A Conversation with Chip Conley, Modern Elder Academy founder and serial entrepreneur
THE TAKEAWAY:When we think of wellness in the US we tend to think of personal wellness, you go out to the gym, you figure out your diet, you look at your sleep patterns. It is all I, I, I and yet what we really most want and need in later life is not the I, I, I of...
A Conversation with Louise Aronson, Geriatrician and 2020 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for ‘Elderhood’
THE TAKEAWAY:”We are allowing adults to make decisions about their risk, and yet not giving elders the same right to make a decision. If you are unable to make a decision for yourself that is different but most older adults are perfectly able to judge their...
A Conversation with Elizabeth Fishel and Charlene Depner
THE TAKEAWAY:”The ritual of nesting into a new house and location helped all these writers and women retrench and start over.””Significantly, the relocation helped provide redirection and a renewal of artistic energy.”Elizabeth Fishel Edith...
A Conversation with Carla Perissinotto & Amber Carroll
THE TAKEAWAY:”We are in the middle of a study in this pandemic. We are seeing worse in loneliness, worse in depression, worse in anxiety, trouble accessing medication, trouble accessing care givers.””Ageism has been the basis underlying a lot of...