Betsy Bean

Betsy Bean completed graduate school at UGA in 1972. She was a school librarian for a year and then became a rock and roll DJ for the next 10. Subsequently, she worked as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal/Constitution, followed by public relations and marketing and newsletter publishing and was, more recently, the downtown development director for the City of Anniston, Ala.

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In This Issue

In This Issue Vol. 3, No. 4

Betsy Bean - January 25, 2020 0

We’re launching The Boomer Directory in March – 48 pages filled with resources for seniors and their families. Be sure to get your business,...

In This Issue

In This Issue Vol. 3, No. 4

Betsy Bean - October 20, 2019 0

Writing and publishing a book is a huge undertaking but there seem to be no end of local boomers who have done it recently....

Boomer Life

Athens Places in Peril African American sites lead the list

Betsy Bean - July 30, 2019 0

Melissa Jest, African American Programs Director for the Georgia Historic Preservation Division has worked in three majority-minority cities – Philadelphia, Washington, and Savannah –...

Boomer Life

Gay couple reflects on long journey

Betsy Bean - July 30, 2019 0

Frank Scott, 78, and Al Nettleton, 88, have been together 26 years, but both men began their adult lives in heterosexual marriages. Between them,...

In This Issue

In This Issue Vol. 3, No 3

Betsy Bean - July 30, 2019 0

It’s the nature of the publishing business that sometimes we start out in one direction, only to veer off or...

Caregiving

Caregiving: Where to start

Betsy Bean - April 19, 2019 0

Megan Vogt is immersed in the issues of caregiving. As program manager for the Aging and Disability Resource Connection (ADRC) at the NE Georgia...

Caregiving

Who will care for us?

Betsy Bean - January 20, 2019 1

A PBS report last summer painted an alarming picture of the pressures that are building on the home care industry. Caring for the aged...

Opinion

Just a thought. Of caregiving, book clubs, and mortality

Betsy Bean - October 27, 2018 0

Talk about coincidence. When I planned this issue earlier in the summer, I didn’t know about the book my own book club was going...

In This Issue

In This Issue Vol. 2, No. 5

Betsy Bean - October 27, 2018 0

Rosalynn Carter said it best: “There are only four kinds of people in the world. Those who have been caregivers. Those who are currently...

Boomer Life

Will women be the deciders?

Sharron Hannon - November 2, 2020 0

2020 is a year like no other—a global pandemic and economic downturn, street protests against racism, hellish wildfires, and drenching hurricanes. Against this chaotic backdrop,...

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Opinion

Just a thought: Tap and step

Betsy Bean - October 28, 2020 0

We Boomers began our journey during the poliovirus epidemics in the 1940s and ‘50s, and today we’re ending it with the coronavirus pandemic. Polio...

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Advocating on behalf of nursing home residents and their families

Debra Tyler-Horton - October 28, 2020 0

Checking on our loved ones during COVID-19 is a top priority for many of us. As nursing homes and other long-term care facilities resume...

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Aging Well

Healthy Us: Advice from trusted sources

BoomAthens - October 28, 2020 0

Time for a flu shot October is the ideal month to get your flu shot so that it will last through the upcoming flu season...

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19-News

UGA professor uses art to persuade

BoomAthens - October 28, 2020 0

Amitabh Verma, associate professor in the University of Georgia College of Environment and Design, recently turned his talents to creating pandemic posters. Instead of...

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Betsy Bean

In This Issue Vol. 3, No. 4

In This Issue Vol. 3, No. 4

Athens Places in Peril African American sites lead the list

Gay couple reflects on long journey

In This Issue Vol. 3, No 3

Caregiving: Where to start

Who will care for us?

Just a thought. Of caregiving, book clubs, and mortality

In This Issue Vol. 2, No. 5

Will women be the deciders?

Just a thought: Tap and step

Advocating on behalf of nursing home residents and their families

Healthy Us: Advice from trusted sources

UGA professor uses art to persuade

Magazine

Boomers Write

Editor Picks

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Letters from Vietnam, 1967