A Conversation with Cathy Spensley and Erica Solway on Virtual Care and Virtual Community
THE TAKEAWAY: Some Facts: Everybody is experiencing loneliness and isolation, not just older adultsOlder adults want to be digitally connected (after so many years of enticing them).Telehealth is here to stay. Call To Action: We have to provide access to care...
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...