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International Caregiving Resources and References Guide Family Caregiving Services – U.S. Caregiving Resource Center – Tools, work sheets and tips on how to plan, prepare and succeed as a caregiver. (AARP) Family Caregiver Toolbox – Tips and information to help caregivers care for their loved ones and themselves. (Caregiver Action Network) Find Aging Resources in Read more
Barbados broke the last of its nearly 400-year-old ties with the British monarchy and is officially a republic. The Caribbean nation removed nonagenarian Queen Elizabeth II and inaugurated their first ever President as a new republic last night. 73 year old Governor-General Sandra Mason, former jurist and Queen Elizabeth’s own former representative, will now lead Read more
Top Tips Dressing for the Holidays: Men It’s the holiday season again, and that means making sure you dress the part. For men, if you’re attached, then most likely you have your partner to help you dress—or tell you what you can and cannot wear! But sometimes you may want to decide on your swag Read more
Top Tips Dressing for the Holidays: Ladies Dressing for holiday events can be a tricky thing. Oftentimes, women will call each other and ask, “What are you wearing?” before attending an event, even if it’s a simple family gathering. We have this fear of underdressing, overdressing, or wearing the wrong kind of dress to a Read more
2020 Closures and Bankruptcies Unlike the financial crisis of 2008, the pandemic year of 2020 withstood layoffs, closings and a crippling unemployment year by upholding IRA contributions for many. PSCA (Plan Council of America) reported more than 90 percent of employers maintained their contributions during this difficult year (https://www.psca.org/sites/psca.org/files/Research/2020/401k%20Fall%20Snapshot_FINAL.pdf). Although organizations with less than 50 Read more
Kitchen Renovation Disaster by Anonymous Our new home (built in 1873) came with a 1980s kitchen that had been repurposed from somewhere else. It looked kind of neat: the outside wall was faux exposed brick, and the cupboard doors had been treated with a lacquer that gave them an antiqued look. In a magazine photo Read more
Home for the Holidays This year, many of our writers and contributors will have a new tradition of sorts for the holidays, no thanks to COVID19. In honor of our fabulous family of writers, I asked them to send a short sentence or two on how they will be spending Thanksgiving this year. Remember that Read more
Did you know that the CDC publishes a weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report? Neither did we until recently! Other than the typical morbid and depressing facts and information regarding COVID, the week of June 24-30th had a survey of nearly 5,500 Americans regarding caretaking experience related to their emotional and mental well being. The Read more
As we reported earlier in an article written below, a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reported that 34% or one-in-three 65+ year old Silver Sagers are overprescribed or inappropriately prescribed medications. Often this can lead to increased medical concerns, increased hospitalization visits and an increase in patient spending by Read more
Vote America: Statistics Hats off to Silver Sagers who according to a recent Pew poll (see below), 52% of our current voters are age 50 and older. That represents an increase of 27% since 1996. Surprisingly, less than 30% of American registered voters identify as Republicans, and approximately 33% identify as blue, with the remainder Read more
