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• Teepa Snow at MAIA 2017

  

  Snow explaining unmet needs at MAIA 2017. I spent the bulk of today attending a pre-conference workshop on dementia care. For the past year, I have been teachin... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• I'm a Seasoned "Bug" Hunter

  

  Photo by KDA. Click to enlarge, if you dare! There are advantages to being five plus decades old. For example, when entering my office last Friday, I spied... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Age and Political Affiliation

  

  Image by Hillary. With discussion of politics dominating news outlets and water cooler conversation, sometimes people bring up this question: Does a person's ag... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Lifespan Differs from Health Span

  

  Photo by Quinn Dombroski. Because I am a gerontologist, people often talk to me about their desire for longevity. But is this wise? Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Big Fish: Film Review

  

  Released: December 10, 2003. Big Fish (2003) ranks among my all-time favorite films. Yes, it contains themes related to aging. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Modern Death: Book Review

  

  Published February 7, 2017. Modern medicine has increased the average life expectancy of people living in industrialized nations. However, modern medicine has... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• The Luckiest Old Woman Around: An Elder Tale

  

  Photo by Paul Downey. Once long ago in Northumbria near the village of Hedley, there lived an old woman. She earned a living by doing chores and errands for... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Creatinine Clearance: Biomarker of Health & Longevity

  

  Photo of nephrons by eLife Journal. What lab tests can signal signs of longevity? The Dunedin longitudinal study showed that research participants with higher... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Org Chart for Administration on Aging

  

  Click on the image to enlarge. This week, President Trump released his "Skinny Budget." As a result, there's a lot of buzz about potential funding changes to a... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• APA Using NCD Not Dementia

  

  Photo by Keoni Cabral. If the Sapir-Whorft theory is to be believed, the language we use shapes our reality. For this reason, the American Psychological... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• On Living: Book Review

  

  Published Oct. 25, 2016. Kerry Egan draws on her experience as a hospital chaplain and a hospice chaplain to share stories about how illness and dying... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Motherhood: Lost and Found: Book Review

  

  Published December 4, 2013. Ann Campanella experienced a decade of tension about her mother's failing health and her difficulties carrying a baby full term,... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Tinkers: Book Review

  

  Published January 1, 2009 Paul Harding won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2010 for his novel Tinkers, a story about three generations of men from New England... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• White Blood Cell Count: Biomarker of Health

  

  Photo by keepingtime_ca. Most people know that having a high white blood cell count is most likely a sign that the body is fighting an infection. Also, having... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Happy 5th Blogoversary to TGAM

  

  Image by Nick Lee. Today marks the fifth anniversary of this blog on aging. Initially, this was a place for me to record my observations as a graduate student i... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2017 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• 2016 Top Ten Posts

  

  Photo by Sam Churchill. Over the last year, this blog enjoyed a significant jump in readership. Two posts from 2016 moved into the Overall Top 15 viewed posts. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Forever Painless: Book Review

  

  Published November 15, 2016. Miranda Esmonde-White is a former ballerina, fitness expert, author and host of the PBS show called Classical Stretch, which has... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Queen Mimi: Film Review

  

  Released 13 May 2015. Queen Mimi (2015) is a 75 minute documentary introduces the viewers to an octogenarian woman living in a Santa Monica laundromat. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Care Partner: An Emerging Term

  

  Photo by Ian MacKenzie Since 2010, I have been spending about twenty hours a week reading about the challenges and opportunities of aging. Part of this time... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• A Dignified Life: Book Review

  

  Published 21 September 2012. In 2012, dementia care experts Virginia Bell M.S.W. and David Troxel M.P.H. published a revised and expanded edition of their 2002... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH