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Aging Well

Bill Griswold - June 15, 2016 0

"Yoga? ME?" It was never something I'd considered doing. Isn't yoga for slim, trim young ladies in stretchy pants and leotards? I wasn't a stranger to...

Aging Well

Aging in Place

Betsy Bean - January 15, 2017 0

Should you downsize and move to a smaller house, or renovate your current home to suit your needs as you age? A vexing question...

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UGA research proves lutein aids cognition

BoomAthens - June 15, 2016 0

UGA Aging-related Research UGA researcher Dr. Lisa Renzi Hammond begins the slide presentation about her recent research project with pictures of actress Betty White as a...

Aging Well

Livability. Where shall we age?

BoomAthens - March 19, 2018 0

While our parents may have lived out their adult lives in the same home and community they raised us in, adding a ramp and...

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Keep Moving

Ramsey Nix - July 13, 2017 0

On a bright morning in May, a little white Corvette with the license tag “OLDLDYZ” sped down Prince Avenue. It raced right past a...

Aging Well

First Person: Embrace the Belly

Debi Garrett - March 22, 2017 0

So let's face it...aging isn't for the faint of heart. Some of you may be experiencing some of what I'm about to talk about,...

Aging Well

Aging in Place

Betsy Bean - January 15, 2017 0

Should you downsize and move to a smaller house, or renovate your current home to suit your needs as you age? A vexing question...

Aging Well

Aging and Intimacy

Kate Morrissey Stahl - November 13, 2016 0

When I told my mother-in-law that I was writing my dissertation about aging and sexual expression, she deadpanned “Well, at least it will be...

Aging Well

Aging and Intimacy, Growing Older Together

BoomAthens - August 28, 2016 0

Baby boomers led the so called sexual revolution in the 1960s and ‘70s – and that revolution continues. Then, it was about challenging the...

Health

UGA research proves lutein aids cognition

BoomAthens - June 15, 2016 0

UGA Aging-related Research UGA researcher Dr. Lisa Renzi Hammond begins the slide presentation about her recent research project with pictures of actress Betty White as a...

Doing yoga helps a stiff back and other aging issues

Bill Griswold - June 15, 2016 0

"Yoga? ME?" It was never something I'd considered doing. Isn't yoga for slim, trim young ladies in stretchy pants and leotards? I wasn't a stranger to...

Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

Betsy Bean - June 15, 2016 0

While many boomers are downsizing their living space or are planning to do so, Tom and Beth Allen have enlarged theirs. In fact, they...

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Boomer Life

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Theresa Rice - March 21, 2017 1

Boomer boys took shop and auto mechanics in junior and senior high. We young ladies studied Home Economics. We were introduced to kitchens and...

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Boomer Life

Uber and Lyft

Saleen Martin - January 19, 2017 2

The money can be very good; the hassles mostly minor, and the hours totally flexible, say some of the boomers driving locally for the...

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Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

Doris Y. Kadish - June 15, 2016 0

I retired from the UGA departments of romance languages and women's studies in 2011 after a lifetime of studying and teaching. And for all...

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Boomer Life

The acquisitive generation begins to downsize

Betsy Bean - November 11, 2016 0

Teresa Howard, 59, and her husband, Dallas, 63, are anxious to sell their 4,200 sq.f. house in Lawrenceville to move closer to their daughter...

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