Old age

Elderly grandmother found dead in own home after three days…

January 5, 2010

Not a pleasant headline, I know, but we’ve all seen it.  Perhaps, like me, the image of a person you love forces its way into your consciousness when you hear such a story.  It is especially sad because many if not most of these events could end differently. You may have noticed that I accept [...]

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IPod Therapy for Alzheimer’s Patients – Say What!!??

December 31, 2009

The following quote is taken from a report I read on the Wall Street Journal website: One of the raps on iPods is that users tend to close themselves off from other people and retreat into their own private world.  But with stroke and dementia patients, iPods and other MP3 players are having just the [...]

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“Why grandma should get online”…

November 22, 2009

The Fox news website recently published an article that strongly supports what we are trying to do in this blog. The title of the article is the title of this post:  Why Grandma Should Get Online. In my previous post I briefly discussed some of the benefits of technology used by senior citizens, as well [...]

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Mentally passing away…

November 21, 2009

Most of us are in no hurry to die. Nevertheless, aging brings with it unmistakable signs that the body is running down. We joke about it, make some effort to hold it off, and often try not to think about it. No doubt about it, those little aches and pains are annoying, but there is [...]

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