July 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

What Makes a Good Retirement?

There is a lot of retirement advice - really a lot. Key that phrase - retirement advice - into Google and you get 350 million returns. That's the exact number – 350,000,000 - meaning there is whole lot more but... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

No, Humans are NOT Living Longer than in the Past

Hardly a day goes when when I don't read that we humans are living longer than ever before. By many years. “...old age now mostly means we have more years on the clock than did our forbearers. A lot more.”... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 30 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

2014 Medicare and Social Security Trustees' Reports

On Monday, the Medicare and Social Security Trustees released their annual report. Since it is 283 pages long, I'll give you the highlights as transmitted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) Media Center and NBC News. MEDICARE....

Published Tue, Jul 29 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady on Youthful Stupidity

[EDITORIAL NOTE: Over the weekend, I played hooky a bit from the work I should have been doing to spend time lost in a couple of books. One of them, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes was a... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 28 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Jessye Norman

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 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 26 July 2014

MONTY PYTHON FAREWELL CONCERT Several readers send this video of the final concert from the remaining members of British Monty Python comedy group. This video is the final song on the final night of the final 10-night stand in London... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 26 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Growing Old with Trees

Tom Delmore, a poet himself, sends me poems by others from time to time. Two that have been waiting longer than they should to be posted here are about trees and and the men who spent a lifetime knowing them.... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 25 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Not Like Them – Those Other Old People

Hardly a week goes by that I do not receive a press release or reader email alerting me to a photography exhibit of elders. So much so that it is hard not to conclude that it is becoming a growth... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 24 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Are Elders REALLY More Susceptible to Scams and Fraud?

Every year or two, I write a blog post about scams, swindles and frauds that are likely to be perpetrated upon elders, along with some information on how to avoid them. Conventional wisdom in the reporting about elders and fraud,... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 23 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Welsh Declaration of Rights for Old People

Last week, Wales became the first country in the world to adopt a Declaration of Rights for Older People. Deputy Minister for Social Services, Gwenda Thomas said, “The number of older people in Wales is growing and there is no... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 22 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Age Incontinence

According to a June 2014 report [pdf] from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half the U.S. population age 65 and older (50.9%) report urinary and/or bowel leakage. That's just the group of us who live independently;... Read...

Published Mon, Jul 21 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1956 Again

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 20 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 19 July 2014

84 YEAR OLD STUNS AMERICA'S GOT TALENT PANEL The judges on AGT were pretty sure they weren't going to like Mr. Jessel. See what happened. MARY PHILLIPS UPDATE In last week's Interesting Stuff, 98-year-old Mary Phillips explained how she was...

Published Sat, Jul 19 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Power of Music for Dementia

A couple of years ago, my friend Jim Stone and several others readers sent me a remarkable video about Henry. At the time of filming, he had been 10 years living in a nursing home in dementia care - listless,... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 18 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Do You Feel About Your Appearance?

It doesn't take long for little kids to understand that physical appearance - whether you are beautiful or handsome or not in the eyes of others - matters a great deal in the world. Those who win the beauty lottery... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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