My husband rarely touched a computer until he reached his late sixties; at the time, he didn’t believe that learning new technology was necessarily worth the effort. Then one day…
I was Medicare-eligible before I retired. My husband, who had been on my insurance through work, had been on Medicare for several years before I retired. Yet we continued paying…
I now take time to sit down and enjoy breakfast with my husband each morning. When I was teaching, we only sat down and ate breakfast together on weekends and…
When I was still teaching speech communication at a community college, I would occasionally hear ageist remarks from my students that I had to address. One time a student proposed…
Picture yourself in 15 to 20 years from now. Are you enjoying life to the fullest? Are you still able to climb stairs and get off the floor without assistance?…
I met with a friend last week who is a successful business woman and teaches at the college part-time just because she enjoys it. As this friend is now seventy,…
Picture yourself in 15 to 20 years from now. Are you enjoying life to the fullest? Are you still able to climb stairs and get off the floor without assistance?…
We are living in an age when the U.S. population is becoming increasingly older. Research suggests that this reality will lead to an increase in older workers who have the…
PLANNING MATTERS (January 30, 2018)As a certified professional retirement coach, I understand that today’s Baby Boomers face a differentreality than previous generations did when preparing for retirement. This list of…
A lot of what I’ve read about successful aging addresses the need for exercise. From what I’ve read, exercise can improve our mood, help us maintain a healthy body weight,…