Healthy Aging – Part 6: Acceptance
Healthy Aging Part 6: Acceptance by Robin Bush ISR Communications Acceptance takes courage. As a child, perhaps we had to learn to accept that our strength might not be in […]
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Not Giving In or Giving Up
Not Giving In or Giving Upby Robin Bush, ISR CommunicationsB.J. Miller, MD, a palliative care physician at the University of California, San Francisco, Cancer Center, had his lower legs and […]
Tips for Seniors: New Veteran Digital Navigator Program
New Veterans Digital Navigator ProgramGlenda’s Tip of the Month: Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs has launched the new Digital Navigator Program (DNP) to connect Veterans and their families to […]
Accepting and Transforming Loneliness for Healthy Aging
Accepting and Transforming Loneliness for Healthy Aging by Charles LaFond – ISR Senior Development Director Loneliness and isolation are not identical, but together, they can be as bad for one’s […]
Healthy Aging – Part 5: Defeating Ageism
Healthy Aging Part 5: Defeating Ageism by Robin Bush, ISR CommunicationsAgeism was coined in 1968, and defined as prejudicial attitudes and policies that perpetuate negative stereotypes toward older people. Over […]
Aging Unbound
Aging Unboundby Katheryn Howell, ISR Senior Director of Community ProgramsEstablished in 1963, Older Americans Month (OAM) is celebrated every May. Led by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), OAM is […]
What Choice Do We Have?
What Choice Do We Have?by Charles LaFond, ISR Senior Director, DevelopmentEvery day, I see someone, on my errands, on this island, which makes me think, “I hope they will be […]
Healthy Aging – Part 4: Positive Attitude
Healthy Aging Part 4: Positive Attitudeby Robin Bush, ISR Communications”There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the […]
Mindfully Becoming an Elder
Mindfully Becoming an Elderby Robin Bush, ISR CommunicationsWe are all familiar with the life steps of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, but as a culture, we have not acknowledged the phase […]
Blue Zones
The Blue Zonesby Robin Bush, ISR CommunicationsThere are five places in the world where people live longer, than anywhere else. Known as The Blue Zones, they include Ikaria, Greece; Loma […]