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The Roman philosopher Seneca once said, “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.” Yet in this day and age, kindness appears to be too often in short supply: we have divisive, brutish politics, brutal armies destroying innocent people, and cities and rural areas in…

We’ve previously posted about possible connections between older women and the risk of cognitive impairment. Now, with newly published analysis from the University of Michigan showing that almost 50% of all deaths recorded by Medicare include a diagnosis of dementia, concern about how we can best lower our risk of…

It feels like there’s a lot of chaos and confusion out there when it comes to understanding where things stand concerning Covid. In China and Hong Kong, for example, a new wave of the Omicron BA.2 variant is raging and in some areas, extreme measures are back in place to…

Intuitively, you likely know what the essential skills are for living independently and on your own in the community: You need to be able to walk (or otherwise get around your environment), eat, and toilet yourself. You also need to be able to obtain and prepare food, keep yourself and…

As you may recall (or perhaps you don’t!) about a year ago we published a post on memory loss, addressing the condition known as Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), which can cause memory lapses that constitute more than what you should expect from “normal aging” but less than the impairment that…

Have you made your plans? Do you know what you want? While the concept of planning in advance has been promoted for years regarding end-of-life health care and decision-making, what may be new is that now there are an array of post-death options to consider as well. It’s not just…