A few weeks ago, I wrote about my mom’s decision to finally move into an assisted living facility at age 95. I have not written about it since as I was fearful she would change her mind. I also spoke of how she wanted to be near her friends. Well, the real reason she is moving to this particular assisted living is that her 95 year old boyfriend is there also. Read the full story

I’ve been thinking, a somewhat rare occurance these days, but I’ve been thinking about age and aging. So am I an age? or a person? Same question to you. Are you an age, or a person? Does a number make you feel old? Do people make you feel old? Does your ability to do things make you feel old? and, what is old?

These aren’t exactly quick and easy questions to answer. This was spurred because I am a fan of the Time Goes By blog in which Ronni Bennett had some posts that made me stop and think. One was on should seniors live along (written after Ronni had a bad bout with the flu) Read the full story

Who knew? If you surf the web, you may increase your brain’s function; especially if you are a boomer and above! This is reported in a press release on WebMD. the release reports on a new study by UCLA (Parvin Foundation funding) that looked at brain activity during web searches.

They found that for middle to older adults had more stimulation of decision making and complex reasoning areas of the brain than peers who were new to web surfing. They also found that reading does not stimulate the same areas of the brain as Internet surfing does. Read the full story

Erickson launched a new booth at the AARP convention in Washington DC which started yesterday. Deb Dasch, the editor of the Erickson Tribune, and I walked the floors of the huge convention center to get a taste of the convention and to entice people to visit our new booth. It was great fun, tiring, but also overwhelming. So much going on and so little time to take it all in.

What I learned from the vast groups of people with whom I got to speak is this: 1) Most in attendance seemed to be over 60;2) Lots of couples who come with other couples and use this as a “safe, afffordable, vacation time where you can actually learn”; 3) Even large numbers of people who come as individuals for the same reasons mentioned above.

I got to see Dr Ruth who is now going to write a montly column for the Erickson Tribune starting in November. Here is some of the press release and her picture (her hair is actually longer and blonder now).
From our recent press release: “Renowned Psychologist Dr. Ruth Westheimer to
Write Monthly Column for The Erickson Tribune Newspaper Read the full story