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Sunday, March 29, 2009

The geriatric gap: Our aging blind-spot We don’t understand what ‘growing old’ means

by: David Solie

It wasn’t the call. It wasn’t the flight. It wasn’t the hospital or even the startling news that his mother and father had been holding back information from him for over a year. With parents both in their late 70s, my friend Jeff knew there would come a day when their lifelong independence would be shaken by an unannounced change in health. Read the full article.

1 comment:

  1. When you articulate it the way Mr. Solie does it seems like "no brainer." Obviously it is more complicated. Thank you for a very insightful posting.

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