Aging Well in the Gorge – Veterans Day
As with everything else Veterans Day has been affected by COVID-19 – no parades, no free breakfasts, no potlucks, no school presentations commemorating our Veterans. But we can still take time to honor the Veterans who served our country. We celebrate this special day every year, but what do you know about? Last year I shared a few facts about Veterans Day from the U.S. Department of Defense website. To see what you know – or can […]
Aging Well in the Gorge November 4th 2020
Finally, the election is over – or is it? It may still be uncertain who will be president. But what is certain is for many of you your candidate lost and you’re now thinking “What in the hell is this country coming to!” While the rest of you are relieved knowing that your candidate will […]
Aging Well in the Gorge October 28th 2020
Every year in October I have written about Gorge Happiness Month and with all that is happening it may be more important than ever. Because of the many challenges we face: unable to visit friends or participate in favorite activities; worried about leaving the house, you may find happiness elusive – spending too much time […]
Aging Well in the Gorge October 21st 2020
You may remember this Emo Philips quote that I’ve shared before. “I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.” The brain is an incredible organ controlling most of the activities of the body, processing, integrating, and coordinating the information it […]
Aging Well in the Gorge October 14th 2020
It has become an annual ritual: my Medicare Wellness Visit with my primary care provider. It gives us a chance to update my prevention plan by reviewing my health status and identifying any risk factors – and most importantly a chance for me to grumble about how my body isn’t behaving as it should! During […]
Aging Well in the Gorge October 7th 2020
Understanding Medicare is not a walk in the park. It’s more like crawling through a dark cave: disorienting and challenging. And every year during Medicare Open Enrollment from October 15ththrough December 7th you get to explore that cave again. Why? Medicare health and drug plans make changes each year – such as cost, coverage, and […]
Aging Well in the Gorge September 30th 2020
Have you ever fallen or known someone who has fallen? According to the National Council on Aging, every 11 seconds an older adult is seen in an emergency department for a fall-related injury. I was one of those statistics when I missed the bottom step while taking out the recycling and broke my hip. […]
Aging Well in the Gorge – September 23rd 2020
I guess I was too optimistic last week thinking the smoke would fade away by then. But this Saturday morning, I can see the Klickitats out my office window dressed in its velvety shades of brown instead of straining to see their faint gray outline. And now I can put away my KN95 mask (You […]
Aging Well in the Gorge September 16th 2020
Hopefully, the smoke is now just a bad memory and we can start preparing for the 2020 flu season – and as with everything else this year it will be different. Because of COVID-19 it will be even more important to get your seasonal flu shot this year. It could help avoid a nightmare scenario: […]
Aging Well in the Gorge September 9th 2020
Have you written something and later you could not find it on your computer? Did I forget to save it or accidentally delete it, filed it under the wrong name or in the wrong folder? I don’t know how, but that’s what happened when writing this week’s column. And what is so frustrating is that […]