The World Health Organization started the whole concept of making a community age friendly.  To meet their  standards, the following criteria must be met. WHO, which has a global network of age-friendly c […]

As drug trials fail to find a pill to prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s, the doomsday clock ticks.  Stats predict what they say may be inevitable, a sizable portion of a very large older population with serious […]

Most people are familiar with the old adage of the forgotten middle child. The youngest draws the coddling of being the smallest, while the oldest child has all the expectations of being the first to do […]

This week my google alert feed on aging in place has been submerged in a wave of announcements about newer better electronics for safety at home and on the go.  In preparing for my Staying Independent in Your […]

In the beginning warnings about the swelling demographic of older  adults usually came with the imagery of a tsunami – a silver one of course.  Certain areas of the country are already older, others not as much, s […]

I am adding a new section to my website to highlight some of the more interesting books and articles out there on aging. This will be both non fiction and fiction.  Since the YA (Young Adult) and MG ( M […]

You know it is too much about potential profits when you see the first real notice of the failure of the most promising Alzheimer’s drug on the pages of the financial news. Literally for at least three years I […]

LONG DISTANCE CARE GIVING: THE BASICS  by Harry Cline 

As a long distance caregiver for an elderly loved one, you may frequently find yourself worrying about whether or not your loved one is happy, healthy, a […]

Here I am back to housing issues again. I have been trying to ignore the recent drip drip of complaints on how 2.5 million homes are being held hostage by seniors and boomers so the younger set cannot buy into the […]

Part of the mystique of being a boomer age senior is that we tend to believe Bob Dylan’s lyric that we will somehow manage to remain ‘forever young’. Our demographic has had certain advantages that have marked our […]

I have seen the same headline from four different sources. All scream out that the cause of the housing affordability crisis are boomers who are staying in their homes. I have been anticipating this.  I am […]

As we leave the first month of 2019 behind, I am reflecting on several different numbers and facts that indicate some positive developments for those who want to age in place and stay independent in their homes. […]

There is no shortage of articles and books about how to extend your health span. Health span means not just living longer but living better.  The tips and hints at the secrets of how to achieve this line up in […]

One of the major reasons seniors decide to age in place in their original neighborhoods is the pulse of living in the inter-generational “real” world. We all for the most part, grew up in a regular neighborhood […]

Care for seniors through Medicare has always been focused on a medical model of illness versus wellness. Tracking ER visits and re hospitalization rates have been a primary way at looking at the efficacy of c […]

This post is a continuation of my Thanksgiving for a few weeks series. In my last blog, I offered a positive perspective that despite all the pressing issues upon boomers and older seniors who want to remain in […]

Real estate developers took a calculated leap when they poured millions into developing retirement communities to meet the emerging market of the baby boomers coming of age. The plan I guess was for the 10,000 […]