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Get ready for Pi Day!
2008-03-11 21:32:00 No recipes today. I just wanted to build the hype for Pi Day on Friday! In case you don’t remember from eighth grade math class, March 14, or 3.14, is know as Pi Day. In celebration of this momentous annual holiday, I’m holding a Pi Day at my office. I’ve collected flavor requests and a few ... More About: Ready , Get Ready
I am now officially old, who knew?
2008-03-11 14:27:00 I wear glasses and have since I was 40. I am farsighted. Usually my vision and eyeglass lense changes were about every 4-5 years and were minimal. 10 years ago, I went to bi-focals and 5 years ago to tri-focals. But with new eyeglass designs, it was no big deal. 18 months ago I had ... More About: Who Knew
Green Goddess Dip
2008-03-10 22:15:00 I’m going to continue with my tribute to Project Runway simply because I think it’s a fun theme. Oh, and I found out my hair stylist knows Christian Siriano, and he said he’ll tell him to read my blog. That might have something to do with it. More About: Green , Goddess
Disability Insurance - Whose hands are you in?
2008-03-07 22:44:00 How do you define disability? A back injury or bad fall that keeps you away from work for several months, or even permanently? More About: Insurance , Hands , Disability
Diabetes: Don’t Forget Alert Day March 25
2008-03-07 15:08:00 First, I wanted to let you know of a nice blog on Diabetes by someone with it. Interesting, informative, and real. See it here. Nice to have reality in discussing a long standing chronic disease that affects millions. Also, I just wanted to put in a reminder about the Diabetes Alert Day on March 25, ...
Fierce food
2008-03-06 16:59:00 I admit, I’m a Project Runway junkie. This was by far the best season yet, featuring some amazing creative talent and adorable personalities. I’m sad the season is over, though last night’s finale was, as Heidi would say, “überfierce.” In honor of the winner and fellow Annapolitan, Christian Siriano, I’m offering up my absolute fiercest recipe ... More About: Food
Roasted root vegetable pot pie
2008-03-06 16:20:00 Here’s the recipe I promised yesterday (adapted from Better Homes and Gardens cookbook and Cooking Light (Oct. 2006) More About: Vegetable , Root
Women: ageless, a celebration
2008-03-05 17:59:00 A friend sent me these 2 videos. One is women in film, magnificent portrayal. And the second an absolutely hysterical video of a seasoned female comedian. So today, in celebration of women, cause I am one and am not afraid to let video do the talking….for your viewing enjoyment. Please feel free to post your ... More About: Women , Celebration
Back to my roots
2008-03-05 17:18:00 When I arrived at work this morning, I rushed up to my office, dropped my bags, grabbed a dollar, and ran back downstairs to the bagel shop beneath our office to purchase my weekly obsession: the Wednesday Washington Post. I flipped through the folds and there it was in all its glory: “FOOD.” More About: Back , Roots
Older Moms
2008-03-05 16:04:00 I’ve been thinking a lot lately of what it means to be an older mother. I had my children at ages 38 and 42 – three weeks shy of my 43rd birthday. That means that when I’m 60, my youngest will have just turned 18. This blows me away. The thought of being 60 and ... More About: Moms
Sending Emotional Contact Via Robots, Nursing Home Benefit?
2008-03-03 20:38:00 Okay, I have had enough. The newspapers are touting a new research on the benefits of providing those metal robotic dogs to aging nursing home residents and the wonderful benefits they bring. Am I losing my mind here? Benefits of a robotic animal that does not expend emotion, give affection or respond in a normal ... More About: Robots , Home , Contact , Nursing Home , Nursing
Senior Healthcare Writer
2008-03-03 20:13:00 It was a bit of a surprise to be given the opportunity to share my thoughts with this online community so soon into my career here at Erickson – although it’s a welcome surprise. Some background about me: I’m a 43 [soon to be 44] year old native New Yorker, married to a history professor ... More About: Senior , Healthcare , Writer
The great peanut butter debate
2008-02-29 19:00:00 After I wrote my post yesterday, I started thinking: Is low fat peanut butter really worth it? I mean, it’s grainy and lacks that real peanuty punch you get in the full-fat version. Plus, extra crunchy low fat definitely isn’t as crunchy as regular. That said, I’ve eaten low fat peanut butter since it was first ... More About: Peanut , Great , Debate , Butter
Of this and that, updates health, caregiving…life
2008-02-29 17:18:00 It’s Friday and it’s been a long week. Lots of health updates in the news and more studies being released. The one that grabbed me yesterday was one featured in Harvard’s Health Beat, an electronic publication. It’s about caregivers. Here’s the quote: Well over 44 million informal or family caregivers offer assistance of all sorts in ... More About: Life , Updates
From PB & J to candles and wine
2008-02-28 22:29:00 I didn’t used to embrace cooking for one or eating alone, especially a nice, fancy meal. I figured, “What’s the point?” Why waste all those ingredients on just myself? So I would make meager meals like peanut butter and jelly (okay, I still eat that a lot); vegetables with salt, pepper, olive oil and some bread; ... More About: Wine , Candles
‘Cooking for One’ in today’s Washington Post
2008-02-27 15:58:00 The Washington Post printed a delicious article in its Food section today on cooking for one– “The ‘Whatever’ Approach Is What I Do Best,” by Erin Zimmer. Sign up for a free online subscription to the Post and give it a glance. Zimmer writes about “winging it” when it comes to measurements, ingredients, and especially the ... More About: Cooking , Washington Post , Today
Who Should Tell You What To Eat?
2008-02-26 17:53:00 Each month Erickson Health produces newsletters that are themed with articles to help you live even better, no matter what your health. These are free. If you want to sign up to receive these, you can go here. Recently, I posted about Diabetes Awareness Day (March 25) and how people can test their risk for ...
A smoothie start
2008-02-26 14:37:00 I believe in breakfast. I mean a good, healthy breakfast–not the sweet, sugary, syrupy kind you get at Bob Evans. And whether you’re a breakfast-eater or not, the facts are it gets your metabolism going so you start burning calories earlier in your day, and it gives you the energy you need to be active. I’ve ... More About: Start
One cookie at a time
2008-02-20 15:58:00 My mom makes the world’s best chocolate chip cookies. They are irresistibly chewy inside with a crispy outside and a flavor to die for. Literally. They are so unhealthy you can almost feel your arteries clogging with every bite. The worst part is, they are so good that just one is not enough. Neither are two ... More About: Time , Cookie
The Wii Lives On and On And On
2008-02-19 14:39:00 Several months ago, the residents of many of our communities got hooked on bowling with Wii. Our media team created a video of the tournament between 4 communities and placed it on You Tube here. We got print press and national TV coverage, not to mention it being a You Tube favorite. The best thing ... More About: Lives
Diabetes Alert Day: March 25, 2008
2008-02-18 19:51:00 20TH ANNUAL AMERICAN DIABETES ALERT® DAY 2008 is March 25, 2008. What happens that day? Millions of people who do not even know they are at rish for Diabetes , can take a short test, on line or off, and see their risk for getting Diabetes. It’s private but if you score at risk, you are ... More About: Alert
Here’s to cooking single
2008-02-15 22:34:00 If you’re single, like me, or if the kids have fled the nest, cooking can be frustrating. Most recipes serve four to six people, not one or two. And who really wants to spend their time and brain cells scaling down measurements? Not me! But herein lies the dilema–I love to cook. So, having spent countless ... More About: Cooking , Single
Thank you GOOGLE!
2008-02-14 16:06:00 Happy Valentines Day to all. Many of my posts deal with the forgotten generation: elders, seniors, over 65 population, no matter what you call them, they seem to be forgotten among some presidential candidates, policy makers, and more. More About: Google
Hillary Clinton, the resilient female candidate
2008-02-12 15:16:00 Today, the Wall Street Journal online has a great article about the Democratic candidates and the primary. You can read it by clicking here. This blog is an extremely personal one. It is not an endorsement of any candidate but rather a view from one boomer, female, during this historical occasion. More About: Female , Hillary Clinton , Clinton , Hillary , Candidate
Keep Waiting:Emergency Room for Seniors, Obama and Clinton, updates
2008-02-11 15:55:00 The theme of the blog today is how we keep waiting; and no, it’s not the John Mayer song of the same name. Today, as always, its about health care for seniors, older people, boomers, whoever. How does that fit with both emergency rooms and the presidential campaign? More About: Updates , Obama , Emergency Room , Clinton , Room
Exit Polls, More than you wanted to know?
2008-02-06 18:41:00 The Kaiser Foundation always puts out factual information. And today, they analize the vote (from exit polls) and what’s on the top of minds of voters. You can find the entire article here. In general, I hate exit polls as the media uses them to tell you who won the primary as soon as More About: Polls , Wanted , Exit polls
Forget to vote and stand a chance to remain forgotten
2008-02-04 20:30:00 Super Tuesday is upon us. It may not be as much fun as SuperBowl but we need to get out the vote, particularly on the 65 and older population. I was inspired by a blog on the Healthcare Policy Blog which basically stated there is it doesn’t matter which candidate you choose as it relates to healthcare. ... More About: Chance , Vote , Stand , Forgotten
More fulfilling retirement–new concept or just more catching on?
2008-02-01 21:41:00 Last March I interviewed and profiled Emily Kimball, The Aging Adventurer, in The Erickson Tribune. Now I receive her monthly newsletter in which I always find something interesting or relevant to the Tribune. This month, I found one item particularly insightful when I thought about the local pages of the Trib and Erickson Retirement Communities’ ... More About: Concept , Tire
No Country for Old People: No Movie, Real Life
2008-01-29 15:59:00 I am a bit reflective today; a cross between sick of nothing being said by a boomer presidential group of candidates who are not discussing the aging of America, and boosted by some good posts, articles, quotes that make me (at least) feel better about aging. First, a more scientific report that addresses the state of ... More About: Movie , Life , People , Country , Real
Forgetting the Boomers, and the 65 Plus Population
More articles from this author:2008-01-28 14:45:00 Is it me, or have I missed any of the presidential candidates reaching out to boomers and above for their vote? Nowhere is there more fervor than in this population, especially when it comes to managing health care and health costs. Isn’t anyone listening? The over 65 population counts for most health costs and it’s ... More About: Boomers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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