January 17th, 2024 Don Akchin
No. 48/Jan. 17, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Tech Tools May Help Parkinson’s Patients Two devices emerging from Boston University’s Center for Neurorehabilitation could aid patients with Parkinson’s Disease walk with more confidence. One is mus… Read […]
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January 13th, 2024 Don Akchin
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. I can recall a time, not so long ago, when a certain word caused adults to recoil in fear. That word was cancer. Receiving a cancer […]
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January 6th, 2024 Don Akchin
Photo by Boston Public Library on Unsplash When my wife and I bought our co-op apartment 15 years ago, we said (half seriously) that we would live here for the duration. It was a ground floor unit, all on one level. The previous owner had already installed grab bars in both bathrooms. We were within […]
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January 3rd, 2024 Don Akchin
No. 47/Jan. 3, 2024 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Feds Attack Private Equity-Owned Medical Practices Private equity firms have been buying up physician practices, and the Federal Trade Commission has fired a shot across their bow in the […]
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December 30th, 2023 Don Akchin
Photo by Jarl Schmidt 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 the year ends, darkness has invaded our consciousness. Darkness, literally, because the days are short. Darkness, figuratively, as our species reveals its capacity for wielding death and destruction in Ukraine […]
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December 23rd, 2023 Don Akchin
Photo by Sincerely Media for Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. All my life I have made my living by working with my hands – if typing counts. So I had been concerned for months about the growing number […]
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December 20th, 2023 Don Akchin
No. 46/Dec. 20, 2023 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Equity Capital Wins, Assisted Living Residents and Staff Lose According to an investigation published Sunday by The Washington Post, investors have been buying assisted-living properties, putting pre… Read more
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December 16th, 2023 Don Akchin
Photo by Hubert Neufeld on Unsplash The EndGame is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Financially, my wife and I think we’re sitting pretty right now. We each get a monthly Social Security check, and she has a nice retirement fund thanks to 35 years of […]
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December 9th, 2023 Don Akchin
Photo by Chris Charles 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 attended my first Death Café. If that statement disturbs you, then you have just illustrated why Death Cafés are needed. Death is not a familiar presence in the […]
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December 6th, 2023 Don Akchin
No. 45/Dec. 6, 2023 NewScan is a biweekly briefing on news relevant to readers of The EndGame. NewScan is a premium feature exclusively for paid subscribers. Your Call Is Very Important To Us If you happen to call the Social Security Administration’s toll-free line with questions or concerns, you can expect to be on hold […]
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