Aging Well in the Gorge March 23rd 2022
Senior Living March 23rd,2022 “There are only four kinds of people in this world: Those who have been caregivers, those who currently are caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” Rosalynn Carter What has been your experience? Caring for a spouse 24/7? Caring for your mother living in another state? […]
Living Well in the Gorge March 16th 2022
For some reason, the brain thinks it’s the most important organ in our body. No other organ must have a special week. There’s not a Kidney Awareness Week, or Liver Awareness Week. But there is Brain Awareness Week which this year is March 14ththrough March 18th. Brain Awareness Week was founded by the Dana Foundation […]
Aging Well in the Gorge March 9th 2020
Today there are practically unlimited forms of entertainment. (Remember when you adjusted the rabbit ears on top of the TV set to watch your favorite show on one of the three network stations. Ah, the simpler days.) You can enjoy a night of bingo, listen to music in a local pub, or go out to […]
Aging Well in the Gorge March 2nd 2022
Here’s the question for the week. What do communities need so, if we want, we can stay in our homes – a place familiar and secure? Safe neighborhoods? Accessible sidewalks? Places to connect with friends? Adequate public services? Maybe even fast and reliable Internet service? For many, staying in their home means being able to […]
Aging Well in the Gorge February 23rd 2022
For fourteen years I have been writing this column, and I found this 2009 column worth sharing again. I want to thank to Dick Lafever who helped me and many others to better understand what it means to forgive. As we age, we all gain different insights: it’s okay to slow down, and that “this […]
Aging in the Gorge February 16th 2022
We all experience aches and pains, right? It just goes with living a long life. But there are times when the pain should not be ignored, and you should seek medical attention. In her 2020 article for AARP “10 Pain Symptoms You Should Never Ignore”, Michelle Crouch shares the advice of several doctors about which […]
Aging Well in the Gorge February 9th 2022
Taking my advice, I’ve started the long-neglected task of “decluttering” and while doing so I’ve found old pictures in closets, drawers, and banker boxes stored in a basement corner – photos I haven’t looked at for years! What do I do with all of them? How do I downsize my photo collection? For those of […]
Aging in the Gorge February 2nd 2022
Taxes. What can you say? People have been complaining about them since they were first established in Egypt around 3000 B.C. But without the income tax, we wouldn’t have critical services for millions of older adults: meal programs, senior housing, transportation, and particularly long–term and in–home care services (which can be expensive!) all of which […]
Aging in the Gorge January 26th, 2022
Did you know children laugh an average of four hundred times a day compared to adults who laugh only an average of twenty-five? Okay, that may just be a myth, but we can all admit we laugh much less than children. (Of course, it’s hard to compete when young children giggle every time they hear […]
Aging Well in the Gorge January 19th 2022
What can I do on a cold and snowy winter day? I’m not a skier or snowboarder as some of you are, I’d rather stay someplace warm, so my wife and I decided to finally start sorting through all our stuff stored in our 3500 square foot house and donating, recycling, or tossing what we […]