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    by agebuzz Managing Editor Connie Zuckerman   Let’s face it: the need to quarantine these past few months has not been easy on anyone. But it’s been especially difficult for older adults, many of whom live alone or in isolated circumstances away from family and loved ones. For these seniors,…

    — The Essential Need For Social Connection: An Interview With Geriatric Expert and “Friend Power” Creator Hope Reiner

    Will This Never End? Maybe We Can Turn To Something New By Alice Herb   I’ve been silent on my blog for many weeks now.  Words fail me.  Not because I’ve lost them (though I search for a lot of them and usually find them.) Rather, there is little left…

    — Been There, Done That: Eight Decades And Counting By Alice Herb: Will This Never End? Maybe We Can Turn To Something New by Alice Herb

    By agebuzz Contributing Editor Julie Buyon   The first question I asked my doctor following my third cancer diagnosis was, “What will happen if we do nothing?” After the doctor picked his jaw up from the floor, his answer was, “Well, I’m not really sure.” We then discussed what my treatment options…

    — When Less Is More: Why Less Treatment, Or Even No Treatment, May Be The Right Choice For You By Julie Buyon

    By Kathleen M. Rehl, Ph.D., CFP®, CeFT® Emeritus  www.KathleenRehl.com   I’m 73 years old, and I want to have more fun! With my new husband, family, and friends. Keeping fit. Writing. Enjoying art. Helping nonprofits.    This includes writing poetry. I love the whole process of being inspired, composing, and…

    — The Joy of Writing Poetry Now! By Kathleen Rehl

    Haircut, Pedicure, Now What? By Alice Herb   Hair cut done! Pedicure done! 4th of July at my beach house, wonderful!  But now what?    Stupid question?  No- all the pleasure I felt at being myself again did not keep me from knowing the crisis hadn’t ended. I’m still having…

    — Been There, Done That: Eight Decades And Counting By Alice Herb: Haircut, Pedicure, Now What?

    By agebuzz Contributing Editor Julie Buyon   Let me cut to the chase: Get a second opinion. And even a third if the first two providers disagree on your diagnosis and/or course of treatment.   As an agebuzz reader, you are clearly someone who wants good information from a reliable source. And…

    — A Powerhouse Patient Is an Informed Patient: Getting a Second Opinion by Julie Buyon