Archive for the 'Of Interest to Seniors' Category

Is President Obama doing a good job?

He is.

Are you worried about health care?

Health care ideas are bouncing around the news lately. They say medicare will run out of money in 10 years. Some people can’t get insurance. What about “End of life counseling“?

What do you do for boredom?

Sometimes when senior citizens are alone they get bored.  I have books to read.  I have computer games. The trouble is I can’t sit still long enough.  When this happens I try to talk myself out of it.  I count my blessings and try to lie still in my bed and watch TV.  On nice [...]

How can we maintain brain function as we age?

As we age less blood gets to the brain due to high  cholesterol and lack of brain exercise.  We need to feed our brain with good nutrition and mental exercise.  Check out the link entitled, “Pick the Brain”.  This site addresses the question very well. Excellent site!  Make your brain work for you.  Do brain [...]

Should you invest money if you’re retired?

As a senior citizen, I still save money.  Especially if you’re under the age of 75 or so, investing can still be fun and profitable.   The stock market is low as are many stocks.  Real Estate is also an investment which will most likely go up.  Don’t invest money you can’t afford to lose.  Watch [...]

As you get older do you think of death more?

Death Pain Older People suffering

What do you do about short term memory loss?

memory loss, how to remember, short term memory

What will you do when social security runs out?

Live without Social Security? How will you survive?

Who looks after you when you’re old?

Care for older people, senior citizens, childless couples, love, children, long term care insurance, daughters, parents

It’s time to use your intelligence!

When you’re young, you can eat anything you like. You can climb trees, run and fall and everything is fine. Some of the things we can no longer do is painfully obvious. Evolution of the intellect can only occur when the brain is engaged. We have more knowledge than [...]