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When Dr. Alex Rotas retired from her academic career, she picked up a camera and very quickly moved on to her next career: photographer of “master” aging athletes and slayer of aging stereotypes. With her lens trained on older athletes competing in all types of athletic endeavors, Alex Rotas has…

Does this sound like your house? Piles of books and paper teetering on counters, multiple wires tangled in a mess on the floor or cabinets packed to overflowing?  When a person with dementia comes to live in your home, this chaos may not only be confusing, it can also be…

When Dr. Alex Rotas retired from her academic career, she picked up a camera and very quickly moved on to her next career: photographer of “master” aging athletes and slayer of aging stereotypes. With her lens trained on older athletes competing in all types of athletic endeavors, Alex Rotas has…

For many, retirement means having more time to finally explore a life-long passion.  For a lucky few, that kind of passion is a primary focus throughout life.  Henri-Louis De La Grange is one of those lucky few. His devotion to Gustav Mahler, both his life and music, has led La…

Need something to motivate you to get on the treadmill this morning? The news out of Boston is that 7 seniors over the age of 80 completed this week’s Boston Marathon. Among the over 80 crowd was first place finisher Yoko Nakano of Tokyo, completing her 22nd marathon since she…

Perhaps this is familiar: the phone rings and your elderly parent answers to hear the voice of a frightened teen.  Thinking it’s a grandchild calling in distress, they listen to instructions about wiring money to help in this crisis. Only it’s not a crisis- it’s a scam. The elderly are…