October 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Beer and Billiards for Healthy Aging

“Active aging” is what they call it. You know, all that bungee jumping, marathon running and climbing high mountains they tell us old people need to do these days to stay healthy. No slacking off with a nap in the... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old People Want More From Life than Safety

On Wednesday this week, I told you about Dr. Atul Gawande's exceptional new book, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. The post prompted a friend I'd not heard from in awhile to email. Suzette Boydston is director... Read More....

Published Fri, Oct 24 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Mother's Stroke

”This has to be one of the modern circles of hell, stroke. Or should we call it our plague? One day my mother is walking two miles on the beach and doing crossword puzzles in ink. The next day her... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 28 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

TGB FORUM: Readers Write the Blog – Day 5

As I explained on Monday, while Peter Tibbles and Norma Gates are visiting from Melbourne, I am taking a mini-vacation and letting you, dear readers, write the blog based on your own topics. Today's comes from doctafil with so many... Read More.....

Published Fri, Oct 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Do You Live in a Good Aging-in-Place Community?

For years in repeated surveys, 89 or 90 percent of people polled say they want to “age in place.” Most frequently, that phrase means they want to stay in the homes where they currently live until they die or, at... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Keeping Up with Technology While Old – or Not

Have you heard about the “Internet of Things”? The idea is that before long, everything you own – toaster, refrigerator, alarm clock, heater and air conditioner, electric razor and even toilet – will be connected via computer chip to the... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old and Useless at 52?

Silicon Valley was barely a concept when I first heard about ageism in the tech industry. Back in the early 1990s, the online job boards and forums were already filled with terrible unemployment tales from experienced programmers who couldn't get...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Life Expectancy at 65 Increases

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued its annual report on life expectancy in the United States for the year 2012. It's good news for almost everyone including elders. LIFE EXPECTANCY AT AGE 65 Every day, 7,000 (or... Read More....

Published Tue, Oct 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 18 October 2014

114-YEAR-OLD LIES TO GET A FACEBOOK PAGE Anna Stoer is 114 years old. You read that right – 114. She lives in Minnesota. She wanted to create a Facebook page. She had to lie because the age dropdown menu goes... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 18 2014 6:04 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady v. the Cable Company

Crabby Old Lady does not like using her blog for rants about personal issues but every couple of years something so egregious happens that she cannot help herself. This one is about trying to reduce her cable/internet costs and let... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 21 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 October 2014

IN PRAISE OF KNOTS According to the story at The New York Times, ”Knots are an ancient technology. They predate the axe and the wheel, quite possibly the use of fire and maybe even man himself: Some scientists have speculated... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 25 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

By the Hair on Crabby Old Lady's Chinny Chin Chin

Before she even gets started, let Crabby Old Lady be clear: she is deeply grateful that so far – at age 73 – she has escaped the common conditions and diseases of old age. No arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, high... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 October 2014

FROM BIRTH TO AGE 80 IN FOUR MINUTES Age progression videos are always fun to watch. This one, a “live” painting, is by South Korean illustrator Seok Jeong-hyeon. THE ART OF THE OBIT For nearly 20 years, Margalit Fox has... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 04 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 11 October 2014

DR. ENGLEMAN'S QUIRKY TIPS FOR LONGEVITY Dr. Ephraim Engleman, age 103, is a practicing arthritis specialist in San Francisco. He recently gave an interview to the Senior Planet website. Here are a couple of excerpts: What does aging with attitude...

Published Sat, Oct 11 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

To Reclaim the Word “Old”

As I have explained here many times in the past, I made a deliberate decision when I began this blog a decade ago to never use old-age euphemisms - those cutesy-poo names like golden-ager, third-ager and oldster along with the... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 15 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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