Snapchat not just for kids anymore
If you have always wanted to see yourself with cat whiskers and pink bunny ears — and, let’s face it: who hasn’t? — Snapchat might be the app for you….
Category: Seniors
Milestones: Dinah Shore: 100th birth anniversary
Dinah Shore: 100th birth anniversary She was the first woman to be a successful television host beginning with the “Chevy Show.” Dinah Shore was born…
Anniversary: Elvis inducted into the Army
It was March 24, 1958 and teenagers were misty-eyed as the teen idol Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn. Presley completed basic…
Jackie Gleason: born Feb. 26, 1916: TO THE MOON, ALICE!
Alice Kramden was famously unimpressed when her husband Ralph regularly threatened to send her to the moon. The hugely successful and iconic series ‘The…
A care-giving dilemma
Your very ill mother is in your care. One day her beloved son dies. Mother has so many problems now, should you tell her about the son? The answer, from…
Story telling and age
A person’s ability to tell a short story, keeping all the facts in it and straight, can decline with age, according to a study in the Journal of…
Is it possible to get a good job after 50?
Conventional wisdom has it that after age 50, you are doomed if you want to find a great job. While there is age discrimination, according to the Wall…
Love to read? Start (or join) a book club
For some, nothing sparks a great conversation more than a great book. That’s why book clubs are popular for meeting people and having meaningful…
New approach to pain focuses on nerves
In an attempt to control relentless pain, medicine has tried many approaches from distraction to opioids, all of which have had some success but many…
Baby Boomers downsize
Nearly four in 10 baby boomers are downsizing. According to the Demand Institute, 42 percent say they will settle in a smaller home and 32 percent plan to…