Photo by visuals on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Gallons of ink have been spilled over the problem of people (men, mostly) who find retirement boring. They have abundant free time, and nothing to do. This is a legitimate problem because […]
No. 69/November 20, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. New “Medicine” for Loneliness: A Social Prescription Social prescribing, a practice that began in Great Britain, is when a physician prescribes a non-medical support or service – art classes, […]
Photo by Getty Images through Unsplash+ The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I started The EndGame to celebrate the positive aspects of getting older. As you and I are well aware, positive aging flies in the face of conventional wisdom […]
Photo by Yunus Tug for Unsplash First, my apologies for not showing up in your inbox for the past two Saturdays. It was not my intention to abandon you. Knowing that I would be going on vacation for 10 days, I selected two previous posts and set them up to be published on those two […]
No. 68/November 6, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Having a Satisfying Post-Career Life What does it take to have a satisfying life after you hang up your spurs? According to an article in the Harvard Business Review […]
No. 67/October 23, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. New Book Documents Preventable Elder Deaths Eldercide: How It Happened, How to Prevent It is the latest book by Brandeis University scholar Margaret Morganroth Gullette. In it, she documents […]
Photo by Centre for Ageing Better on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The kitchen renovation is 95% complete, our finances are secure again after the latest incident of identity theft, and we have planned, executed, and survived three […]
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. There is a major disconnect between what older adults want from health care and what the health care system delivers to them. That disconnect appears on every page of a […]
No. 66/October 9, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Election Dilemmas – Medicare Gets Even More Complicated From the “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished” Department: In 2025, out-of-pocket costs for drugs covered by Medicare are limited to $2,000 […]
Photo by Vladislav Babienko on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. From the time I was 12 years old, I knew exactly what I wanted to do in life. What a pity that I was wrong. My ambition was to become a […]
