The Holy Grail of American Sport. Body armour, helmets, full contact sport – The American Game Having won three Super Bowls, been four times ‘All First Team All Pro’, Rob Gronkowski announces his retirement at the great age of – wait for it – 29 years old! What! 29 nine years old, wow! Maybe it’s […]
Greatest fears that last a lifetime. Spelling, grammar and syntax carry my fear of being found out. Being called to stand before a group of strangers to write up the findings from a task set to the group – a big no, no, not me, it puts me in a spotlight that I would rather […]
When you’re 50+, if you haven’t already, sooner or later chances are you’ll hear new expressions from the medical profession relating to your body’s decline. For me it’s my bones, specifically my knees. I have run all my life and love to be jogging on the beach or in the woods or even the mindless […]
Dementia is typically an illness of old age; the longer you live, the greater your chances of developing dementia. In the UK, between the ages of 40 and 64, only one person in every fourteen hundred people has dementia. In those over the age of eighty it is one person in six. Women with dementia […]
There is an old saying that “wisdom is the comb that life gives you when your hair has fallen out”. Another phrase often used is “being wise after the event”. Anthony Trollope wrote that the wisdom of those of mature years comes from reflecting on our failures rather than considering our successes. A sentiment echoed […]
Continuing on from last week, here is part 2 of a presentation by David Shipley: Preparing for later life In order to cope with these changes, as men get older, they need to engage with other interests and other social networks, to re-introduce themselves to their partners and families and to seek new roles – […]
“When I was young, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way. But now these days are gone, I’m not so self-assured. Now I find, I’ve changed my mind. And I’ve opened up the door.” help! – Beatles It’s only now as 64 looms on the, not so distant, […]
I must have rolled over in bed and the pain had woken me. Whichever way I moved the pain was so intense that I fully expected to need to go to hospital, with the added indignity of needing to be carried out of bed by an ambulance crew, with me only wearing a pair of […]
Age means you are still valuable Saga is that well known organisation that focuses on the over 50’s and is often the butt of a comedian’s jokes but a recent survey has calculated that middle age doesn’t start until you have reached 53. Also it has been said that life begins at 60. In this […]
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