As the Chief Gerontology Officer at the American Society on Aging, Leanne Clark-Shirley is a passionate advocate for fighting ageism, wherever it appears (even if it shows up in our own thoughts). In this interview, she talks about three main area where ageism harms older adults: Healthcare, climate change, and public policy. Among her observations: […]
Photo by Getty Images The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. There were signs and omens long before we fully realized my mother’s absent-mindedness had reached a dangerous state. There was the time she forgot to turn off the burner on […]
No. 38/ August 16, 2023 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Harvard Study Discovers What Makes Us Happy The Harvard Study of Adult Development started following participants 85 years ago and has now analyzed more than 2,000 people through three […]
Photo by Centre for Ageing Better on Unsplash The last few months have been increasingly difficult for my 92-year-old mother-in-law. Although she has been able to remain in an independent-living apartment, she finds that she needs outside help regularly. What she really wants is someone for an hour or two in the morning, to help her start her […]
What would you expect a serial entrepreneur to do in retirement? Stop? No way! Carl Landau, a successful creator of niche magazines and an events planning company, had no intention to stop playing with new business ideas in his “unretirement,” so he created a podcast, “I Used to be Somebody,” started a newsletter for Baby […]
Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. As a regular reader of The EndGame, you know that the newsletter is all about taking a positive approach to aging. I truly believe that we have more to look […]
No. 37/August 2, 2023 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Extreme Heat Especially Dangerous for Elders Anyone who still doubts the reality of climate change after last week’s brutal heat wave is just not paying attention. Extreme heat is […]
Photo by Giulia Squillace 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 words “work” and “retirement,” as we normally use them, are opposites and mutually exclusive: If you work, you’re not retired. If you’re retired, you don’t work. But […]
The groundbreaking works of Margaret Gullette have informed and inspired many present-day thinkers and activists fighting against ageism in American culture. In the second part of this interview, Gullette talks about: What makes ageism a “violent” force in people’s lives The connection between ageism and corporate profits What it means to be a public intellectual […]
Photo by Getty Images Like everyone else I know who has given the matter more than two seconds of thought, I want to spend my final years in my own comfortable home, thank you very much. More than 70% of American adults over 50 and 100% of Canadians over 65 agree. And, on the flip […]
