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• Global Aging, 2nd Edition: Book Review

  

  Published 13 December 2019.I earlier this year, I selected Springer's Global Aging textbook in order to teach a class on global aging for Fall 2021. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Downhill (2020): Film Review

  

  Released 14 February 2020.How do couples in long-lasting relationships manage the shift in dynamics that inevitably happen over time? Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Mackay's Swiss Cheese COVID-19 Defence

  

  This is just a detail.Keep reading to view Mackay's entire C19 infographic.People from all vocations are seeking ways to address the current COVID-19 Pandemic. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• COVID-19 Neologisms and When Old Words Were New

  

  image by jovike. As a college instructor who has been teaching classes English departments since the 1980s, my observations about aging often focus on word... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Keep the Home Fires Burning During a Pandemic

  

  I'm spending way too much time in my office. Most of my posts take an objective tone--whether using a first person or third person narrator.Today, I am going... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• On with the Butter: Book Review

  

  Inspired by her mother's resilience and sense of adventure, Heidi Herman has written On with the Butter: Spread More Living into Everyday Life. (2020, Hekla... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Check the Data: COVID19 Dashboards

  

  Image by WonderWhy7439.As a gerontologist (and a mortal), I am taking a keen interest in the COVID-19 (C19) pandemic. These are some of the tools I use... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Teaching Gerontology Classes at UE

  

  UE's Mascot is Ace, the River Gambler I've had the good fortune of teaching part-time at the University of Evansville, which is a liberal arts university locate... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Podcasts About COVID-19

  

  Image by Menage a Moi. We are still learning about the coronavirus (aka COVID-19 or SARS-COV-2). I usually read as a way to digest information. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Virtual MAIA Every Thur in August 2020

  

  Every Thursday in August 2020 at 12 noon Central For a dozen years, the Mid-American Institute on Aging Wellness has hosted keynote and concurrent sessions... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Settings That Heighten Risk for COVID-19 Transmission

  

  Photo by diofw Because I want to better understand the risk factors, I wrote a post in April about biological risk factors such as obesity and diabetes. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Books About Epidemics and Pandemics

  

  I've decided to channel some of my nervous energy about COVID-19 into reading books about pandemic directed at the lay reader. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• WHO Global Aging Report

  

  Photo by Wendy North. I'm spending May developing a university course on the topic of Global Aging and Health Care. Textbooks are always a few years behind... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• The Plague: Book Review

  

  Published in 1947. Albert Camus wrote The Plague, a novel about a plague occurring during the 1940s in Oran, an Algerian town. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Risk Factors for Severe Cases of COVID-19

  

  Image by Pariswestren via Creative Commons I have been hesitant about posting, because I feel as though all interest is about COVID-19, but I'm not an infectiou... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Tomie dePaola and Strega Nona

  

  Strega Nona first published in 1975. Yesterday, the world lost a great storyteller-illustrator-artist, Tomie dePaola, who was 85. He died due to complications... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Coronavirus, Ageism, Ableism and More

  

  I am a digital native within Twitter. I generally follow accounts related to gerontology. However, I also check in with the trends that Twitter editors flag. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Books About Aging: M Through Z

  

  It's time to split a post from 2012. Each year since then, I've been reading a dozen or so titles related to aging and listing them in that prior post. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Olive, Again: Book Review

  

  Published 15 October 2019. Elizabeth Strout has extended Olive Kitteridge's life into another novel, Olive, Again (2019), and I am delighted. True to her... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Elderhood: Book Review

  

  Published 11 June 2019. This year geriatrician Louise Aronson published a book that serves as a great overview for the field of gerontology. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2020 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH