On August 21st, 2018 by Geoffrey
When do you remember noticing an elderly person's hand & fingernails for the first time? When we are young, it can be startling to see the difference in hands & fingernails on our elderly friends & family. We see those hands that have worked for years & many times for our benefit, yet through the […]
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On August 13th, 2018 by Geoffrey
When people age, we sometimes see things that we are not expecting. One of the things that we don't expect to see is just how much their childhood experiences affect who they are as a senior adult. Despite people saying things like, “oh, well, children are resilient” or “they'll bounce back”, mounting evidence suggests […]
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On July 31st, 2018 by Geoffrey
Some say that relationships are the very stuff of life. Others say that you can only depend upon yourself to find fulfillment. While I’m sure that no one quite knows for sure, I suspect that there is truth in both statements. Loneliness is a very real thing for many aging seniors. Isolation that is brought […]
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On July 26th, 2018 by Geoffrey
Think about how many hours that you've spent working at your job during your life. Now think about all of those hours being free...free to do whatever you want! That's how most people envision retirement. While these daydreams about endless hours of rest & relaxation can be enough motivation for us to put money into […]
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On July 16th, 2018 by Geoffrey
The benefits of stretching have become fairly well-known in more recent years. There is a time period, however, when these benefits were not commonly known or talked about. That time period is one in which many of our elderly friends and neighbors grew up. The benefits of hard work & fiscal responsibility were talked […]
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On July 9th, 2018 by Geoffrey
Admit it. Unless you've grown up in a medical environment (or worked in one for several years) medical titles can sometimes be a bit daunting for most of us. Gone are the days when there is simply a doctor and a nurse. We now have doctors who have names according to their area of expertise, […]
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On July 3rd, 2018 by Geoffrey
We've all heard the phrase, “No Man Is An Island,” coined by John Donne in his poem. Most of us probably understand this to be a true statement. We recognize that significant relationships in our life can give us a feeling of connectivity with the rest of the world & help bolster our confidence when […]
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On June 25th, 2018 by Geoffrey
We've all heard the phrase, “laughter is good medicine”. Good, pure laughter is so incredibly good for us that people from almost every culture in the world recognize it & are thankful when it happens. In the 1980's it became so popular that there were laughter groups & classes that people could take in order […]
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On June 18th, 2018 by Geoffrey
As we age, all of us begin to awaken with new little aches & pains that we hadn't noticed before. Perhaps we slept wrong or moved wrong or didn't move enough during the night & now we're paying for it. We've all experienced joint discomfort at some point or another. But imagine that as your […]
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On June 12th, 2018 by Geoffrey
Over the past weeks, suicide has come to the forefront of American news as several celebrities have taken their own lives. In almost all of the cases, people were unaware that the person was hurting or so close to the edge. It was said that they were some of the “happiest” or that they “smiled […]
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