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Sweet Lou Retires to Care for Ailing Mother

August 24, 2010 – 12:48 am

After 3,548 baseball games in the outfield and from the dugout, baseball player and manager Lou Piniella announced Sunday he would retire from the Chicago Cubs to care for his 90-year-old mother in Florida. “I cried a little bit after the game. You get emotional. I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be,” the Chicago Cubs… Read more »

By Stacey Palevsky | Posted in Caregiving, Caring for an Aging Parent | Tagged baseball, caregiver, caring for an aging parent, famiily caregiver alliance, homecare, piniella, retirement, sweet lou, unpaid family caregivers | Comments (0)

Mae Laborde, 93 and begins an acting career, not homecare!

August 13, 2010 – 3:13 pm

She stands two inches shy of five feet and didn’t begin acting professionally until she was 93. Mae Laborde isn’t looking to move into an assisted living facility or seeking homecare. Chances are that she is on the phone trying to track down her agent. At the age of 93, Mae Laborde became a professional… Read more »

By Ben Lewis | Posted in Examples of People Engaging As They Age | Tagged assisted living, assisted living facility, caregiver, homecare, mae laborde, oldest working actor, oldest working actress, retirement homes, san francisco bay area, take the car keys away from mom | Comments (0)

The Molecular Signature of Loneliness (and the Cure of Socialization)

August 10, 2010 – 2:12 pm

Many studies have found that a person’s social environment can impact his or her health. In fact, numerous studies have found that lonely people suffer a higher rate of mortality than people who are not socially isolated. Researchers from UCLA took things a step further in a 2007 study in which they examined the biological… Read more »

By Ben Lewis | Posted in Aging Studies | Tagged activities for seniors, caregiver, homebound seniors, homecare, mortality and loneliness, social isolation, studies on socialization | Comments (0)

2011 Elders Prose and Poetry Contest

August 5, 2010 – 12:00 am

Do you live in an assisted living facility? Do you live in a nursing home? An independent-living retirement community? Do you go to adult day care or have homecare or a caregiver help you out so you can age in place as opposed to moving into a facility? Most importantly: do you consider yourself an… Read more »

By Stacey Palevsky | Posted in Books on Aging, SF Bay Area Aging Events | Tagged Agesong, aging in place, assisted living, caregiver, elders prose and poetry contest, homecare, san francisco bay area, writing contest | Comments (0)

70 years old, and an Ironman relay

August 2, 2010 – 12:30 am

Twenty-six miles is a tremendous distance even for the most fit individual. So Gail Jonas, a longtime Healdsburg resident, deserves a round of applause for going the distance at 70 years old. On Aug. 1, Jonas ran a marathon as part of the Vineman Ironman Relay, which she completed with her son (who cycled 112… Read more »

By Stacey Palevsky | Posted in Examples of People Engaging As They Age | Tagged caregiver, homecare, san francisco bay area, sentenarian, vineman ironman relay | Comments (0)