agebuzz Guest Blogger: Alice Herb

By Alice Herb   With my 93rd birthday approaching, I am finally able to face my rapidly disappearing abilities that I previously took for granted for so many decades. For so long, I tried to pretend this wasn’t really happening, but here it is all in front of me -and…

By Alice Herb   I have given serious thought to what would happen if all immigrants currently in the United States were to be deported. My independent life would simply evaporate. As an elderly person in need of assistance to support my independent life, I rely on the following:   …

By Alice Herb   To my great surprise, I came to realize how growing older has required me to seek out more services, and these are more and more expensive every year. I think we are all fooled into thinking that being a senior citizen brings Medicare, access to discounts…

By Alice Herb   I am dead tired of people rolling their eyes and looking exasperated when I ask them to repeat what they just said. There is no proper response. Mine usually is, “I’m sorry that I’m hard of hearing, but I live with it 24/7, while you only…

By Alice Herb   I just turned 92! It is hard for me to fathom that I am close to being a century old. But there it is. Having more time than I used to, I started to look back on my life critically. If I had to live it…

By Alice Herb   One of my serious pet peeves is the stereotypical depictions and treatment of old people. My most recent pique was aroused by family and friends suggesting that I watch a Netflix series called Man on the Inside. I watched a couple of episodes and became increasingly…