Recent Stories
Depression and dementia
Depression and aging seem to especially go together because of so many undesirable changes occurring in the later years.
Managing memories: The other inheritance
It happens in most families. Some accidental or appointed relative gets the job of doing or maintaining the family tree along with all the family pictures and treasures.
Managing conversations with adult children
Often, we seniors need to communicate important information to our kids. Talking doesn’t always go well.
Dementia and Alzheimer's: What we don't yet know could be THE answer
This month I have chosen to go down a different path with my article because of a recent opportunity I had to get involved with Vanderbilt’s “Memory and Aging Project,” a long-term study which focuses on physical and mental changes that have links to cognitive impairment and the early onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Creasy Greens
I awoke this morning with memories of seasonal changes in food in my native county of Hancock.
The hearing aid saga
After my thirty years of college teaching and several teaching awards, I left the profession believing that my job had been to present new ideas about human behavior, and then helping students learn to apply these ideas to work, to themselves, or to their current or future jobs.
Maintaining safe driving
This year, my mother-in-law gave up driving at age 86. It was a tough battle because she was not ready to give it up, but the family agreed that it was time.
The Green Bean Affair
Growing up in my section of the Appalachian Mountains, summer always focused on green beans.
Speaking of mountain feuds
My article this month will take a detour from stories about senior living to focus instead on the History Channel's recent airing of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud.
Giving up the car keys
It was inevitable. The day came when we had to ask Grandmother for her car keys and essentially bring an end to her driving.
