Seniors know that we are now in Open Season for changing our Medicare Advantage providers if we so choose.
We know this as our mailboxes are filled with ads from every company in our zip code which provides this insurance!
BUT – in 2010 we MUST make any changes by the end of this December. The deadline is not next March like it used to be!
If you are a senior or know a senior – PLEASE – be sure if they want to make any changes that they do so by the end of this month!
"OLD" lady with a beer after biking 36+ miles over 10 PDX bridges!
They can get fat – but so can a 3 year old! Do they have to get fat? Of course not. Metabolisms change but the changing of one's eating habits and the increasing of exercise will do wonders about weight.
[I'll let you in on a secret – this works for all ages!]
I hear people say this and I am not sure what they mean by fragile. Do they think bones just break, that older people fall all the time or are so weak they can't move around?
Bones lose density; especially for post-menopausal women but there are ways to help that not happen. Now that we know more about osteoporosis I expect we will see fewer older persons who develop the hunched over position.
As for fragility? Ski areas on Mt. Hood in Oregon offer free skiing for those over 71 or 72 depending on the area. I've met skiers over 80 skiing away there. Fragile? Nope. Maybe the regular skiing keeps them strong?
I teach lifespan human development and many in my classes are nurses. A student once said that he never realized that older people could be healthy – his entire experience with persons over 65 was in a hospital. It was an "AHA" moment for him to learn that he [and we] know little about healthy persons as they age – precisely because they are not in hospitals or assisted living homes where studies can easily be done.
Read the full article about these 5 myths and then please come back here to chat about them.
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Our lifespans have increased and our health is better. So do we continue to “retire” at 65? 70?
Or will we take on newer careers at those ages?
The median annual income for older women [ 65 and up] is a few thousand dollars over the definition of poverty level. And although we worked hard at women’s equality – we are not equal financially. Our income at over 65 is about half of that of a male.
So it makes economic sense for women to keep working. I’ll always work – but it will not ever be 9 to 5. I’ve tried that a few times and it doesn’t fit my psyche :- ). I’ve changed careers many times…when I was 50 I went to law school and my son, who was then 11, wrote an essay about me that ended with “My mom is 50 and she still doesn’t know what she wants to be when she grows up.” His mom is almost 67 and still wonders what she’ll be when she grows up….I love reading and learning – but
for now I’m content to do it on my own without collecting any more degrees….
I’m more into degree-less work now….It its my growing older better psyche : -)