The envelope that decides next year
Somewhere in the mail this month is a document that sets what your health care costs in January. It arrives in a thick envelope and…
Category: Seniors
We’re engaged, civil, and not the ones shouting
If American politics sounds like a shouting match, here is a quiet bit of good news about us. A new study suggests that older Americans…
Don’t skip the state fair because of your knees
You do not have to give up the state fair just because walking the grounds has become difficult. The mobility scooter has become standard equipment…
A pool may be the best gym for painful joints
Water does something no treadmill can: it makes the body lighter and the workout harder at the same time. Step into a pool and buoyancy lifts the load off…
Don’t skip the state fair because of your knees
You do not have to give up the state fair just because walking the grounds has become difficult. The mobility scooter has become standard equipment at…
Luck on the frontier: The superstitions settlers couldn’t do without
Little House on the Prairie showed the wagons, the blizzards, the fevers. It left out the horseshoes. Frontier settlers packed everything they owned onto a…
Cruising on Medicare: What the “6-hour rule” really means
You booked the cruise. You packed the sunscreen. But before the ship leaves the dock, there is one piece of fine print every senior should understand:…
When he retires, who runs the kitchen?
Many wives notice the same thing: the day a husband retires, he often heads straight for the kitchen. It is more than anecdote. According to a University…
The art of the porch chat (wherever your porch happens to be)
For generations, the front porch was where Americans caught up on the news. You sat. You watched the world go by. Neighbors waved, stopped, and sometimes…
Do you remember your first color TV?
In the mid-1950s, NBC began broadcasting in color and introduced the world to a new symbol: a peacock spreading its brilliant feathers across the screen….