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By Claire C. Hall   Three rings meant “come home.”   When my sisters and I were children, a weathered bell hung beside the back steps of our family home. We roamed the woods for hours, following paths through the trees and exploring the limits of our territory. My mother…

By Marc Rothman, MD — Geriatrician and Founder/CEO of Lizzy Care New blood tests can now help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what they can and can’t tell you.    A question I hear more and more from families these days: “Is there a blood test for dementia?”    Usually it…

By Barry Feigenbaum   Last quarter we discussed inflation and the need to develop solutions for near-term and long-term inflation across your retirement. This quarter, let’s drill down further into inflation and look at the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA).      Without an inflation-offset strategy, most retirees rely…

By Myrna Marofsky   If you are a care partner living alongside a loved one with a life-changing diagnosis, this blog is for you. I lived that story believing that despite all the changes involved in my husband’s dementia diagnosis, there was still space for me to live a meaningful…

……………………… The Senior Manifesto: Suggestions for the Coming Days By Jane Seskin Begin with a morning Affirmation: “I will not take my life for granted.” Pay compliments. They’re free and the dividends are worth it. Give yourself permission to say: “I don’t know.” The only person you need approval from…

By Alice Herb   In a previous blog post, I described some of the bothersome fears younger family members, friends, and even strangers choose to share with us “old” seniors. No question that it is annoying and confidence-shattering, even if expressed from sincere caring. But some issues faced by older…

By Lance A. Slatton   There are moments in life that divide everything into a before and an after. For me, one of those moments began with a phone call about my father. At the time, I was newly married and pursuing a path toward medicine. I had completed much…

By Myrna Marofsky   If you are a care partner living alongside a loved one with a life-changing diagnosis, this blog is for you. I lived that story believing that despite all the changes involved in my husband’s dementia diagnosis, there was still space for me to live a meaningful…

By Kathleen Rehl, Ph.D., CFP®, CeFT® Emeritus Sometimes we discover whether a new place has truly become home by leaving it.   One year ago, my husband and I moved into independent living at Oak Hammock at the University of Florida. In earlier articles—including my agebuzz essay, “Between Letting Go…

By Alice Herb   I have finally reached an age where I must admit to my actual age – 93, as many of my readers already know. I had thought that, at this age, I could continue doing all of the tasks I had been doing for years. I WAS…