serious consideration. Sacrificing our sanity for the sake of caregiving is not the best choice. Delegate and find others to help if having…
Carolyn RosenblattApril 22, 2014
"She only drives to the store". "He doesn't drive at night, he just drives to the doctor and to church". These are statements from family members whose elder is no longer safe to drive, but they're still driving. No one has the guts to ask Dad or Mom to…
Mikol DavisApril 16, 2014
Hello again. Carolyn and Mikol here. We wanted to share a success story with you. It's about Gerry, an older gentleman whose wife had health issues and could no longer accompany him going out. When they moved to a seniors' community, Gerry had a lot to get used to.…
Mikol DavisApril 15, 2014
