Somewhere between the funeral and the first property tax notice, you’re going to open a piece of mail addressed to your parent and realize you’re now in charge of a house. Nobody hands you an instruction manual for this. You’re grieving and you’re suddenly a homeowner (or a co-owner with three siblings you haven’t agreed
A client of mine, 67, told me she felt guilty. She’d been up past midnight scrolling listings for a one-story house with a smaller yard, and she felt like admitting she wanted less house meant she was giving up on something. I hear a version of this almost every week. Somewhere along the way, we
If you’ve ever come home from a weekend with the grandkids more tired than you thought a human could be, and also somehow lighter, happier, more you, I have some validation for you. Science just caught up to what you already knew in your bones. The Study That Backs Up What You Already Knew A
For years the story about a sharp memory in your 80s went something like this: some people just get lucky. Good genes, a fortunate draw, nothing you can do about it. If your parents forgot names in their 90s, you braced for the same. If your grandmother stayed razor sharp until she died at 95,
Picture a solo traveler. Go ahead, I’ll wait. If you pictured a 24 year old with a backpack and a GoPro, the data would like a word with you. Because the people actually leading the solo travel movement are the ones with a few more stamps in their passports and a lot more sense in
Somewhere in your house there’s probably a drawer with old ticket stubs in it. A musical you saw downtown. A museum exhibit you almost skipped. A concert where you stayed out later than you’d planned and regretted nothing. It turns out that drawer might be the most underrated health file you own. A new study
Ask a room full of people over 65 where they want to grow old, and the answer comes back fast. Home. My kitchen, my garden, my neighbors, my recliner that took eleven years to break in properly. The research backs up what we already know in our bones. A new Pew Research Center survey released
Preparing for What You Can’t Predict: Is Your Home Ready for Life’s Unexpected Changes? None of us can predict the future. We can’t predict an illness. We can’t predict an accident. We can’t predict when life will suddenly require us to see our homes in a completely different way. But we can prepare. That’s exactly
You have heard the story your whole life. After a certain birthday, it is all supposed to go one direction, and that direction is down. Slower, foggier, creakier, every year a little less than the last. It is such a common assumption that most people never think to question it. They just brace for it.
Somewhere along the way, most of us picked up the same story about aging. It goes like this: you peak, and then everything is a slow slide downhill. Your knees, your memory, your energy, all of it headed one direction. Here’s the thing. That story is wrong. And now we have the research to prove
Today my mom turns 90 years old, and I am sitting here trying to wrap my head around everything that number holds. Think about it. She was born in 1936 in rural Star City, Arkansas, back when the world hadn’t even heard of television yet. Ninety years is not just a long life. It’s practically
Why Housing Is Health: What Every Family Needs to Know About Aging, Caregiving, and Planning Ahead Caregiving often feels like it happens overnight. One day, your parent, grandparent, or loved one is living independently. The next, you’re navigating doctor appointments, home safety concerns, mobility challenges, and difficult decisions about the future. But as many caregivers
