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A Good Night’s Rest is More Important Than Beauty Sleep: 5 Ways to Improve Sleep for Healthy Aging
For aging adults, declining quality of sleep and difficulty sleeping through the night are common problems. Sleep is an essential...
donjacques
Sep 26, 20185 min read
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Could Technology Be the Key to Reducing Social Isolation as We Age?
By Walter R. Boot, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, Florida State University) This is the second blog post on the theme of aging...
donjacques
Jul 31, 20185 min read
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Why Social Isolation is Bad for Us as We Age (And What We Can Do to Combat It)
By Vijeth Iyengar, PhD (Presidential Management Fellow, Administration for Community Living) Few people are surprised to learn that the...
donjacques
Jul 10, 20183 min read
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Is Losing Interest and Motivation Inevitable As We Age?
By Vonetta Dotson, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology and Gerontology, Georgia State University) Many of us have had the experience...
donjacques
May 31, 20184 min read
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Older Adults and Disasters: What You Need to Know
Why is disaster preparedness important? It is evident from recent headlines that the number of major disasters are on the rise. During...
donjacques
May 17, 20185 min read
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5 Steps to Jumpstart Your Career in Aging
By Hardeep Obhi, MA (Gerontology and Human Development and Family Studies Doctoral Student, Iowa State University) Did you know that...
donjacques
Apr 1, 20184 min read
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What is the Recipe for Success? 5 Ways Cooking Can Keep You Young
By Erin Cochrane, Sam Gilchrist, and Anna Linden (Department of Psychology, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN) Aging gracefully isn’t...
donjacques
Mar 29, 20185 min read
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A Good Death is an Important Part of a Good Life
This is the first of three blog posts on grappling with end-of-life issues. Posts will go up for the next three Fridays. Subscribe to our...
donjacques
Dec 8, 20174 min read
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Is Poking Fun at Birthdays a Harmless Way to Celebrate Them?
By Sheri R. Levy, PhD, & MaryBeth Apriceno (Stony Brook University) Have you ever noticed that the tone of birthday cards for children is...
donjacques
Nov 8, 20174 min read
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Accepting Help is Hard: Here’s Why There’s No Shame in Getting a Personal Care Assistant
By Alette Coble-Temple, PsyD (John F. Kennedy University) & Patricia Parmelee, PhD (Alabama Research Institute on Aging, The University...
donjacques
Sep 6, 20174 min read
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What’s the Secret to Combating Ageist Stereotypes? It’s Complicated
By Jeff McCarthy, MA (University of Windsor) & Anne Baird, PhD (University of Windsor) In Western societies, negative stereotypes about...
donjacques
Aug 14, 20174 min read
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Elder Financial Abuse is Here to Stay and It’s Time We Do Something About It
By Osnat Lupesko-Persky (Doctoral Student, Palo Alto University) and Lisa M. Brown, PhD (Professor, Palo Alto University) On February 13,...
donjacques
Mar 23, 20175 min read
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5 Ways to Become Better Involved In Medical Decisions as You Age
By Rebecca Delaney, MS (Doctoral Student in Development Psychology, West Virginia University) Throughout our lives we face a range of...
donjacques
Feb 2, 20173 min read
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What Macaque Monkeys Might Tell Us About Our Friendships as We Age
By Geoffrey W. Lane, PhD, ABPP (Geropsychologist) I’d like to spend this blog post talking about a rather decent-sized bombshell that has...
donjacques
Sep 7, 20166 min read
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Why We Should Celebrate Senior Citizens Everyday
By Sheri R. Levy, PhD1, Jamie L. MacDonald1, and Ashley Lytle, PhD2 (1Stony Brook University and 2Stevens Institute of Technology) Have...
donjacques
Aug 21, 20165 min read
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It’s Never Too Late to Find Your Inner Athlete
Sports participation offers physical and psychological benefits at any age By Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, PhD In August, when the 2016...
donjacques
Jul 26, 20163 min read
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Starting a Conversation: How We Can Reduce Health Disparities Among Older Adults
By Heather Plakosh, MA (Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology, Chatham University) & Jennifer Q. Morse, PhD (Associate Professor of...
donjacques
Jul 7, 20164 min read
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Breathe and Focus: How Practicing Mindfulness Improves Mental Health as We Age
By Flora Ma (Clinical Psychology PhD student, Palo Alto University) and Rowena Gomez, PhD (Associate Professor, Palo Alto University) As...
donjacques
May 25, 20163 min read
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We Get Happier as We Get Older (As Long as We Stay Fit)
You can build a better old age with exercise By Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, PhD Ponce de Leon was wrong: We’re not looking for the Fountain...
donjacques
May 11, 20164 min read
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Ageism Alert – Get the Facts on Aging
Most people hope to live long lives, yet American culture is filled with negative images of getting older. Older adulthood is thought of...
donjacques
Mar 25, 20164 min read
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