

Ann Church
- Jun 8, 2018
I'm Still Depositing to my Memory Bank
This post is from Sheila, who is visiting with her family in Laguna Beach. Her grandson, Ryan is heading to high school this fall. A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably combed and shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the

Ann Church
- Jun 8, 2018
What it takes to age in place.
Barbara Ehrenreich, popular author and self-described mythbuster, has written about how, having reached her mid-70s, she has lived long enough and now forgoes regular medical exams. And Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a 60-year-old oncologist and bioethicist, argues that we might all be better off, himself included, if he dies at 75. But many who have reached that age — yours truly included — may prefer to think our lives are but three-quarters over. What will it take to age well in pla