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As you may remember, last June agebuzz readers were lucky to learn from the wisdom and advice of Molly Roffman, the balance and falls expert who runs the studio StepWISEnow. The interview with Molly was one of our most popular posts from 2020, and now she is back to share…

Admit it. You’re probably giving it some thought, if not daydreaming of the day in the (hopefully) not-too-distant future when you can take off again and travel out into the world. In fact, this week was the newly anointed holiday, “National Plan For Vacation Day!” Did you celebrate? Pick a…

It’s estimated that there are over 3 million individuals in the US over age 50 who identify as LGBTQ and for the vast majority of them, the ability to live openly and without denial or discrimination has only come later in their lives, if at all. And the hurt that…

For most people, a dementia diagnosis, either for oneself or a loved one, feels like a devastating blow: a strike at the heart of what makes a person uniquely human. Few would greet such a diagnosis as an opportunity for reimagining what is possible and positive in life. Yet, for…

For most people, a dementia diagnosis, either for oneself or a loved one, feels like a devastating blow: a strike at the heart of what makes a person uniquely human. Few would greet such a diagnosis as an opportunity for reimagining what is possible and positive in life. Yet, for…

By now you’d have to be living under a rock not to be aware of the less-than-successful rollout of the several available new COVID vaccines. While there were predictions that up to 20 million people would be vaccinated by the end of 2020, that expectation turned out to be wildly…