No. 58/June 5, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers Summer Bulletin: Watch Out for Heat Waves Deadly heat waves across the globe are posing serious health risks for older adults, who are the most likely to die from […]
Photo by Unsplash+ in collaboration with Getty Images The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. When it comes to employment for older adults, two competing forces are crashing against each other. On the one hand, millions of older adults want to […]
Photo by Maria Lupan on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This week I celebrated another birthday (73, thank you very much) with the customary rituals of witty cards, calls from my siblings, and dozens of birthday clicks from Facebook friends. I […]
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 […]
