The following is an article written by Helen Hootsmans, a FAWCO member who has returned to the US and is currently a FAUSA member, as well. With Helen's permission, it is being posted on the Transitions: Growing Older Committee webpage in an effort to inform other FAWCO members who have returned, or are planning to return, to the...
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Wrinkles
Lines on the face, tattoos of aging.
Life is proved upon the body
Like needle jabs from a blind machine.
Taken from the May 21, 2008, page of the "Daily Tao," the short essay that follows the quote is food for thought. As we know, the older we get, the more we are conscious of aging. Looking...
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Mental glitches are common, including literal paraphasia, or thinking of one word and typing another, such as "there" instead of "their," are common, as we all can attest. Even more common is the temporary inability to recall a well-known name or your best friend's phone number. There is a science behind these "senior moments," as they are commonly...
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As announced on the International Federation on Ageing’s (IFA) website, “IFA’s 9th Global Conference on Ageing will take place in Montréal, Canada, from September 4 to 7, 2008. The event is being hosted by a new NGO 'Ageing Design Montreal,' and will combine the IFA’s biannual flagship global conference on ageing with the international debut of our new exhibition series
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Robert Frank, in an interview reported in The Wealth Report section of The Wall Street Journal, recently spoke with Peter White, a counselor for wealthy parents and privileged children for over two decades. In his interview, entitled "What else to leave heirs, besides riches," Mr. White's premise is that it is not enough to leave our heirs wealth.
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by Kathleen Doherty, Co-Chair
There are some 75 million Baby Boomers and 10 million have become involved in the activities and responsibilities associated with caring for an older parent. Expatriate Americans now number around 4 million, and the number of us who are long distance caregivers is unknown. I meet people every week who have parents living in a different country,
There are some 75 million Baby Boomers and 10 million have become involved in the activities and responsibilities associated with caring for an older parent. Expatriate Americans now number around 4 million, and the number of us who are long distance caregivers is unknown. I meet people every week who have parents living in a different country,
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In order to embrace the midlife phase of our life, we must let go of old, limiting thoughts about age that have been impressed upon us from the time we were children, passed down through generations. As Marianne Williamson states in her book The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife, "...you're poised at last on the brink...
