Born to Age • December 8, 2016 By Yvonne Baginski Excerpts from “I Ching for Wise Living and Aging” by Willie Norup Be Positive As you live and age, consciously direct your creativity to positive ends, and you will be a source of joy, help, and inspiration to others. Demonstrate kindness, tolerance, [...]
Born to Age • December 8, 2016 By Yvonne Baginski Willie Norup knows a lot about change. In his lifetime, he’s lived in nine countries, 34 houses and has worked in 82 countries. When he retired from a consulting practice twenty five years ago, he looked forward to exploring new ways [...]
Born to Age • December 8, 2016 By Yvonne Baginski Drug discount programs may reduce your out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs. Government agencies, retail pharmacies, drug manufacturers, and non-profit organizations offer a wide variety of programs with different kinds of benefits. One may be right for you.The resources listed are provided as [...]
Born to Age • December 9, 2016 By Yvonne Baginski Napa County Alliance for Senior Education (NCASE) envisions a community college system that puts the word “community” back into the name of local community colleges and serves and engages populations that live up to 100 years and beyond. We are [...]
Born to Age • December 8, 2016 Source: NHPCO.org Hospice is not a place—it’s high-quality care that focuses on comfort and quality of life. Hospice is paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, and most insurance plans. Fear of costs should never prevent a person from accessing hospice care. Hospice serves anyone with [...]
Born to Age • December 9, 2016 By Yvonne Baginski Don’t flush medications down the toilet, or even throw them in the trash. Hold onto your medications until there’s a medication drive in your city. Any medications thrown or flushed away, eventually make it into our water system and are [...]
Born to Age • March 8, 2016 By Yvonne Baginski Before she joined the Diablo Valley Threshold Choir, Shirley McElhattan’s voice had only graced the inside of the car, or the shower. She admits she was always a “wannabe” singer, with no training or expectations that she’d ever be a [...]
Born to Age • December 9, 2016 By Yvonne Baginski There are only 2 pieces of paper that you need to prepare for planning your wishes for end of life care. 1. Advance Directive This is for EVERYONE over the age of 18. With the Advance Directive, you appoint an [...]
Born to Age • March 8, 2016 By Nancy Hoffman, a practicing geriatric psychologist located in Benicia, CA. Start with easy questions about childhood and early years. When and where were you born? Have you heard stories about the day you were born? Who were you named for and why? [...]
Born to Age • March 8, 2016 By Steven Campbell There are two ways to look at time: The way most of us see it. A way that can change our lives. Most of us see time as seconds ticking away; one moment after another. Here’s the problem: We [...]