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Friday, December 11, 2015

The Big Senior Relationship Debate

…look? Big questions… Walker and John Explore Senior Relationships Every couple of weeks or so the two of us, John and Walker, get together to talk about what’s going on…

Friday, December 9, 2016

I’m Not Aging “Well” — I’m Getting Old, Goddammit

…and can’t get around without a walker. She is very sociable but refuses to go out because she’s ashamed to be seen with her walker. The ageism that makes her…

Monday, January 29, 2024

Introducing the 2024 Senior Planet Sponsored Athletes

…with my senior community.” -Nancey Walker Nancey Walker – Age 62 At age 37, Nancey Walker weighed 250 pounds and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and Ketoacidosis, a life-threatening…

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Is This the Future of Design for Aging?

…use walkers – and yet walkers haven’t really changed in years. Josh Wesolowski and Fei Xue chose the humble object for their semester project in a course called Disability +…

Monday, September 12, 2016

The Latest in Hearing Aids & Hearables

…brands. I tested both and got feedback from an audiologist I visited in Delray Beach, Florida, Dr. Cori Walker. Both Dr. Walker and I liked one of them, the Soundhawk…

Friday, February 9, 2018

Online Dating for Older Women

Millions of people of all ages use online dating sites, and many have found love or friendship that way. But whether you’re actually looking online or have just flirted with…

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

TMI? How to Keep Your Private Life Private and Still Have Your Say

Have you ever done a Google or Bing search for your name? Try it and see what shows up. If you use the Internet with any frequency, you might be…

Friday, December 2, 2016

How to Deal with Your Loss of Sexual Desire

…guide for women who want to enhance their sex life,” by Walker J. Thornton, a self-help book of questions and exercises that help you take steps to understand and own…

Friday, November 6, 2020

Open Thread Update: The Best Book(s) You Ever Read?

…-Anita Sometimes we read to change our emotional state, too. Unbroken. So inspirational! -Elaine Some members liked the classics, and others more modern works by Ray Bradbury or Alice Walker;…

Friday, August 16, 2019

Online Dating for Older Women

Millions of people of all ages use online dating sites, and many have found love or friendship that way. But whether you’re actually looking online or have just flirted with…

Friday, November 8, 2013

Aging Alone Doesn’t Have to Mean Lonely

Have a question about sex for seniors? Every month Senior Planet’s award-winning senior sexpert Joan Price answers questions about everything from loss of desire to solo sex and partner issues….

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The Best Senior Dating Sites

A recent Pew survey on remarriage found that divorce rates for older Americans have doubled since 1990 and one in two divorced or widowed seniors had remarried in 2013. That…

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Myths and Facts about Flu shots

By Dave Walker, RPh – MedShadow.org Last fall I was asked to give flu shots to a father and his two sons. Scott, age 12, and James, his younger brother,…

Monday, October 24, 2016

Opulent Mobility: Making Assistive Devices Fabulous & Fun

…got to know the assistive device landscape. She learned that while wheelchairs, walkers and the like do their jobs well, they’re ugly — insultingly so. Why don’t we trick them…

Monday, June 23, 2014

Aging With Attitude: Designer Barbara Beskind

…I’m working on a revolutionary type of walker that is much more dynamic than the ones on the market today. My walker inspires the user to maintain a vertical position….