No. 57/May 22, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Senior Care Chains Protest Staffing Mandates To the surprise of exactly no one, the owners of senior care facilities are objecting to a new rule from the Centers for […]
Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Surveys consistently show that the vast majority of older adults prefer to age in place – in the comfort of their homes – rather than in institutional care. One big obstacle […]
Photo by Lucija Vukušić on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I have been beating myself up for several months about my undisciplined work habits. When I buckle down and concentrate, I can achieve a week’s worth of writing in two full […]
No. 56/May 8, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Real Estate Agents Help Families Leave Blue States A real estate company called Conservative Move specializes in helping politically and/or religiously conservative families living in blue states relo… Read […]
Photo by Ameer Basheer on Unsplash I paid my first visit to a new ophthalmologist last month. Her office was in the suburbs, in a sprawling office park of identical, square, red brick buildings surrounded by parking lots. To distinguish one building from another, they were cleverly named I, II, and III. I was looking for II. I […]
Photo by Ionela Mat on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. My wife and I took the fateful step of downsizing 17 years ago, selling our three-story Victorian house and purchasing a cooperative apartment. At the time, we knew we had moved […]
No. 55/April 24, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Multigenerational Homes Are a Trend Not so long ago, the kids couldn’t wait to leave the nest. Today, they can scarcely afford to live anywhere else. If one or […]
Photo by Chenyu Guan on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country,” the chairman of GM reportedly told Congress in the 1950s. The finance industry has its own version of this truism. Armed […]
Photo by infoxicated 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 absolute best thing about retirement is the ability to nap with impunity. When I worked in an office, on most days at some point between 10 am and noon there would […]
No. 54/April 10, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Driven to Drink Alcohol-related deaths among people over age 55 have increased 237% over the past two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some of […]
