June 2015 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Does Hollywood Ageism Have Anything To Do with You and Me?

In recent weeks there has been a minor flurry of media information – tidbits, mostly – about age and work in relation to female movie stars. I had been sitting on a quotation from actor Maggie Gyllenhaal, wondering what I... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 29 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: They Wrote the Songs

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 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 27 June 2015

ELDERS BENEFIT FROM SUPREME COURT DECISION TOO It was an important win for the American people on Thursday when, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld Obamacare subsidies. A lost could have meant the destruction of the entire law.... Read More....

Published Sat, Jun 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

House Calls, Telemedicine and Medicare

Medicare is in the third year of testing its Independent at Home demonstration project to see if it can improve care and cut costs for some of its more frail patients with house calls. The idea is to test ”...how... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 26 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Decisions About Being Old and Single

Letters. We get letters. This one from a reader (let's call her A) who has been thinking about how she will live – or might like to live – if she winds up single in her late years after the... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 24 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Conversation App Just For Elders?

Perhaps you have noticed that young people don't talk on the telephone anymore. So widely true is this that it probably wouldn't make much difference - except to thee and me - if manufacturers just ditched the voice function on... Read More.....

Published Mon, Jun 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Unchained Melody

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 21 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 June 2015

[PERSONAL NOTE: Today's Interesting Stuff is so different from the usual I just want to let you know that someone else has not hijacked the page. It is much longer that most weeks not because there are more items –... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 20 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Value of Old Habits

Before we get going let me be clear: I am talking about habits, not addictions. In recent years, Americans have come to use the word “addiction” when they mean habit. For the record and in shorthand, an addiction is a... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Green Burial

Funerals, even cremations, are expensive. As reported at al.com, according to the National Funeral Director Association's (NFDA) 2012 Member Compensation Survey, ”The average national cost of a funeral with a vault (not including cemetery, monument...

Published Wed, Jun 17 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Does Hollywood Ageism Have Anything To Do with You and Me?

ELDER MUSIC: They Wrote the Songs

INTERESTING STUFF – 27 June 2015

House Calls, Telemedicine and Medicare

Decisions About Being Old and Single

A Conversation App Just For Elders?

ELDER MUSIC: Unchained Melody

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 June 2015

The Value of Old Habits

Green Burial

The Language of Age

ELDER MUSIC: Musicals Part 2

INTERESTING STUFF – 13 June 2015

What Should Be Elders' Place in Society?

Final Update on an Old Woman's Tears