December 5, 2013

‘Old people’ treatment differs in many cultures

People fear wrinkles because of what they seem to say about us. They are the sum of all the days we have lived and will never […]
November 28, 2013

Facing the public-financed and private housing choices

Good humor is very inexpensive. If you don’t learn to laugh at troubles, you won’t have anything to laugh at when you’re old.  — Edgar Watson […]
November 21, 2013

Do we really know what it means to be old?

What I’m about to tell you is true.  When you were younger, you dressed yourself.  You went wherever you wanted to go.  But when you are […]
September 19, 2013

In the numbers: The 40-70 rule could apply

There is something called the 40-70 rule. If you are age 40 and your parents are age 70, you should be having these conversations now…None of […]