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 […]
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 […]