Posts

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: X

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable X is for eXit life      . . . older persons tend to fear death less than the young, and many can accept the idea of personal death with equanimity. At times it represents a welcome relief from the pain of a terminal illness. In other situations,…… Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: W

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable W is for Walking My mother didn’t drive. Her younger brother took her out one day to teach her. I envision it was in the 1920s. Maybe they had a Ford Model T. I suspect they were in a field near the family potato farm on Long…… Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: V

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable V is for Vegetation Even though I’ve been retired over 20 years, I still appreciate my lazy mornings. There are two brief time periods between the frost of winter and heat of summer when I can sit outside on the screened porch, my feet up on an…… Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: U

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, the Tolerable U is for University Diversity The Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at the Washington University in St. Louis has been looking at institutions across the country to see what they are doing to increase age inclusive campuses. It is so exciting to think institutes of higher learning…… Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: T

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable T is for Three Good Things When I was a volunteer at Duke University Hospital right after I retired, Dr. J Bryan Sexton, director of the Patient Safety Center lectured our group about Three Good Things. Three Good Things, also called Three Blessings, was a tool he…… Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: S

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable S is for Successful Aging Live Long, Die Short, A Guide to Authentic Health and Successful Aging by Roger Landry, MD, MPH The information in this book is based on the findings of a ten-year study from the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Successful Aging. The study…… Read more