New Ways to Work
A Gift from Carleen Mackay, our Network Liaison in Hawaii … From full-time to part-time to some-of-the-time; from home to across town or across the world; for a fee, for free or for gain-sharing; many...
View ArticleA Telling Disconnect
Theresa Reid, PhD is Executive Producer and Host of the interview series, “Aging for Life.” I’ve been heavily involved in the gun violence prevention (GVP) movement in the United States for a few...
View ArticleWrite your life story, two pages at a time!
I first met James Birren (pictured above with Cheryl) in 1975 when I was a graduate student at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California (USC). Dr. Birren, the...
View ArticleJourney toward a Convention for the Rights of Older Persons
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. It was a historical moment for humanity. It outlines the fundamental human rights under which...
View Article“Adding Life to Years” at Last! A New Way of Measuring Aging
When President John F. Kennedy convened the first White House Conference on Aging, he said, “We have added years to life, now it’s time to add life to those years.” Fifty-eight years later, I recently...
View ArticleBecoming an elder leads us to reflect on what legacy we are leaving for our...
Lynne Iser Lifelong activist and founder of Elder-Activists.org Lynne is an elder activist who says, “Most of my adult life I have taught workshops focused on Conscious Aging, and on creating community...
View ArticleSupporting Older Entrepreneurs
I always knew that I would want to be busy and do meaningful work. And, I’ve been saying for years that the only thing that will get me to retire is having grandchildren. At my current age of 68, I...
View ArticleContemporary Libraries from Helsinki to San Francisco are reshaping their...
If I lived in Helsinki, I would be a daily visitor to Oodi, the city’s cool new library/living room. If I lived in the US, I would seek out libraries that would help me navigate the world of senior...
View ArticleBusiness for Good
Jan Hively and Moira Allan, Pass It On Network’s co-founders, share some encouraging news in this joint blog about their findings on how business for good is taking off – and ask if you see examples of...
View ArticleHoliday Strategies
By Sherry Saurno (Reprinted from Senior Planet) We’re heading into that time of the year…the most wonderful, and the most stressful. We know the holidays are stressful for anyone who has family…but...
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