The Better Business Bureau is investigating a nationwide scam that preys on the emotions of senior citizens for money. It works like this. You receive a call from a person claiming to be your grandson or granddaughter. They claim they are in trouble and need money immediately. Helen Broskea of...
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Perceptions of Aging Have Health Consequences
I have been citing a Yale study in my Meaning of Life keynote that states that people with positive perceptions of aging on average live 7.5 years longer. In the New York Times today, some of that study has been cited in anticipation of a follow up study being done....
Nursing Home Deficiencies – Enforcement is just part of the answer
More bad news for nursing homes. A Health and Human Services report issued this week shows that more than 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes in each of the past three years were cited for violating federal standards. For-profit facilities had a higher percentage of violations – 94 percent compared...
God Rest St. James
I have written and spoken about the fact that my 87-year-old mother has a boyfriend. His name is Jim and I called him St. James for having the patience of a saint to put up with my mother. (I love her dearly but she can be a stubborn Italian!) Oh...
My Mom and St. James
My mom is 87. Has a boyfriend in Philadelphia. Oh she lives in FL. They shack up, I mean get together a couple of times a year.
Rocket Robin
In my keynote The Meaning of Life I note that we do not take enough time in our lives to just let our hair down and have fun. So for three minutes I get the people to tweet like birds and flap their wings. Enjoy.
The Healing Power of Music
Music therapy has been practiced for decades as a way to treat neurological conditions from Parkinson’s to Alzheimer’s to anxiety and depression. Now, advances reveal what’s actually happening in the brain as patients listen to music or play instruments. Music therapy can help restore the loss of expressive language in...
112 Year Old Artists Shows That You Always Have Purpose
A touching story found on cnn.com shows that no matter what your age or circumstance you can lead a quality of life if you have purpose. Frank Calloway, 112, paints murals at a nursing facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He has been institutionalized since 1952 after a diagnosis of schizophrenia. His...