Emotions

No doubt, the visits between the generations have likely resumed. Whether you’re finally hugging your grandchildren again or are reckoning with your parents’ “aging-in-place” plan, you’ve likely made your mental list of what was lost during the pandemic and what can be rekindled or strengthened. Particularly for those who are…

As we previously posted, there’s been a fair amount of evidence that despite the burdens imposed by the pandemic, a significant number of older adults weathered the lockdowns and isolation better than expected- and demonstrated a level of resilience and optimism that can often accompany the aging process. Yet for…

Who couldn’t use some good advice these days? Well, for those of us getting on in years, advice about the tough stuff- be it death or finding purpose and meaning late in life- is surely welcome. And now, there are some new entries for your bookshelf or Kindle that provide…

We’ve long known there can be a difference between your chronological age and your “subjective age,” i.e., the age you actually feel you are, whatever the biological number may technically be. Researchers have already demonstrated that those who feel subjectively younger than their chronological age have brain images that in…

It’s been one of the more surprising aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the heavy burden imposed on older adults due to COVID, there doesn’t appear to be an epidemic of despair or misery among most seniors. In fact, from all reports, many older adults seem to have weathered the…

Early in the pandemic, we reported on the way funeral plans and mourning rituals were changing as a result of the devastation of the coronavirus. Little did we realize that months later, so many of us would be grappling with the new realities of loss and death as we struggle…