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Savvy Senior: Home Modification Tips for ‘Aging-in-Place’
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
My wife and I would like to make some affordable changes to our home so we can remain living there for as long as possible. Can you recommend some good resources that can help us determine what all we need to consider?
Getting Old
Dear Getting,
Many older adults, like you and your wife, want to stay living in their own home for as long as possible. But being able to do so will depend on how easy it is to maneuver your living space as you get older. Here are some helpful resources you can turn to, to get an idea of the different types of features and improvements that will make your house safer and more convenient as you grow older.
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Release Day Has Arrived! Love is a Mystery 11 Times Over in New Anthology, ‘Cupid Shot Me: Valentine Tales of Love, Mystery & Suspense’
Nothing says ‘I love you’ quite like murder! Prepare for a bloody Valentine’s Day with a heart stopping new collection of LGBTQ mysteries, thrillers and suspense short stories – mine included! With an introduction by iconic gay mystery author Michael Nava, and including eleven top-notch short stories from some of the best writers in the genre, ‘Cupid Shot Me: Valentine Tales of Love, Mystery & Suspense’ will keep you on the edge of your seat with each journey into love and homicide. NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON and at select locations listed below.
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One Thing or Another Podcast: Book Reviewer Terri Schlichenmeyer Talks LGBTQ Books for Young Adults
I’ve had the pleasure of sharing Terri Schlichenmeyer’s syndicated book reviews at LGBTSR.com for many years now. In this conversation, we talk about the increase in books for young adults with LGBTQ content, as well as the growing effort in some school districts across the country to prohibit books that address topics like sexual orientation, gender identity and race. Fasten your headphones for another engaging chat with Terri. You can hear my previous conversations with her HERE and HERE.
About Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 13,000 books. -
On Dreamshaping: An Inside Job
Mark McNease
It’s not the thing the emotion attaches to, it’s the emotion.
It’s not the person or event the anger attaches to, it’s the anger.
It’s not the thoughts around which the confusion swirls, it’s the confusion itself.When I’m consumed by an emotion, even something as simple as anger aimed at another driver on the road, it’s the emotion that generates my state of mind, not the other driver. So many people have a need be angry, or even enraged, without ever comprehending that the object of their rage is not the issue: it is the rage, and the need for it, that lies at the heart of the experience.
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The Twist Podcast #182: Florida Goes Dark, Subreddit Foot Longs, M is for Malaise, and the Week in Headlines
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we consider Florida’s MAGA remake, hang out with the Reddit trolls, express the general malaise settling across the land, and offer up our weekly Twist Tops, headlines and listicles.
Enjoy The Twist on Libsyn, iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, and TheTwistPodcast.com.
Copyright 2021 MadeMark Publishing
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The Weekly Readlines January 26
The Weekly Readlines (rhymes with headlines!) offers news you can use every Wednesday morning. Subscribe here.
BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES First the good news: the Supreme Court, which doesn’t often make it into the ‘good news’ section, bit the hand that fed it and rejected former president Trump’s claim of executive privilege. Ingrates!
The stock market took its worst tumble since the pandemic began. Virginia lurched jarringly to the right under the sheep-clothed wolf named Governor Youngkin, while Florida made further inroads into simply erasing Black people. Putin made it clear he wants Ukraine for breakfast, and the world generally accelerated its handbasket ride to hell.
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Ronni Sanlo’s This Day in Lesbian Herstory (January 19 – 25)
Ronni Sanlo’s This Day in Lesbian Herstory makes the past ever-present with daily rundowns of historic events and people.
Ronni Sanlo
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Savvy Senior: How to Recognize a Mini-Stroke and What to Do
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
How can a person know if they’ve had a minor stroke? My 72-year-old mother had a spell a few weeks ago where she suddenly felt dizzy for no apparent reason and had trouble walking and speaking, but it went away, and she seems fine now.
Concerned Son
Dear Concerned,
The way you’re describing it, it’s very possible that your mom had a “mini-stroke” also known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA), and if she hasn’t already done so she needs to see a doctor as soon as possible.
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Love is a Mystery 11 Times Over in New Anthology, ‘Cupid Shot Me: Valentine Tales of Love, Mystery & Suspense’
What better way to start the new year than with a thrilling new collection of LGBTQ mysteries, thrillers and suspense short stories – mine included! With an introduction by iconic gay mystery author Michael Nava, and including eleven top-notch short stories from some of the best writers in the genre, ‘Cupid Shot Me: Valentine Tales of Love, Mystery & Suspense’ will keep you on the edge of your seat with each journey into love and murder. NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER.
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Kapok Aging and Caregiver Resources: Age and Cognitive Decline – The Link Isn’t all that Straightforward
By Angelica Herrera Venson, DrPH, MPH
The following excerpt is reprinted with permission from Kapok Aging and Caregiver Resources.
Aging comes with a wide range of stereotypes and assumptions. The link between age and cognitive decline is one of the most common examples. It’s easy to assume that people become less capable as they age, that their ability to understand and reason naturally decreases.
We can even find ‘evidence’ if we look hard enough, like the way that short-term memory often decreases with age or how seniors sometimes struggle to pick up new concepts.
Despite these patterns, aging and cognitive decline aren’t as well linked as you might expect.
Instead, older adults learn and adapt in many different ways. They often remain fully competent throughout their lives. Many even embrace new concepts and technologies, becoming as engaged as individuals from younger generations.
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Book Review: Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me about Caring for the Living, by Robert A. Jensen
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm Sez
Personal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me about Caring for the Living, by Robert A. Jensen
c.2021, St. Martin’s Press $28.99 / $38.50 Canada
294 pagesPick up eggs. Milk. Macaroni. Bread.
If you don’t jot down a list of things you need to find, you’ll forget something. Apples. Light bulbs. Flour. Putting things on paper helps you to remember what you need and what’s missing. But in the new book, “Personal Effects” by Robert A. Jensen, the pick-up is more personal; the items, more heart-wrenching…
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Savvy Senior: Tax Breaks for Caregiver of Elderly Parents
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
Are there any tax breaks that you know of for family caregivers? I help financially support my 82-year-old mother and would like to find out if I can write any of these expenses off on my taxes.
Supplemental Sam
Dear Sam,
There are actually several tax credits and deductions available to adult children who help look after their aging parents or other relatives. Here are some options along with the IRS requirements to help you determine if you’re eligible to receive them.