June 2016 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Empowering Old Women via Fashion Models?

You can count on it these days, that every two or three months there will be feature story about a fashion model who is 60 or 70 or even 80. The thing is, they are featured because there are so... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Everyday Ageism

This year-long, presidential primary has given Americans (and the world) an education in what brazenly overt racism looks and sounds like. Until this election campaign, it bubbled under the surface hiding behind euphemisms (that we all recognize but too...

Published Mon, Jun 13 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Brexit and Old People

You might not think that the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom last week falls under the purview of a blog about growing old. And on the face of it, you would be correct. But not this time. If you've... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 27 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Terrible Consequences of Sleep Deprivation – Part 1

There is a reason sadists keep sleep deprivation in their torture arsenal. As Dr. Kelly Bulkeley writes at Psychology Today online: ”...prolonged sleep deprivation is an especially insidious form of torture because it attacks the deep biological functions...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Historic Week for Women's Equality and Our Generation Did It

Are you as thrilled as I am? For the first time in the history of the United States a woman is representing one of the two major political parties in the election for president. Wow. Are you grinning as much... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 10 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When are Aches and Pains Serious?

Long-time TGB reader Jean Gogolin emailed recently with this query: ”I have a good friend who's 75 and has been practicing yoga for years. The other day she was complaining to her yoga teacher about her various aches and pains... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 17 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 June 2016

OBAMA CALLS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY EXPANSION Several times during budget negotiations with Congress during his administration, President Barack Obama supported and even suggested cuts to Social Security: ”The cut Obama came closest to passing,” Huffington...

Published Sat, Jun 04 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 11 June 2016

ACTOR MERYL STREEP AS DONALD TRUMP At a fundraiser last Monday night for New York City's Shakespeare in the Park, Meryl Streep impersonates Donald Trump. There is not nearly as much video as you would like and it's terrible quality.... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 11 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Easing End-of-Life Pain

Ask pretty much any old person and he or she will tell you that dying quietly in their sleep is the way they want to go. It's sure true for me. Unfortunately, dying isn't always that easy. Sometimes it is... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 June 2016

DO YOU LIVE IN OR AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C. Annys Shin is an editor at the Washington Post. She is working on a story for the newspaper's magazine about ageism and is looking for real people's stories about their experiences with... Read More.....

Published Sat, Jun 25 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Hooked on Classics

ELDER MUSIC: Hooked on Classics 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... Read More...

Published Sun, Jun 19 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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