Great Grandparents: Do Your Adult Children Think You’re A “Great” Grandparent?
January 22, 2020
Probably few agebuzz readers are also reading “parenting” blogs at this point. After all, if we have children they’re likely adults by now and if we have exposure to younger children, it’s likely we’re the grandparents, with a decidedly different role than the parents of these younger children. However, a…
Get Smart: The Latest Tech For Older Adults And Caregivers
January 15, 2020
So maybe you’re the adult child of an older adult who lives alone, maybe even thousands of miles away. Or maybe your loved one lives close by, yet you can only get there after work or on weekends. “Aging in place,” rather than in a facility, is preferred by the…
Break Away: Lowering Your Risk Of Falls And Fractures
January 1, 2020
Many of us have likely resolved to take better care of our health in the coming year – and for older adults, that definitely means lowering our risk of falling and enhancing our bone density to prevent fractures, should we take a tumble. And while the agebuzz team has regularly…
Ellen Goodman, award-winning American journalist and Founder of The Conversation Project, a non-profit program dedicated to ensuring people’s end-of-life wishes are respected.
January 1, 2020
“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives…not looking for flaws, but for potential.”
Prepping For A New Role: How To Learn To Be A Grandparent
December 4, 2019
The news has broken and now the wait is on: soon enough, you’re going to be a grandparent and going to take on a whole new role in life, both with your adult child and with the child to be born. Are you ready? Do you know what issues you’ll…
Staying Put: The Financial Costs Of Aging In Place
October 23, 2019
The data are quite clear: most of us would rather grow older in our own homes than move to a facility or move in with family members. But the reality is that the home in which you raised your family or to which you downsized may not accommodate your changing…