Silver Threads

The consequences of senior poverty are many, including poor health and decreased longevity. Statistics are disturbing especially with respect to food insecurity and nutrition.

Members of the notorious mafia are aging along with the rest of us. The Medicare Mob or Oldfellas experience frailties of old age including diabetes, arthritis, Alzheimer’sdisease, high blood pressure and incontinence.

Touch is an essential and often least appreciated sense. The importance of touch to seniors, the elderly and especially those with dementia is documented in a recent AARP magazine article.

Nutrition Action Health Newsletter of November 2014 offers research outcomes on protein needs for seniors as does A Place for Mom’s Heather Schwartz.

Articles from various sources focus on sleep issues including types of sleep, insomnia, napping, medications, foods for sleep and optimum sleep.

Whether it is the lost of a spouse, parent, child, sibling, friend or pet, grieving is a given. No rules, no timetable. Grieving is very individual.

Next avenue articles refute the myth that boomers are pillaging the U.S economy. When in fact they are the most generous generation and make better deci...