Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable Y is for Youth is Overrated Julia Louis-Dreyfus Thinks Youth Is Overrated New York Times By Jancee Dunn March 30, 2024 When Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit her 60s, she was struck by a realization: She wanted to hear from the old ladies. The star of “Seinfeld” and “Veep,”…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: Y
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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,…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: X
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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…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: V
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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…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: U
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Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable P is for Purple Poem I have long loved this poem that I think of as the Purple Poem. It was written in 1961 by Jenny Joseph, who was just 28 at the time. The poem snubs its nose on expected behavior as one ages. I…… Continue reading Blogging from A toZ April 2024 Challenge: P
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Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable I is for Immediacy I return to the book: The Gift of Years by Joan Chittister. She writes about immediacy. Here’s what she says: ‘Act your age’ can be useful advice when you’re 17; it’s a mistake when you’re 77. When we start acting old, however old…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: I
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Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable H is for Hearing My 20-year-old grandson told me that his friend has the same hearing aids that I have. I was showing him how I can program my hearing aids on my I Phone to provide different sound levels and clarity depending on where I was.…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z Challenge: H
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Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable G is for The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully I was given this book a few years ago by a friend and fellow writer who happens to be my age. Once when the heavy load of aging troubled me, she thoughtfully gifted me this book. It’s…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: G
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Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable I’ve taken care of older patients most of my 40 years in the nursing profession, the last 20 of those years as a nurse practitioner in direct patient care. It wasn’t until I entered my 80s that I realized most of what I knew, or thought I…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: A
When A Compliment Is Not A Compliment.
I’ve written many posts about ageism. What I’ve not addressed is how older persons could react to the “compliment” that we look or act so “young,” as if youth is the gold standard and “aging” is undesirable. (Notice I did not say SHOULD since I’m not giving advice but laying out my thoughts on ageism) …… Continue reading When A Compliment Is Not A Compliment.
Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted 