 By Jim Selman | Bio
There is an old
joke that says, “Sex after 60 is better than ever, but the mounting and
dismounting aren’t so pretty.” If you’re laughing, you know what I’m
talking about. If not, you’re still young enough to have something to
look forward to. I attended a conference recently featuring Steve Pavlina,
the number one blogger on personal development. The topic was about
expanding traffic to your blog and one of his ideas was to write about
something ‘timeless’, something that lots of people have in common and
that breaks the mold of everyone’s expectations. Well, my writing has
been about transforming our notions of growing older and to encourage
intergenerational dialogue, so what better topic to muse on than SEX.[ Read More]
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 By Kevin Brown | Bio
Many of you are experiencing firsthand what
it means to be living with someone older than you. Perhaps you are a
teen or young adult living with your parents, or perhaps you are an
adult who has a parent or older relative living with you. Experience
reveals that at some point in our lives we will be sharing an
intergenerational relationship while under one roof. Most of us have
the experience of living with our parents while we grow up. But the
experience of taking on a caring role is very different.[ Read More]
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Young adults who like being at home with their parents are now
trend-setters. If the recent economic crisis has you looking at moving
back home to live with family, you're not alone. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune,
from 2000 to 2007, there has been a 67% increase in the number of
Americans who are living with an adult as head of their household.
Adults, instead of moving out in their teens and twenties, are choosing
to live at home or to rotate in and out well into their 30s. This
emerging trend toward closeness between generations and the development
of friendships between parents and their children creates opportunities
for Eldering. [ Read More]
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December 1st to 7th has been declared Intergenerational Week by the
Florida Department of Elder Affairs. This occasion highlights the
importance of developing and maintaining healthy relationships across
generations. Department of
Elder Affairs Secretary E. Douglas Beach states that, “Florida seniors remain a
vibrant part of their communities and are a potent economic force, and
their life lessons can play an important role in shaping the future of
younger generations.” As The Department is promoting a nationwide essay contest called the Legacy Project
that explores and encourages intergenerational relationships. Citizens
are encouraged to learn more about volunteer opportunitiesthat link seniors and youth and intergenerational programs throughout the state by contacting the Florida Department of Elder Affairs online or by calling 850-414-2000.[ Read More]
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As Boomers grow older, they are changing the way our culture views old
age and the possibilities for innovative living arrangements. Boomers
will stay active in the community and be among the healthiest 70 and
80-year-olds in U.S. history. No wonder that new living arrangements
are emerging like intergenerational housing communities, nursing homes
that are more like neighbourhood houses than hospitals, and small homes
on college campuses.Meanwhile, some senior centers are also evolving into progressive café-style environments that
emphasize healthy aging with nutritious, appealing food choices,
exercise classes like yoga and Pilates, and intergenerational volunteer
opportunities. For more information on changing the culture of aging and the long-term care of elders in America, visit The Pioneer Network,
a nationwide coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to
revolutionizing the traditional nursing home model so that in future we
do not have the isolated "geriatric ghettos" of today.[ Read More]
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The third week of September in the U.S. is a time to celebrate the
role all 92 million unmarried Americans--whether they are widowed,
divorced, separated or 'single'--play in our society. Organizations like Unmarried.org
(the Alternatives to Marriage Project) are active in changing current
stereotypes and addressing legislation and policies that deny an
unmarried individual's equal rights in terms of healthcare access and
taxation. Bella DePaolo, a UC Santa Barbara psychology professor and Huffington Post blogger, in her book Singled Out, lists these top 10 myths and stereotypes about singles and the policies affecting them: - Married people know best.
- Single people are single-minded: they are only interested in getting coupled.
- Singles are miserable and lonely and lead tragic lives.
- Singles are self-centered and immature and have nothing to do but play.
- Singles are 'incomplete': they don't have anyone and they don't have a life.
- Single people grow old alone and will die in a room by themselves.
- Single women find out that their work doesn't love them. Also, they either don't get any or they're promiscuous.
- Single men are horny, irresponsible and slovenly scary criminals. Or they are sexy, fastidious, frivolous and gay.
- The children of single parents are doomed.
- Singles are undervalued. Better to give all the benefits, perks and cash to couples on the basis of supporting family values.
DePaolo
indicates that marriage is not a guarantee of happiness or health (even though there is a major public campaign to promote lifelong heterosexual marriage as the key to solving our social problems). On the contrary, single people are more likely to
foster and maintain intergenerational and community ties and most singles are happy. [ Read More]
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The theme of the UK's Older People's Day (which will be October 1st this year) is bringing generations together. The
U.K.'s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) released figures late
last month that indicate people from different generations are spending
more time with people outside their own age group. Research conducted
through the British Marketing Research Bureau for the DWP's "Full of Life"
campaign, which celebrates the contributions older people make and
challenges stereotypes of what it means to be old, surveyed over 1,000
adults over the age of 15 from across Great Britain. They found the
following 10 'hot spots' for intergenerational interactions: - At family gatherings (60%)
- With neighbors (45%)
- At work (43%)
- At local pub/bar (29%)
- Out and about in the neighborhood (28%)
- Through children's friends (27%)
- Through a hobby or interest (23%)
- At a place of worship (16%)
- Through a community group (9%)
- Through charity or volunteer work (9%)
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 By Shae Hadden | Bio
Traditionally, a generation was defined as the time between the birth
of parents and the birth of their offspring (about 30 years). Recently,
however, a more accurate definition would be a group of people born and
shaped by a particular span of time. The eras of Generations X, Y and Z
span much less than two decades each. And every generation experiences
life from a different perspective including changing societal values,
technologies and career options. These different perspectives are very
apparent when we communicate with each other. [ Read More]
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Memorial Day is about remembering the sacrifices of our countrymen and
women in past wars—it is all about patriotism and not forgetting that
every American must do their part to sustain our democratic freedoms.
As I listen to folks talking, however, there are no conversations about
this or about much of anything other than reminences about last week's
golf games or past adventures or what is so-in-so doing these days.[ Read More]
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I have been having a lot of ‘state of the economy’ conversations
lately. The consensus is that we are going in the wrong direction and
the only question is how long, how deep and how prepared we are for the
long haul. I made the observation that the economic consequences of a
recession are only part of the problem. A recession is a trust issue.
When credit dries up, it means that lenders don’t trust the borrowers
to keep their commitments. It creates a kind of double-bind. Here is
how it works.[ Read More]
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