June 2012 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

An Elder Weight Control Plan

A few days ago, I mentioned in reference to something else that after having lost a great deal of weight last year, some of it has been creeping back so I'm being extra diligent now about what goes in my... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Epidemic of Identity Theft

”J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, testified before Congress this month that the I.R.S. detected 940,000 fake returns for 2010 in which identity thieves would have received $6.5 billion in refunds. “But Mr. George...

Published Thu, Jun 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE – You Are Old, Father William

By Lewis Carroll "You are old, Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father... Read...

Published Wed, Jun 13 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Taboos – Part 2: Incontinence Products

This blog is one of the few places I've ever found that openly discusses leaky pipes – urinary incontinence – which, some research says, affects about 35 to 45 percent of older women and only slightly fewer men older than... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 12 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Taboos – Part 1: Hearing Aids

There appears to be a hierarchy of old age diseases and afflictions rated on the “cool” scale. The higher the ranking, the more talk and exchange of information there is and, I would argue, the more attention is paid. Cataracts... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 11 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Charles Brown

This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 10 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 June 2012

DID AMELIA EARHART SURVIVE As with Judge Crater and Jimmy Hoffa, the mystery of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart remains after many decades. There have been tantalizing clues that she survived for a time. You can read about the latest... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 09 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Health Care Help

During the first five months of this year, the Gallup organization conducted a huge survey of Americans about health and well-being: ” random sample of 484,278 adults, aged 18 and older, including a random sample of 150,984 adults aged 65... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Bleak Day's Hangover

All through my life “they” told me that people mellow with age. I'm 71 now and I'm still waiting for my emotional life to smooth out. Instead, it appears my passion for the things I care about has grown beyond... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 07 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Morituri Salutamus

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Written for the 50th anniversary of Longfellow's class at Bowdoin College in Portland, Maine. These are the final three stanzas; the full poem can be found here.) ...But why, you ask me, should this tale be... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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An Elder Weight Control Plan

Epidemic of Identity Theft

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE – You Are Old, Father William

Elder Taboos – Part 2: Incontinence Products

Elder Taboos – Part 1: Hearing Aids

ELDER MUSIC: Charles Brown

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 June 2012

Health Care Help

A Bleak Day's Hangover

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Morituri Salutamus

Grading Obama on Social Security

The Terrible Billionaire Effect

ELDER MUSIC: What I Did On My Vacation

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 June 2012

Hospital at Home