If you missed my live-stream video coverage from the fourth annual Green House Project Meeting and Celebration last week in Birmingham, Ala., please stay-tuned because we’ll be featuring the videos on The Green House Blog and ChangingAging soon. In fact, one of the great features of using the streaming video service UStream Watershed is the ability [...]
It doesn’t take much to change someone’s worldview. Often, all you have to do is use different words to say the same thing. Watch: How do we find the right words to change aging? H/T to Dan Vock.
Last week I blogged about taking away the car keys and argued that younger drivers are incredibly more dangerous than older drivers. The issue came up because the N.T.S.B. sponsored a forum last week on “Safety, Mobility and Aging Drivers. The logic behind the forum is that as our population of older adults increases, so to [...]
Helen’s comment on Dr. Bill’s post, Fear of Flying err no… Falling, is a must read: In my experience, my elderly [oops, elder] and now advanced-dementia mother has maintained all her knowledge gained in pre-dementia falls prevention programs. Strangely, or miraculously, she still has immediate recall of what to do when she falls [i.e. she [...]
Above is the cast from last night’s premier of “Survivor: Nicaragua”, the reality TV show credited with sparking a nauseating, yet addictive, reality-television revolution in the U.S. After pitting teams in the previous 20 seasons based on such tasteless gimmicks as gender and even race, this season features the “Battle of the Ages” with 10 “aged” [...]
Here’s a blog that boldly goes where mainstream media won’t dare tread — Better Than I Ever Expected: Sex and Aging, by Joan Price: Join me in talking out loud about senior sex! I am an advocate for ageless sexuality and the author of Better Than I Ever Expected: Straight Talk About Sex After Sixty [...]
Our culture’s mainstream view of aging can be summed up in three words: old age sucks. At least, that’s what the cosmetic and anti-aging industry would have you believe. In reality, study after study has concluded that the second half of life — “old age” — is the happiest part of our lives. In a [...]
The proverbial answer to who wants to be 100 is the 99-year-old. But nowadays, quite a few people are obsessed with living to 100 or beyond. I recently searched through the social networking site Meetup.com looking for groups that had formed around issues related to aging and elderhood. What I found was interesting: The number [...]