“Volunteers are as effective as antidepressants.”
Today my wife sent me an article entitled "For the Very Old, a Dose of ‘Slow Medicine" by Abigal Zuger, M.D. (found at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/health/views/26books.html) The article reviews "My Mother, Your Mother: embracing slow medicine, the compassionate approach to caring for your aging loved ones," by Dennis McCullough, M.D. Dennis McCullough is a geriatrician at Dartmouth Medical School. I have not read the book so I will reserve my comments about the book for a later time. I have "one-click" at Amazon.com
Fulfilling the promise…
At some point in our lives we are likely to face dependency. We can hide our heads in the sand and pretend that "...it will never happen to me." But after 20 years of observations, I'm certain that the odds are not in your favor, and it may happen suddenly and sooner than you think. Of course, entrepreneurs intuitively recognize an opportunity. Initiating a word search for anti-aging products produces millions of
Starting January 1, 2011, the first of 80 or so million members of the Boom generation began turning 65. It will take about 19 years for all of us to get there but most of us will get there. It is not a little disconcerting to think what kind of pressures we will put on the economy, especially the health care system and finally the long-term care facilities.
