Girlfriends Getaway by Kathleen M. Rehl
October 23, 2019
Once a year, three girlfriends from across the country and I meet in an interesting location for several days. We’ve known each other for decades and range in age from our late 60s to early 70s. We’re a mixture of married, divorced, widowed and remarried women. Our children and…
New For October: Been There, Done That: Eight Decades And Counting By Alice Herb: The Pain Of Loss
October 9, 2019
The Pain Of Loss by Alice Herb LOSS – such a tiny word that can envelop a world of experiences. I started thinking about loss again when one of my oldest friends- both in age (92) and number of years of our friendship (68)- died. I met Marianne on…
The Powerhouse Patient: Getting The Care You Want And Need by Julie Buyon
October 2, 2019
by agebuzz Contributing Editor Julie Buyon When it comes to accessing health care, we all hope to get the care we need and desire. No one wants to be a “difficult” patient, yet sometimes you need to be tough and uncompromising when advocating for yourself or a loved one….
Empowering Patients And Enhancing Knowledge: Meet New agebuzz Contributing Editor and Featured Blogger Julie Buyon
October 2, 2019
By Connie Zuckerman Every once in awhile, the stars align and fate delivers you exactly what you need. For the team at agebuzz, the new arrival of Contributing Editor Julie Buyon is exactly that: a smart, experienced, and savvy patient advocate with important wisdom and knowledge to share with…
New For September: Been There, Done That: Eight Decades And Counting By Alice Herb: Instant Contact, Lost Connection
September 4, 2019
Instant Contact, Lost Connection The Internet has given us instant access to the entire world. The knowledge we can gain, the ideas we’d never been able to share, the messages sent and replies received within minutes was unimaginable only a few years ago. We can now be in touch…
Aging And Amazing: Older Adults In Our Modern World by Connie Zuckerman
August 7, 2019
The agebuzz “#agingandamazing” Instagram campaign It started with an impression of mine: While there’s much in the aging literature about the “invisibility” of older people in our culture, my own experience of being out in the world suggested a slightly different story: Today’s older adults are engaged, interested in…