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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…

If there’s one thing that’s come through loud and clear during the pandemic, it’s that older adults have, at best, an ambiguous place in our society. Most impulses during COVID have been to either protect or abandon older adults, neither of which is respectful toward older individuals, who are as…

Planning In Advance: A Story With A Moral By Alice Herb   The story I want to tell you is real. I’ve lived it and it has now come to an end. It is perhaps bittersweet but I prefer to think that it is a “feel good” story that has…