The annual physical and financial housing check-ups
By Alain Valles, CRMP, CSA, MS, MBA, Nonprofit Managing Director
The doctor visit
Universal advice is to have a physical exam. This gives you the opportunity...
AARP launches ‘Stop Rx Greed’ campaign targeting high prescription drug prices
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
AARP has launched “Stop Rx Greed,” a nationwide campaign aimed at lowering prescription drug prices. The goal of...
Watching monarchs
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
Maybe it’s true, as Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, that “in spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of...
Keep pedaling
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
The summer I was 7, I was obsessed. I desperately wanted – no, I desperately needed – a bike.
Not that...
Affordable Connectivity Program and heating assistance help
BY MIKE FESTA, STATE DIRECTOR, AARP MASSACHUSETTS
High speed internet is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. And with the COVID-19 pandemic now entering its...
It’s about time
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
I suppose that most of us were happy to see the end of 2021 and hope that 2022 will be...
The ‘Otherness’ of aging
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D.
“You should have seen who I used to be.” ― Resident Johnny
I am a cisgender white woman. As such, I feel it...
Navigating the sometimes hard road of caregiving
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
“Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.” Anne Wilson Schaef
Elder care is not always easy or...
Gifts of wisdom at the holidays
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D., Executive Director, Colony Retirement Homes
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but...
Following your own path all the way to the end of the road
By Marianne Delorey, Ph.D.
“I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the...
