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It’s clear that for agebuzz readers- really for anyone getting on in years- maintaining balance and preventing falls is an important topic. And while we regularly address balance and strength-building exercises, clutter clearance, and other fall prevention strategies, perhaps one of the more undiscussed but important areas of consideration is…

With Father’s Day around the corner, and Memorial Day behind us, many may have visions of relaxing in the hammock or sitting on the beach and diving into some new reads. There are loads of reading lists just out for your summer reading pleasure, some with breezy fiction titles, others…

“You might think sitting with someone who is dying means you will be having big conversations about the meaning of life,” a hospice chaplain had advised me. “Wrong! Sometimes, all that’s called for is to just show up and watch Jeopardy! together.”

By Kristina Lubofsky   My grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease just a few weeks before she lost her husband to the very same disease. In fact, she returned home from a psychiatric rehab facility just three days before her love of 64 years passed away. Afterward, she was confused,…

By Louise Applebome   Connie Zuckerman, the warm, wonderful, and industrious woman who feeds the agebuzz beast with important and relevant data, food for thought, and information each week, wrote to me recently to inquire about my well-being. Her “check-in” had been triggered by my less-frequent posts here on the…

By Louise Applebome   I think yoga has gained in exposure far enough by now for most people to have some awareness of its physical benefits.   If practiced smartly, with regularity, under the tutelage of qualified instructors, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that an ongoing yoga…