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By Judi February 26th, 2012
Lately I have developed a passion for mobile apps, more specifically iOS apps: those apps or games that are sold in iTunes for iPhone, iPod or iPad.
My passion has led me to create a little app called Smart Tot Rattle which is aimed at the younger generation…I mean way younger, as you can probably tell by the name. This app is available for download in the App Store and it is a free app. It is also free of advertisements.
There are many great apps out there to help make your life easier but finding the good ones can be challenging. I thought it might be helpful to list a few of the good ones here.
AARP has a suite of free apps for iOS and Android.
AARP for iPhone or Android Marketplace …
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By Carol February 21st, 2012
Informal group living is a trend in housing for seniors who don’t want to move to industrial senior care where they may be locked out of the main dining room if they become disabled. If you don’t believe you could get locked out of the dining room at a nice senior community where you might have paid $600,000 for the privilege of paying more in high monthly rents and fees, check out this post at the New York Times New Old Age blog.
Students at Columbia University School of Journalism explore the option of taking a roommate in this video.
My House, Our Home from Our Future Selves on Vimeo. Social Bookmarking
Technorati Tags: aging, aging in place, Brave Old World, Columbia School of Journalism, elderly changes, healthy aging, New Old Age, paula span, senior care
By Carol February 19th, 2012
I’ve been poking around the blog this week pulling out a few posts to use as a basis for a submission to a local writing contest. In the process I came across a post that I wrote about a year after Dad’s death. I like it so much that I think it’s worth re-posting. So here it is
Exploring the Gifts of Caregiving
Caregiving can be hard. Really, really hard. As Bill has said, it can feel a lot like rolling a boulder up a steep hill only to have it plunge back down to the bottom over and over again. I have also heard caregivers describe the job as an endless roller coaster ride or a long slog through a muddy marsh in the rain.
Part of what makes caregiving so challenging is …
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By Bill February 16th, 2012
Not Engaged
I was doing the grocery shopping yesterday. The store was busy with Valentine’s Day shoppers getting their last minute gifts, myself among them. There were at least two non-shoppers in the store as well. As I pushed my cart near the main entrance I saw one of my fellow water department retirees walking out the store. I wasn’t able to catch him to talk to him because of the crowd . The unusual thing is that he was leaving without any purchases. I also saw another elder retiree hovering near the exit greeting children, talking to their mothers and the store staff, and generally impeding shoppers trying to leave the store.
I have not seen the elder man before, but I have seen the fellow retiree other times. Once was in …
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By Bill February 9th, 2012
Who is the Caregiver?
I seem to be doing a series on retirement in a blog ostensibly devoted to caregiving of aging parents. However, the aging parents are dead and Judi, Carol, and I are now the aging parents. This has always been the pattern, and as our population becomes proportionately older, there will be more caregivers who become the aging parents. Caregivers of aging parents also tend to be around retirement age. Does this describe you?
Today I got home from work (yes, I am retired) and immediately stepped into my caregiver role. Carol had hand surgery, got a cast, and now the cast is off, therapy has begun, and her right hand hurts and has about 20% of the strength of her left “weak” hand. I had bottles to open, a …
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