Aging
‘Grandma’ Needs a Makeover
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“I think I would rather be villainous than pushed off-stage, as though becoming a grandmother subsumes everything else in your life under a fog of irrelevance.”
Aging
Aging in Place, or Time for the Big Move?
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The choice isn’t as easy as I thought, for someone still completely in love with the 1876 Victorian my husband and I made home 45 years ago.
Aging
My Role Models Worry More About Losing Their Minds Than Their Looks
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How should an aging woman think about the years ahead? The answer, I find, is talking to women somewhat older than oneself.
Aging
5 Tips for Starting an Alzheimer’s Conversation
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Discussing the idea of getting a memory check-up early on with loved ones can open up treatment options for this disease, which disproportionately impacts women.
Aging
At 50, Life for These Women Still Adventurous
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In this excerpt from “Fifty Over Fifty: Wise and Wild Women Creating Wonderful Lives (And You Can Too!)” the author urges readers to prepare for rising longevity by reading about women such as our own founder, Rita Henley Jensen.
Aging
Life, Death and Looking Beyond the ‘Alpha Male’
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With the Silver Tsunami approaching–baby boomers now reaching 65, 75 and beyond–it’s important to talk about death and aging. My parents’ differing outlooks span the philosophical spectrum on this issue.
Health & Science
13 Female House Challengers Carry the GOP Banner
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They have starring roles in their party’s expansion strategy for both the House and the GOP’s own female ranks. Like male counterparts, they are focused on repealing the Affordable Care Act, rolling back gun control and lowering taxes.
Aging
Medicare Defenders Ready for a Paul Ryan Rematch
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As Congress resumes today, advocates for older women are girding for another round of health care battles. One group has re-released its 2011 “Granny Off the Cliff” video showing the GOP budget leader pushing an older woman over the edge of survival.
ageism
Florence Nightingale–Dammit–Still Shows the Way
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In caregiving, not enough has changed since the 19th century. Feminism must put age issues–affordable long-term-care insurance, more geriatric training in med schools and a campaign of anti-ageism–higher on the agenda.
Aging
Tax Watchdogs for Seniors Momentarily Relieved
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The payroll tax holiday provided a middle-class tax break yet Social Security advocates worried that it represented a hidden threat to the bedrock of older women’s retirements and are glad to see it go.