Pandemic Planning: Arranging An Excursion For After Your Vaccination
January 27, 2021
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…
Taking Its Toll: LGBTQ Seniors Feel The Burden Of A Lifetime Of Discrimination
January 27, 2021
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…
Dementia Reimagined: A Conversation With Mary Fridley, Advocate For A Positive Approach To Dementia
January 20, 2021
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…
Dementia Reimagined: A Conversation With Mary Fridley, Advocate For A Positive Approach To Dementia
January 20, 2021
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…
Rollout Review: Problems With COVID Vaccines And Their Impact On The Pandemic
January 13, 2021
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…
A New Age: Checking Yourself And Your Environment For Ageist Attitudes
January 6, 2021
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…