August 2012 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: I'm Growing Old

By John Godfrey Saxe The more time I spend with poetry about age and growing old and death and such, the more I am surprised how little it has changed between ancient times and now. If you told me that... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 16 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Revolutionary New Job Seeking Tool

Among the age-related threads I track online is job search advice. For people older than 50, it is universally awful and has not varied for more than a decade: shorten your resume, update your skills, be positive, buy some new... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 15 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Romney/Ryan Relying on Greedy Geezers

It's pretty funny watching Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his surrogates trying to distance him from his running mate's budget that explicitly states, among other draconian measures, there would be more tax cuts for the wealthy...

Published Tue, Aug 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How the Romney-Ryan Ticket Affects Elders

Until Mitt Romney announced Wisconsin Republican Representative Paul Ryan as his running mate on Saturday, he had already promised deep spending cuts to the federal budget if elected president. As with his tax returns, Romney has refused to elaborate...

Published Mon, Aug 13 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: <em>Summertime</em>

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, Aug 12 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 11 August 2011

DANCE WALKING FOLLOWUP Last week on Interesting Stuff, we enjoyed Ben Aaron's dance walking video. A day or two later, TGB reader Heidi sent a link to this video in which Ben finds the original dance walking guy who had... Read More...

Published Sat, Aug 11 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER PROSE: <em>Somewhere Toward the End</em>

In her 2009 award-winning memoir, Somewhere Towards the End, Diana Athill writes: “I am puzzled by something which I believe I share with a good many other oldies: I have gone off novels... “...'going off' novels doesn't mean that I... Read...

Published Fri, Aug 10 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE ELDERLAW ATTORNEY: Gifts and Elder Care

Orrin Onken writes the twice-monthly TGB Elderlaw Attorney column in which he discusses legal issues of concern and interest to elders. He is an elderlaw attorney licensed to practice in the state of Oregon. He also keeps his own blog,... Read More.....

Published Thu, Aug 09 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Better Language Improves Lives

It could be my imagination, but lately there seems to be an increase in the amount of age denial going on – particularly, an uptick in requests to review books on how to stay young forever and also, more ads... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Another Answer for Elder Care

Yesterday, we spoke of assisted living homes. Today, I want to tell you about a (relatively) new solution to caring for elders that has been a part of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a dozen years: medical foster homes... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 07 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER ABUSE: Stories From an Assisted Living Resident

Today, rather than a report on another kind of elder abuse (we'll get to that soon), I want you to know about a remarkable, first-hand account from inside one of the 40,000 long-term care homes in the U.S. Last month... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Maria Muldaur

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, Aug 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 4 August 2012

SPECTACULAR GYMNAST WINNER It's never interested me, the Olympics. When I've tuned in over the years by accident, all I've ever seen are a bunch of obscure “sports” like ping-pong, trampoline, archery, tug-of-war. And come on - we all know...

Published Sat, Aug 04 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER WRITINGS: Gore Vidal

Even if you do not hold Gore Vidal in the esteem I do, you have probably heard some of his witticisms - particularly the political observations that have become so widely used that no one remembers Vidal said them first.... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 03 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ave Atque Vale, Gore Vidal

For me, the unbearable thing about getting old is being forced to live on without the friends who are wretched enough to leave me behind when they go. One of them did that this week when, on Tuesday evening, Gore... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 02 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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