Aging Well January 31st
I know, I know. I should appreciate every season and their special endearing qualities. But during January, the middle of winter, I often feel like hunkering down and hibernating – staying inside and warm, going to sleep early and catching up on some reading. But as February nears and the sun begins to peak through, […]
Aging Well January 24th
Well how about that for a wild Wintry Mix! I hope everyone survived – safe and warm with no broken bones, spoiled food or frayed relationships from too much time too close together. When there is weather as we have had this past week, the Center cancels its activities because we don’t want to encourage […]
Aging Well January 17th
What if I told you there is a drug that reduces the pain or disability of knee arthritis by 47%; reduces the progression into dementia or Alzheimer’s by 50%, and with proper use can reduce the risk of hip fractures for post menopausal women by 41%. And this drug also reduces anxiety by 48%, relieves […]
Aging Well January 10th
You don’t need paper or pencil; you can do it in bed or while taking a shower. You don’t have to ask for permission and it can even be done without anyone knowing. And it is not what you are thinking! It is exercising your working memory: the critical ability to keep track and manipulate […]
Aging Well January 3rd
Do you notice how time seems to zoom by like you’re being passed by a teenager driving a new sports car? And the start of 2011 seems like only yesterday, although a little blurry? But it was a not-too-long-ago twenty-five years on January 4th 1987 that two hundred folks turned out for the official opening […]
Aging Well December 27th
Does anyone make New Year’s resolutions anymore? That once a year chance to reflect on the past and commit to what you want to do different in the New Year. Or do you feel it is a lost cause – a meaningless effort that never really accomplishes anything. Well, that may be true. But there […]
Living Well December 20th
I remember this time of the year as a special time with young children playing around the house, excited and full of anticipation waiting for Santa’s arrival. But since my own kids have grown, left their safe harbor for college and careers beyond, it just isn’t the same. No longer is there time for the […]
Aging Well December 13th
Often I am asked, “Is it hard to come up with something new each week?” And I answer “Heck yes!” (or something close to that.) And it ain’t getting any easier!” Since I started writing this column, I have a greater empathy for preachers who have to write a sermon every week that both inspires […]
Living Well December 6th 2011
This month the Center is kicking off its 2012 Membership Campaign. And I am inviting all of you who have never been a member to cross the threshold and join. And this time I don’t want to hear you have an aversion to getting older (I hate to spill the beans, but you are!), or […]
Aging Well November 29th
Once again with enthusiasm – December 7th is the end of the Open Enrollment Period for Medicare! I want to mention this once again because there is the fear that since this date is three weeks earlier than usual (so any changes can take affect at the beginning of the new year), there will be […]