April 24, 2014

Laughter is the best medicine

My belief is that we are going to eventually discover that the most dramatic health benefits of humor are not in laughter, but in the cognitive […]
January 31, 2014

Learning to let the music play on

The first thing to do when you turn 70 is to plan on being 80 —Edith Hamilton in The Greek Way. I cannot stop thinking of […]
December 19, 2013

Life is a series of transitions

The Fairfax ladies have it better than most: Their wealthy county offers fairly comprehensive public transit and paratransit service. Seniors in other suburbs aren’t so lucky. […]
December 12, 2013

Burying certain myths about the ‘dying process’

Our guest columnist today is Tani Bahti, RN, Founder and Executive Director of Passages: Education and Consultation on End of Life Care. www.passageseducation.org.  She calls her […]