“Making the Golden Years Golden” Author Ms. R. was 89 years old when she called our agency for home care. She had gone through some minor surgery, and needed someone to be with her for a few days until she fully recovered. She had a wonderful demeanor and a life full of social activities. Like [...]
Friday, December 30, 2011
Ring a few bells for the end of 2011 and for the expectation of a great 2012. And why not? The planets to watch are lucky Jupiter and inspirational Neptune as they change signs mid year and provide fodder for our future happiness. Drama becomes dramady and revolutions revolve and evolve.Not a moment too soon. [...]
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Why Baby Boomers Should Embrace Social Media A recent report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 32 percent of Baby Boomers, aged 50 to 64 use a social networking site on a regular basis. This reflects a sharp increase from 20 percent only a year ago. There are many benefits to [...]
Monday, December 26, 2011
Times are tough for many at the moment. While the common perception is that baby boomers have it easy, that is not always true. While many are relatively comfortable, having had a chance to build up their wealth before the current financial crisis hit, others are less so. Some are now in retirement, and finding [...]
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Four decades ago, I wrote an article for my alumni magazine, the Pennsylvania Gazette, entitled “Whaddya Do?” A recent college grad, I had returned to California to lie around the pool, to substitute teach, to fight the draft, to drift, to sleep, perchance to dream. I was not pursuing a career and I was god-awful [...]
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
“Making the Golden Years Golden” Author The biggest danger to our elders and their health is an unsafe environment. It is well known that, for seniors, falls are the worst things that can happen to them; many seniors do not recover completely from them. Fractures can put them in a wheelchair, and render them [...]
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
By Eva Mor, PhD A few days ago I visited Orlando, Florida. After fulfilling my professional obligations, we looked around for something to do and discovered that the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra was having a concert with an unusual program—Paul McCartney: A Symphonic Tribute. The twist was that McCartney’s songs were performed in a classical style [...]
Thursday, March 31, 2011
By Eva Mor, PhD My friend’s mother, a very social and highly functioning lady, fell in her house, and remained on the floor for two hours, until my friend reached her home, after being unable to reach her mother by phone. This made my friend realize that some changes need to be made. In [...]
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
By Dr. Eva Mor Author –“Making the Golden Years Golden” For some time now many Americans have been driven by the high cost of medical insurance and deficiencies in coverage to seek medical treatment abroad, in countries such as Thailand, India, Costa Rica, Brazil, South Africa, Romania, Hungary and other eastern European countries. More than [...]
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Mr. H. was 89 years old when I met him. Sweet, social and ever the gentleman, he was active at the local senior citizen center. He lived in his apartment for more then forty years, the last twenty after his wife passed away. One winter day, Mr. H. slipped on an icy patch on his [...]
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