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What candidates should know about the 50+ voters

Debra Tyler-Horton - December 23, 2020 0

While the November elections are behind us, the issues that matter most to voters 50+ will be on the ballot in the U.S. Senate...

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OLLI classes continue online

Timothy Meehan - July 4, 2020 0

It is, or at least it was, easy to take everything around us for granted – our favorite restaurants, our walks, our routine. Sometimes...

Caregiving

Social Distancing Shouldn’t Lead to Social Isolation

Debra Tyler-Horton - July 1, 2020 0

Even in the best of times, social isolation is a significant problem in the aging population. In Georgia, 669,000 people over the age of...

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Be Curious! Be Engaged!

Timothy Meehan - January 25, 2020 0

The C.S. Lewis character in the film “Shadowlands” says, “We read to know we’re not alone.” However, there are other ways to overcome separation...

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After resolving to exercise, I do this

Laurel Alberty - January 25, 2020 0

Can you believe it’s 2020 already? We aren’t just in a new year but a new decade too. I have the usual list of...

Caregiving

From AARP: Creating Successful Caregiver/Life Balance

Debra Tyler-Horton - January 25, 2020 0

Family caregivers perform unpaid care valued at $470 billion a year, helping their loved ones stay at home—and out of costly institutional care, often...

OLLI

Get in the Game!

Timothy Meehan - October 20, 2019 0

Football season is here again! It’s wonderful to see all the additional people that come to Athens to participate in a shared event. I’m especially...

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Important Message from AARP. Stop Rx Greed.

Debra Tyler-Horton - October 20, 2019 0

Dear Boom Athens Readers, This may not come as a surprise to many of you, but Americans pay the highest brand-name drug prices in the...

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Resources for all

Debra Tyler-Horton - July 31, 2019 0

A family caregiver is defined as an adult age 18 or older who is providing unpaid, short-term or long-term care to a parent, spouse,...

OLLI

Live streaming at OLLI – both incoming and outgoing

Timothy Meehan - July 30, 2019 0

I don’t often start my article talking directly about OLLI@UGA, but this summer we are piloting two programs that have implications for what we...

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AARP offers great resources for your future

Debra Tyler-Horton - April 19, 2019 0

We know that the idea of retiring at 50 is not on the radar for mostpeople. In fact, research has shown that many adults...

OLLI

Lifelong learning for all

Timothy Meehan - April 19, 2019 0

Throughout our life we play different roles and wear different masks depending on our relationships. We are child, employee, parent, co-worker, team-mate, boss, grandparent....

Boomer Life

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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Memoir

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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Be Curious! Be Engaged!

After resolving to exercise, I do this

From AARP: Creating Successful Caregiver/Life Balance

Get in the Game!

Important Message from AARP. Stop Rx Greed.

Resources for all

Live streaming at OLLI – both incoming and outgoing

AARP offers great resources for your future

Lifelong learning for all

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

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Uber and Lyft

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

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Boomers Write

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I need a new bra

Letters from Vietnam, 1967