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Time Is Relative, Change Is Certain, But Oh What Toil And Trouble By Alice Herb   As I grow older, years zip by at a faster and faster pace. I remember clearly when a year was a lifetime. Now I barely have time to make New Year’s resolutions before the…

These days, it’s common to get by with a little help from some “friends.” At the gym or in our homes, many of us have personal trainers. At our favorite stores, some of us have personal shoppers. Thinking of an encore career? There are now Life Coaches or Career Coaches to…

In announcing this blog, Been There, Done That: Eight Decades And Counting, I’d like to explain why I am writing this and what I will write about. Let me first convince you that I am really qualified to write about aging: I am experienced! I am now in my ninth…

In case you didn’t hear about it, there have been some recent studies updating our understanding of healthy aging and hearing loss. First, out of  Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard Medical School comes word about the connection between a healthy diet and age-related hearing loss in women. The…

It seems that almost every day brings a new story about Alzheimer’s: the latest drug failure, the newest research findings, the predicted explosion of new cases. In fact, progress is being made to determine causes, define symptoms and develop approaches for combatting this dreaded disease. Here are some recent updates…

When your newborn was alone and asleep at night, you wouldn’t think twice about aiming a live camera on the crib just to monitor what’s going on. But what about aiming a live camera on a nursing home resident who may be impaired and unable to tell you if something…