Aging Well in the Gorge September 2nd 2020
How are you coping? A study from the think tank AgeWave and investment company Edward Jones, surveyed 9,000 people in the U.S. and Canada across five generations and guess who is doing the best? Older adults! When asked how well they were coping with the impacts of COVID-19, 39% of the Silent Generation (ages […]
Aging Well in the Gorge August 26th 2020
Once in a while Friday arrives and I wonder, “What am I going to write about for next week?” This last Friday was one of those times – until I received a call from Kimberly Herman, the public affairs officer for Social Security in Oregon. She asked me to share with you the best way […]
Aging Well in the Gorge August 19th 2020
As we know, this too shall pass. And when we finally get pass the COVID-19 pandemic with widespread access to vaccines and home administered tests, what will the new normal look like – particularly for us adults over 60 who are the most vulnerable? How do you imagine you will receive health care, travel, shop […]
Aging well in the Gorge August 12th 2020
Your kids have left home and you’re thinking your 2500 sq. ft. house is better suited for a young family with kids instead of a couple of seventy-year oldies. Or you now want to live someplace where getting under the sink is no longer your responsibility but the landlord’s. Or you are tired of […]
Aging Well in the Gorge August 5th 2020
Is there anything certain these days? I mean besides death and taxes. It feels like the pandemic has turned the world upside down and inside out – elevating the uncertainty and unpredictability in a world that has always been uncertain, whether it is our own safety or the national partisan posturing. (Okay, maybe we can […]
Aging Well in the Gorge July 28th 2020
I never thought cognitive tests would be such a headline story, but here we are. One benefit though is this interest can encourage us to think more about what we can do to keep our brain healthy and strong as we age. There are five basic things you can do for brain health. Exercise daily […]
Aging Well in the Gorge July 22nd 2020
Do you have to write notes for details you know you are going to forget? Or put a package by the door to remind yourself to take it with you? Or have a pill box so you know you’ve taken your medications – which I’ve found doesn’t always help? And now you’re afraid to mention […]
Aging Well in the Gorge July 15th 2020
If you’re like me, you’re finally getting use to wearing a face mask whenever you go out in public. But this is The Dalles and you know during the rest of July and August there will be many hot over ninety-degree days. But it’s a dry heat, right? You may already struggle with foggy glasses […]
Aging Well in the Gorge July 8th 2020
Raise your hand if you have completed the 2020 Census? Good. Now, how many of you have forgotten about the 2020 Census because of COVID-19? If you are in the latter group, you have plenty of company. So far Oregon Gorge counties have a self-response rate significantly below Oregon’s average of 64.2%. But you still […]
Aging Well in the Gorge July 1st 2020
“What gives my life meaning and purpose?” or more simply “Why am I here?” are questions we ask ourselves as we age. . We learned from The Dalles Blue Zones project that people who know their life purpose live longer, better lives. But finding your purpose is easier when you have your whole life in […]