We spend a lot of time blogging on this website about seniors, elders, older adults (or whatever the politically correct term of the year is for the 62+ population). A large number of our posts have focused on people who inspire, impress and/or just do something really cool.
Do you have a family friend or neighbor [...]

To be honest, the title of this blog post is a bit of a teaser. We’re not sure who the oldest active mayor is in America. Up until January of 2010 it was 102-year-old Dorothy Geeben.
Geeben, also known as “Mayor Dorothy,” moved to Ocean Park Breeze, Florida in 1952 and in 1976 was elected president [...]

I was lucky enough this Saturday to see Stagebridge’s Sylvia’s Advice on How To Age Gracefully on Planet Denial. Based on Nicole Hollander’s comic strip Sylvia, the show was really really good. The two best performances (at least in my opinion) were done by Joan Mankin who played Sylvia and the female cat played by [...]

Our CBS 5 TV Special is now up on our website (in the videos section).
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Ruth, 85, and Leonard, 87, had both been married for 60+ years! Recently widowed, each of these Colorado residents decided to go online to try and see if they could find a companion. Ruth says that that you “shouldn’t be afraid to venture out there.” Backing her words with actions, Ruth tried match.com, an online [...]

According to a UK Newspaper (The Telegraph), the oldest living couple will celebrate their 85th Valentine’s Day together this Sunday, February 14th. Liu Fuben, 95, and his wife, Shi Jhui, 100, registered their claim to the Guinness Book of World Records in December of 2009.
Liu says that “We are still very much in love and [...]

Engage As You Age Activity Specialist Stacey Palevsky recently wrote about her experience working for us. By day Stacey writes for J, The Jewish Weekly of Northern California. One evening a week she works for us by visiting an 83-year-old elder woman named Selma that lives in an assisted living facility in the Sunset district [...]

A recent article in the AARP presents an interesting angle about seniors and baby boomers embracing new technologies that are out there. The focus of the article is on the growing trend of baby boomers (and even their elder parents) “sexting” on their cell phones. “Sexting” is a recently coined term that essentially a play [...]

Have you seen the documentary Young @ Heart? If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area you should watch it tonight on KQED at 9 pm. KQED, San Francisco’s public television station is airing the great documentary as part of its Independent Lens series. Learn more about the Young @ Heart on KQED’s website.
If [...]

In 2006, Herbert Baum, became the oldest person to receive a PhD. He was 79 and received the PhD in economics from the University of Chicago! He was “ABD” (all but dissertation) for 55 years beforehand!
He had previously left the university in 1951 to take a position in Washington D.C. as a government agricultural economist. [...]