Personal Stories

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…

While agebuzz has never shied away from addressing the challenges you may confront as an aging adult, we have not, to date, sufficiently addressed the issue of disability and how it may affect your aging experience, either as a person with disabilities who is getting older or as an older…

Survey results of Americans have remained consistent over many years. In August of 2024, the Gallup Organization reported that just over 7 out of every 10 Americans believe that doctors “should be allowed by law to end the patient’s life by some painless means if the patient and his or…

It wasn’t too long ago that we urged you to push back on the everyday ageism you likely encounter. But since next Wednesday, October 9th, is Ageism Awareness Day, we thought we’d briefly return to the topic to make sure you’re well-equipped to identify ageism when you encounter it and…

We’ve all dealt with some of the hard truths and realities of what growing older can mean, both the bad and the good. From our bodies slowing down to our discovery of the positives that can arise, we each experience moments of both despair and wonderment, sometimes at the same…

As we head toward New York Fashion Week, it’s only right to pay tribute to the role of fashion in society, and to the older women who pioneered (and still do) the fashion trends that have taken hold. Accordingly, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York recently published an…