Why bunco works when other games don’t
Ask anyone who runs activities at a senior community why bunco keeps filling the room, and the answer is usually the same. Nobody has to be good at it….
Category: Seniors
Bunco went straight
Walk into a senior community on game night and you may hear a bell ring, followed by someone shouting “Bunco!” It is one of the most sociable games going….
When your phone no longer recognizes your fingerprint
Sooner or later the phone stops cooperating. You press the button the way you always have, and nothing happens. Press again. Nothing. It is easy to…
One Open Enrollment caution
Every fall some people leave a Medicare Advantage plan, return to Original Medicare, and then find they cannot buy the supplement policy they assumed was…
A new pill to take after a COVID exposure — before you get sick
For six years, COVID-19 medicine has arrived after the fact — something to take once you were already sick. A drug approved this summer works…
Standing counts, but walking counts more
Getting out of the chair is not quite the same as moving. In studies that interrupted long stretches of sitting in older adults, short bouts…
Draw your circles: a map of the people who matter
Life is change, and seniors know it better than anyone. But one fun exercise gives you a sense of your life now and how you…
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…
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…