Aging Parents

While some of us enjoy driving and still regularly hit the road, for many, getting around in our later years is a source of anxiety and distress. You may live in an urban environment where public transport is available, yet be unable to fully utilize it because of disability or…

It seems as though no matter how savvy and sophisticated we are, the scammers and fraudsters are one step ahead of us. With the availability of even more sophisticated technology, including artificial intelligence that can mimic your voice or clean up the typos and grammatical errors that used to give…

So with a new year, are you thinking of sweeping out the old and bringing in the new? Or, just sweeping out the old and living in a more orderly, clutter-free environment? Many if not most of us have way too many possessions sharing our living space, much of which…

In her book, Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting, the journalist Leslie Stahl writes, “In various surveys, nearly three-quarters of grandparents say that being a grandparent is the single most important and satisfying thing in their life. Most say being with their grandkids is more important…

Now that it’s November and we all plan for the upcoming seasonal celebrations, you may want to take time out to celebrate and honor those in your life who perform the challenging (and usually unpaid) task of being a family caregiver for a loved one. November is officially National Family…

You may remember back in March of this year, agebuzz Guest Blogger Susanna Barton wrote a post on Getting Write: Pen Your Obituary, Plan Your Funeral. In that post, she provided useful information as to how to consider drafting an obituary for yourself and why such an act would be…