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The Hamptons isn't just mansions and celebrities behaving badly. 1/4 of the population is Latino and some of them are 65+. The healthcare system still catching up. bit.ly/3ONIFJF My story for The World

"You have to be adaptable" as an older person living alone, with health issues. On a great webinar via KFF Health News w/ Judith Graham that comes out of her fantastic series on #aging alone in the US kffhealthnews.org/news/article/c…

Ditching cash payments - one more thing that makes life harder for older people, as it ignores what may be failing eyesight and/or manual dexterity. We'll all be old one day nyti.ms/41ynym9 by Paula Span

And you thought using a #Travel agent was a thing of the past. Or maybe it was just me. Turns out they are now called advisors & can be pretty useful bit.ly/4ggymJZ by Richard Eisenberg

#Aging Population: The number of foreign-born older people in the US is increasing fast. It's expected to reach 23% of the total older population by 2060. Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is offering #fallprevention classes in Spanish. Ashley Milne-Tyte theworld.org/stories/2024/1…

Oh, the joys of trying to use a refund debit card instead of getting an actual refund. It's a growing practice. My piece forbes.com/sites/nextaven… via Forbes w chuckbell Amas Tenumah

Seems appropriate right about now: bit.ly/42cJ2oK by rebecca m. knight via Harvard Business Review

Men are still dying for all sorts of reasons at younger ages than women, but today's younger men should age healthier bit.ly/3EFzRn6 my story for NPR w/ support from Gerontological Society of America (GSA)

Strongly agree w/ the writer here. The word 'old' needs a re-brand. Too many hear/see the word and automatically think 'that's not me' even if they're 85. What do you think? elderberries.substack.com/p/rebranding-o… by Avivah WittenbergCox

Thanks for being honest about how much work and how un-lucrative #freelancing can be Alisha Miranda This post really resonates with me. c @The_IJJ

Planning to look after parent or spouse having an outpatient knee or hip replacement op? Read this first. Same day release can bring challenges for #caregivers bit.ly/3Gm4Wgv my piece for Next Avenue w/ Joe Brancatelli 's insights

Fewer friends in old age - so many in immigrant communities are in this position because there's so much emphasis on family. Great piece on how Latinos in Denver are beating #loneliness denverite.com/2025/04/02/lat… via JAWS

Another great presentation today by The Encore Network about use of AI to help w/ the hob hunt esp for older workers. Am impressed by their webinars. Recommended.

"If we said it was a support group for men, they're not gonna come...we don't want to be perceived as being vulnerable." My latest piece for NPR explores why social #isolation hits older men so hard & what one group in Maine is doing about it: bit.ly/3GFv1Hm

I should add, thanks to Gerontological Society of America (GSA) for awarding me a fellowship that enabled me to do this NPR reporting on how older men age and how they can do it better - much appreciated

Glad #solotravel is catching on with so many people. I have great memories from solo trips where I met some fascinating people and learned so much economist.com/culture/2025/0…

Looking to interview someone over 65 who’s fed up of reading articles on “aging well” and doesn’t feel they fit the “successful ager” stereotype.

Being a stepmother has been hard, isolating and a lot of fun. So many are doing it but society isn’t quite ready to recognise our role - my story on 10 years as a stepmom nextavenue.org/a-stepmothers-… For Next Avenue

Fantastic piece on male friendships, why they're easy to lose over time and why it's important for men to keep them up: bit.ly/4mNSkQa via The New York Times

For #journalists interested in the next few decades of change, Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is looking for its next set of journalism fellows on aging - I was one last year & highly recommend it geron.org/Resources/Jour…