It takes a village to keep a person of old age in the community and keep them safe. Part of today’s village in the San Francisco Bay Area is an array of service agencies without whom the wheels would stop. Yet these agencies and the services they offer are confusing...
This topic came up in our last AHWGO get together when we learned about ‘Coming of Age’ that tries to ‘capture the expertise of people 50+. The new middle age (40 to 68 and beyond), the 50+ generation, the ‘new’ old, the second stage of life – all...
Do you remember your parents talking about aging? I cannot remember such conversations. Maybe I was too involved with my young self but it was not part of the conversation. Growing old was part of the course of life. My parents were much more ‘settled’...