Elder Care

UPSIDE DOWN

Well go figure. Apparently I have been doing something good for my body and brain for the last 40 years and I didn’t even know it!! I guess you could say it started in my 20’s and I just sort of kept it up. I do it at home and always when I’m travelling. You… Read more

August 9, 2015

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TO 75 AND BEYOND!!!

If you have not yet read, “Why I hope to die at 75,” by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel in this month’s Atlantic, don’t bother. He may be a distinguished scientist, head the Department of Medical Ethics at U Penn and be a primary architect of Obamacare, but frankly he’s not too swift. At first I thought… Read more

October 18, 2014

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GOING, GOING. . .

“Much ado has been made about Alzheimer’s…but the real problem facing us right now are our elderly.” Read more

February 23, 2014

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Helen Hudson

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STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT!

“There are two kinds of slumpers: teenagers, who haven’t yet grown used to their bodies and old people, who are getting tired of them.” However, I have discovered a little known secret about the older ones: If you smile at them, they actually stand up straighter. Here’s the problem. Who smiles at them anymore?” Read more

April 23, 2010

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Helen Hudson

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NO ALZHEIMER’S IN THIS GYM!

“but all of theM were also ‘exercising’ what science has now proven: increasing our social networks & contact with others will slow or even stave off the progress of Alzheimer’s.” Read more

March 29, 2010

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Helen Hudson

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CAREGIVERS, UNSUNG YET SINGING

“Because she had no memory, we often told her it was our birthday simply to have the joy of hearing her sing that familiar refrain to us.” Read more

March 28, 2010

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Helen Hudson

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ALZHEIMER’S AND “KISSING TOMATOES”

Our elders have given us EVERYTHING and yet we abandon them in their last chapter. Our babies, while precious and sacrosanct, have yet to offer us anything. Read more

March 26, 2010

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Helen Hudson

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Elder Care

UPSIDE DOWN

TO 75 AND BEYOND!!!

GOING, GOING. . .

STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT!

NO ALZHEIMER’S IN THIS GYM!

CAREGIVERS, UNSUNG YET SINGING

ALZHEIMER’S AND “KISSING TOMATOES”