Unlock the Communication Code of Aging Parents

Recent Articles Of Interest

No one knows if we will win the longevity lottery. In most cases, it appears that genes are a major part of the secret sauce. This is a brilliant article about the Kahn family and their impressive longevity. But it is also an article about the trade offs about reaching the outer frontier of the very old...

This article was published in the LA Times on Monday, February 6. 2012. It offers a look at the struggle I had with my mother after my father died in 1989. It was a "necessary suffering" that led to my research about the developmental tasks of older adults. To quote Lady Julian of Norwich, "First there is the fall, and then we recover from the fall. Both are the mercy of God."

David Solie explains how enlightened communication with older adults can improve senior sales and marketing strategies...

This article is about the future of health care for boomers. It offers a sobering "reality check" on the issues that doctors face with their aging patients...

Good intentions can only take you so far. This article points out the "reality gap" between pre and post retirement health issues. It argues for both a strong running start and a better post-retirement game plan to preserve quality of life and promote optimal aging.

This amazing article offers unique insights into the aging in place puzzle as well as a look at the hearts and minds that are finding the work around to make it reality for all of us who plan to be old, someday...

Music carries us through all of the stages of our lives, including the final act. This is a wonderful article about medicine's mandate to "cure when possible, comfort always," a theme that is echoed over and over aging in this heart felt therapy for dying patients...

As boomers move into late-age, they are finding a new level of complexity and uncertainty. According to this study, it has darkened their mood about being old. But it should also provoke a "lifestyle audit" to upgrade items like exercise, diet, perspective, and community that can reduce complexity as well as mitigate much of the uncertainty.

Letting Go - Despite the best efforts of doctors and family members, we can easily wind up spending all of our time on "lasting." There is certainly a noble aspect to fighting to the end, but there is equal courage and redemptive power in a "good" leaving. This article tells both sides of this dilemma...

A Pacemaker Wrecks a Family's Life - A moving and powerful story.

Stress of Caregiving Hurts Boomers’ Health, Jobs - Triple-decker-sandwich generation seeing higher rate of depression than earlier generation

When Siblings Step Up - Sisters and brothers are finding new ways to circumvent old conflicts as they take on one of the toughest roles in their lives: caregiver

How to Train the Aging Brain - The question arises, can an old brain learn, and then remember what it learns?

What Do Baby Boomers Want From Technology? - By next year, one-third of the United States population will be over 50 years old. That graying demographic is expected to outspend younger adults by $1 trillion in 2010.

Car Thief - My father’s romance with driving began in 1923, when he was 8. He and his family drove from Connecticut to a new home in Altadena, Calif., in a Model T Ford. “Hell, no, the roads weren’t paved,” he told us. “Some were barely dirt tracks!”

In Defense of Distraction - Twitter, Adderall, lifehacking, mindful jogging, power browsing, Obama’s BlackBerry, and the benefits of overstimulation.

The End of Solitude - What does the contemporary self want? The camera has created a culture of celebrity; the computer is creating a culture of connectivity.

Smart Clothes Save Lives, Let Doctors Spy on Patients at Home - Would you wear a shirt that monitors your heart beat, breathing, and body temperature? The EU-funded HealthWear project is betting that some patients with serious health problems will.

The Great Forgetting. - They say the 21st century is going to be the Asian Century, but, of course, it’s going to be the Bad Memory Century. Already, you go to dinner parties and the middle-aged high achievers talk more about how bad their memories are than about real estate.