Oral Sex: Is it Better to Give or Receive? Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. With funding from the National Institute on Aging, researchers from Michigan State and Texas A & M Universities took a deep dive into oral sex. Published in the Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences (2019), Drs. Hui Liu, Shannon Shen, and Ning Hsieh investigated how giving Read more
Did you know that married couples are less likely to develop dementia than other adults? According to Drs. Liu, Zhang, Choi and Langa, all unmarried groups of people (i.e., divorced, widowed, single, etc.) had significantly higher odds of developing dementia than their married friends. The researchers from Michigan State, University of Michigan and Texas Tech Read more
Banker Makes Personal Call by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. ‘Tis the season to be joyful and giving. But not so fast. Recently, while out of state travelling for work, I received a phone call asking for “Marge.” I responded that she wasn’t available and asked if I could help. The woman on the other end Read more
My Secret Admirer by S. Nadja Zajdman It was summer, long ago. I was ten years old and at camp in southern Ontario. I hated volleyball and hiking because they made my flat feet hurt. I detested wearing shorts because they made my fat legs look even fatter. I dreaded the overnight camping trip. How Read more
The Journey By Donna L. Scrafano I didn’t really look at caring for my elderly father as a journey. At least not “my” journey. I believed it was my father’s journey and that I was assigned to make sure he traveled through it safely. Little did I know or realize, until the very end, that Read more
Empty Home By Heather Riley Harter As we approach the middle of summer, many families are already shifting their thinking to the back-to-school season that is all too rapidly approaching. While parents of younger children turn thoughts to crayons and glue sticks, many parents of college students are preparing to outfit a dorm room or Read more
Sex in Later Life Reprinted from https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/sexuality-later-life Many people want and need to be intimate with others as they grow older. This includes the desire to continue an active, satisfying sex life. With aging, there are things to know. What Are Normal Changes? Normal aging brings physical changes in both men and women. These changes Read more
Requiem for a Ponytail Originally Posted on Jewish Herald Voice by Alice Adams Five days a week for more than 30 years, my husband, Ron, had arisen, showered, and dressed in a coat and tie—the required “uniform” for male educators since he began his career in the late 1950s. Then, after teaching high school math Read more
Life Lessons from Dad by Donna Scrafano As I observe his physical and mental health deteriorate, I find it difficult to embrace the fact that this ninety-year-old, ever-fading, weak individual is my father. I must get past the sometime daunting tasks of caregiving in order to be able to reminisce. It is only recently, because Read more
