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 […]
Photo by Christian Bowen on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Try a quick thought exercise with me: Imagine that you have just been diagnosed with a form of dementia (an umbrella term that includes Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, and others). How would […]
Photo by Unsplash+ In collaboration with Behnam Norouzi As a person born in the 20th century – who would have been more comfortable in the 19th – I find keeping up with technology to be a perpetual challenge. This is despite the fact that I am, if not fully tech literate, at least an experienced user. […]
No. 53/Mar. 27, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Thousands Lose Their Homes to Medicaid Clawbacks Medicaid, the state-administered health care program that pays nursing home and home care expenses for qualified low-income adults, is the only public… […]
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