471 results for “aging in place”

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…

Those in the know understand that we are coming up on one of the travel “shoulder seasons,” which means that it’s the perfect time to travel, with continued mild weather but fewer crowds. Without the binds of school schedules or limited vacation from a job, older retired adults can take…

If you’re an adult over age 50, you stand a good chance of breaking a bone on that leg you’re standing on, whether you’re a man or a woman. Statistics show that worldwide, one in three women and one in five men will suffer a bone fracture due to osteoporosis…

By Kathleen Murphy New research challenges the idea that age alone should determine when women stop hormone therapy   For years, many women were led to believe that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was something they could use for a limited time in midlife – but something they should certainly reconsider…

At the tender age of 74, I am becoming more of a fan of the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard’s words: “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” One of the glories of retirement is the opportunity to reflect on so many previously mystifying life events.  …