Baby Boomers and their offspring are concerned about Social Security and Medicare being around when the offspring reach retirement age. Projections about the balance in both funds look rather dismal for 20-25 years out. Both programs are on the way to zero balances sooner rather than later. And if the funds go bust, they won’t [...]
We stumbled on another issue of fraud perpetrated against the elderly this week. And there is an interesting twist to it. That is the issue of responsibility for one’s actions as it relates to age. We attribute the age of 21 to people in the early adulthood generation as the age at which they have [...]
Memory Workouts are a relatively new phenomenon for senior citizens. Well, perhaps we should qualify that. The new Memory Workout industry has recently appeared on the Internet. Some seniors just naturally exercise their memory, in the normal course of daily living. Some elderly challenge their brains because that is their lifestyle. So why market Memory [...]
As Dad’s memory has gone, his sense of humor has grown. What a surprisingly wonderful blessing this has been for our family. And it is as though he is completely with it when he comes up with his funnies…actually, I do believe he is completely with it at that moment…he knows exactly what he is [...]
The Independent Traveler shares this information on drinking water safety when traveling out of the country: Nothing ruins a good trip like getting sick — and we’re not talking about a few extra bathroom stops. Contaminated drinking water is one of the leading sources of health problems for travelers, and can cause anything from mild [...]
The focus of this column yesterday was on Taking Care, coming to the recognition that care needs may be delayed as you intentionally use good judgment in taking care of your own health and aging needs.
Needing care, on the other hand, offers hard moments to come to. Admitting the need to receive care brings with it a surrendering of some independence, management of one’s own life and turning over decision making to others. These are debilitating, at least potentially, experiences which require careful and diplomatic approaches.
No matter the circumstances, even those in which, for the most part, there is little to no concern for the economics of the situation, the emotional, logistical and psychological affects are many and varied. Presently, in one family I am aware of, all the adult children
This three part series begins today and will conclude next Tuesday It will focus on three topics: Taking Care, Needing Care and Receiving Care. Today’s topic comes with it the assumption that most people will want to take care of themselves sufficiently enough to avoid moving too soon into the second category: Needing Care. Taking [...]
Just France presents France as the most visited country in the world. It has everything that you could ever want to see on your holidays: a great city like Paris, good beaches, more monuments than any other country, lovely nature, incredible mountain scenery; need I go on? France is also a very pleasant place to [...]
As early as mid high school, my vision revealed a strange and troubling problem for me. I began by having to have frequent refractions and changes in my prescription for glasses. At first, I enjoyed it because I liked experimenting with new styles of frames, which I then thought helped make me look more sophisticated. I did not realize the cost issues involved nor the implications to my declining vision.
In late high school, early college I was told by the first opthamologist I saw that someday I would probably be facing a corneal transplant. Like many at a young age, I was not prepared to deal with the implications of such information. The physician informed that I had a condition known as keratoconus. That simply means that, at my birth in 1938, I was one of 100,000 who would require a transplant to correct the condition. The condition
I invite you to come to the Valley of the Sun and to enjoy all the wonderful perks that the area and Arizona has to offer. My wife and I have been coming to Phoenix from the Midwest for several years because of our family here. We live in Fountain Hills which is just to the east [...]
