It’s official: here’s a snapshot of the results of our older bloggers survey. Yes, older bloggers do gain mental, emotional and social benefits from blogging, and yes, some do have problems with usability and accessibility. Mental benefits: 75% of respondents agreed that blogging “gives me something new to think about”, and 19% made comments similar […]
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Here I wrote about my undignified response upon discovering that I was likely to live to about 98 or 99. Now you can listen to an episode on the topic in my podcast, How to be old. http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct02/attitudes.aspx
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(Republished from 2016) In which I enrol in a Massive Open Online Course on the Science of Happiness even though I am not unhappy. OK, here’s one boot camp task that I haven’t peered into yet. It is rather weirdly worded: “Align happiness factors.” Why did I write it that way, so prissy and […]
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In which five tips for minimizing the risk of Alzheimer’s are shared and ignored by the people most in need, although it’s never too late to benefit. For years now, research into Alzheimer’s disease has had a clear theme: Change your lifestyle to protect your brain. In July 2015, the Alzheimer’s Association held its international conference in Washington […]
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