Successful Aging: What you need to know about age discrimination, Part 2
Dear readers, As noted last week, this year is the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). AARP and...
Successful Aging: More scams to be on the lookout for
Last week, S.B.’s mother almost became a victim of what is called the grandparents’ scam. The caller claimed to be her grandson who...
Successful Aging: Phone scams call on us to be more diligent about fraud directed at older Americans
Q: Someone called my mom claiming to be my son; he was crying and said he had a broken nose. The story was that he was in Las Vegas for a...
Successful aging: How to evaluate medical and health information online
This week’s column addresses the second part of S.T.’s question about evaluating medical information on the internet and the concern...
Successful Aging: How to find entry points in adding technology
Q I bought my 80-year-old mother a new iPad. She opened the box, threw up her hands and said, “I can’t do that.” What can I do to help...
Age doesn’t matter on this dating website
Q. I am in my early 70’s, divorced and looking for good male company. I avoided the more popular dating sites thinking that I would find...