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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

How to Age: Anne Karpf on Creating a New Narrative

aging several years ago. Trouble was, publishers weren’t interested. They told her “books on aging don’t sell.” What a difference a few years makes. Now, together with Lynne Segal (see…

Monday, March 2, 2020

What aging type are you?

Will “What’s your ageotype” replace “what’s your sign” as an ice-breaker? People age differently, at different speeds and through different body processes, a recent study of aging by Stanford University…

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Aging Out of Place in Lake Chapala, Mexico

…went on the internet and started looking for a place we could afford. The first place I came upon was Honduras. We flew there for a few days, but it…

Monday, August 1, 2022

Finding Senior Resources

…set up aging-in-place programs. AFELA.org AFELA.org: This organization was created by Florida elder law attorneys to provide a way for seniors to find legal help. They have links to a…

Monday, March 10, 2014

Dr. Roger Landry’s Rx for Aging: Live Long, Die Short

If Dr. Roger Landry was going to write a prescription for aging in America, he might scribble, be leaflike. The directions, he says, go like this: “Become more colorful with…

Monday, April 6, 2015

Aging Out of Place in Seville, Spain

…administrator, decided they were not interested in aging in place, or as one friend of theirs put it, “sitting around waiting to crumble.” They were ready for more urban pleasures…

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

What Makes a City Age-Friendly?

…and other cities have taken seriously the task of adapting policies and infrastructure to better serve an aging population. New York City’s senior population is projected to grow by 50…

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Aging Out of Place in Medellin

…have availability, she’ll find somewhere for you. Visit Larry’s blog See more Aging Out of Place interviews This post was updated to reflect the status of Medellin as a major…

Friday, April 17, 2020

Aging out of Place…

When this is all over, you may be thinking about moving to someplace warm and sunny. Here is one woman’s experience, luckily done long before the current crisis. …in San…

Friday, September 29, 2023

Open Thread Update: The Unwritten Rules of Aging

…to dinner with a bunch of friends recently. It was one of those places where the sound has no place to go so it bounces all over. Every table was…

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Aging with Attitude 2020!

Learning how our interviewees think about “aging with attitude” is a gift that keeps on giving at year-end. Here’s a quick summary about ‘Aging with Attitude” from all our profiles…

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

We’re at the American Society on Aging Conference!

For 10 years, Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP has attended the American Society on Aging’s annual conference, On Aging, the nation’s largest multidisciplinary conference about aging. At this…

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Vote: The “Aging With Attitude” Film Awards

Just in time for the 87th Academy Awards, we’re relaunching our own “Aging With Attitude” awards to focus attention on films that offer a view of growing older too seldom…

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Insider Tips on Healthy Aging

…Senior Planet Sponsored Athletes—some of our favorite people — who are also dedicated to healthy aging. We asked them to share their latest, greatest tips for healthy aging. (And then…

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Urban Cohousing the Babayaga Way

  Aging in place: It’s what 90 percent of seniors say they want for themselves, according to AARP. But even after we’ve retrofitted our homes, do we really want robot…