July 2013 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Outside of a Small Circle of Friends

[PERSONAL NOTE:] Summer break. Mental health week. Vacation. Breather. Whatever you call it, it means time away and I'm putting some distance between me and this blog for a week. Posts here will be a combination of new that I've... Read More....

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Medicare and You – An Anniversary

[PERSONAL NOTE:] Summer break. Mental health week. Vacation. Breather. Whatever you call it, it means time away and I'm putting some distance between me and this blog this week. Posts here will be a combination of new that I've written... Read...

Published Tue, Jul 30 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Using Speed of Time for Advantage

[PERSONAL NOTE:] Summer break. Mental health week. Vacation. Breather. Whatever you call it, it means time away and I'm putting some distance between me and this blog for a week. Posts here will be a combination of new that I've... Read More....

Published Mon, Jul 29 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Country Chain Part 2

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, Jul 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 27 July 2013

GRANDMA DRUMMER Colleen Skinner of Meanderings was the first of half a dozen readers to send this video. What's to say but Wow – not what I expected at all. One of the commenters at the YouTube page wrote, “I... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 27 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

If You Could Live Your Life Again

A friend asked me – seriously asked, not joking around – what I would change if I could live my life again. I know, it's an old question and the common answer, the quick one, the one that's supposed to... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 26 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Why Elders Need to Pay Attention to Detroit's Bankruptcy

On 18 July, a Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition was filed for the city of Detroit, Michigan – the largest city ever to find itself in such a predicament. (Chapter 9 is a special kind of bankruptcy reserved only for municipalities.... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 25 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Sex Among Residents of Care Homes

That's a scene from the 2006 movie, Away From Her, with Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent. She is moving into a care home that day due to her Alzheimer's disease. The story gets more complicated from there but for now...... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Senior Moments and Dementia

There was a big conference of the Alzheimer's Association in Boston last week and the news being reported is that you and I are now responsible for diagnosing our own dementia. From The New York Times: "...in a significant shift... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 23 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Further Considering Elders' Working Lives

Last week in this space, we talked at length about how we earned our livings before retiring. It was terrific opportunity for me to learn more about readers I've “known” here for many years along with now having a better... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 22 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Country Chain - Part 1

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, Jul 21 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 July 2013

JON STEWART AND GEORGE CARLIN He has been dead for five years but George Carlin's riffs are as fresh as if he had delivered them last evening. Today we have Jon Stewart and his crew on The Daily Show to... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 20 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When You're Not Old Enough Yet for Medicare

[EDITORIAL NOTE: I know a lot of people who read Time Goes By are younger than 65 and this post today is specifically for you. But 65-plus readers may want to pay attention for your children and grandchildren.] At age... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 19 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Images of Life: Then and Now

From a series titled Reflections by award-winning photographer, Tom Hussey: It immediately brings a smile to my face - the man recalling his younger self in a moment of pride. It's been many years since then and now he seems... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 18 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Hunger and the Republican Party

Who says Congress can't do anything? Why just last week, the House voted to kill food stamps (SNAP). Well, it wasn't quite that straightforward but it's heading in that direction. The first vote on the farm bill (which is due... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 17 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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