Stephen M. Golant, Ph.D., is a leading national speaker, author, and researcher on the housing, mobility, transportation, and long-term care of older adults.
https://t.co/sW16ImATVx It becomes critical for older people to connect visually with their outside worlds. Windows is an essential interior design element.
It becomes critical for older people to feel visually connected to their outside worlds. The windows in their dwellings emerge as essential interior design elements.
Is Telehealth in the Future of Older People? Telehealth will be an essential option for our future older population striving to age in place in their familiar homes.
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Striving To Belong: A Reason to Make a Residential Move https://t.co/debjDnEpaQ For my take on the importance of belongingness as a factor influencing where older people live, see my article on BoomingEncore.
Striving To Belong: A Reason to Make a Residential Move Older people want to feel welcomed, accepted, and respected in the place they call home. When they do not feel this sense of belongingness in their interactions with those around them, they risk feeling isolated and lonely.
Although useful, those “best place to retire” overviews don’t provide the info retirees require to make the hard decisions of where to live. https://t.co/O8ffodqa7m
Are critics right to ask older boomers to move from their seemingly oversized dwellings to accommodate the homeownership needs of younger occupants?
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Thanks to @bobgkramer for drawing attention to my recent article on @BoomingEncore recognizing not just the positive aspects of getting old, but also the downside realities of advanced old age.https://t.co/oJAKUTxrRj
Thanks to Laurie Orlov for reminding us that aging in place is not simply equated with aging well or optimally, or as I early expressed it in my book, Aging in the Right Place.
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See my new article at Booming Encore @BoomingingEncore on how older people's dwellings are becoming impressive control centers enabling even the physically frail and isolated to lead independent and dignified lives. https://t.co/M1gpNiIXBH
Let's celebrate, not criticize, older women taking control of their bodies and using skin care products and procedures to mask or alter their aging faces to feel good about themselves. There is no single pathway to aging optimally. https://t.co/du8YhjuSuU
When older persons have difficulty living independently, they count most on their families. But gender matters. Women are the preeminent caregivers. Moreover, they assume these responsibilities as many as three times during their lives.
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