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Approaching Senior Years with Humor

Approaching Senior Years with Humor

Lyn Widmyer is the author of Chasing Pills: I Must be Old, I Have a Pill Dispenser is a humorous guide to overcoming the pitfalls of aging—like unwanted body noises and the fear of dementia.

 

For the past 15 years, she has shared humorous thoughts and observations about living on a farm, parenting, travel, serving as an elected official and growing older. Her columns have appeared in various newspapers around West Virginia and Maryland.

Reduce the Risk of Falling
Understanding End of Life Option
When a Loved One Says, "I Have Cancer"
The Future of Our Health Care System
The Aging Boomers--Growth of Residential Care Homes
Franchise Business Review Interviews Senior Care Authority Founder
Preventing Injuries AFTER a Fall
THE AGING BOOMERS--Slowing the Aging Process
THE AGING BOOMERS--Training for Aging
Walkers Reinvented
Surviving and Thriving After the Grieving Process
What Skilled Nursing Facilities Don't Always Tell You
THE AGING BOOMERS™--Keeping your Brain Nimble
Loving What We Do - A Reflection
THE AGING BOOMERS - Seniors Don’t Have to Travel Alone
Gerontechnology and How We Think About Aging
Living Well... Despite Alzheimers
THE AGING BOOMERS - The Financial Burden of Medical Transportation Costs
THE AGING BOOMERS - Bucket List Goal: Writing A Book
Ten Things To Be Aware of Before Placement in a Nursing Home
THE AGING BOOMERS--Should We Be Parenting Our Parents?
What You Need To Know About Estate Planning
THE AGING BOOMERS: Self-Help Wellness
THE AGING BOOMERS - Meeting the Challenges of Solo Aging
THE AGING BOOMERS--The Caregiver’s Recipe For Resilience
THE AGING BOOMERS: Prostate Cancer – A New Approach
Phased Retirement Strategy
THE AGING BOOMERS - Preventing Financial Elder Abuse
THE AGING BOOMERS - When to Consider In-home Care
THE AGING BOOMERS - Managing Your Medications More Effectively
THE AGING BOOMERS - Difficult Conversations With Aging Parents
THE AGING BOOMERS - Slowing the Aging Process
Hospitalists and the Practice of Medicine
THE AGING BOOMERS - Dangers in the Pharmacy Marketplace
Parkinson's Challenges and Advancements
Aging is in!
Benefits of a Senior Placement/Referral Agency
Art Therapy and Dementia (with transcript)
Understanding Parkinson’s and Resources
Positive Changes in Senior Living
Don’t Leave a Mess Behind After You Die
Dealing With the Challenges of a Family Illness
Growing Older Without Growing Old
Regenerations and Repair of Human Organs and Tissues
How Will Future Generations Deal With Parent´s Care
Alzheimer’s Silver Lining
Minimizing the Stress of a Move for Seniors
Reinventing Retirement for Boomer Men
Future Trends in Senior Living
Life Insurance You Don’t Have to Die to Use
Extending Health Span
Approaching Senior Years with Humor
Medicare – What You Need to Know (with transcript)
Ending Preventable Blindness
Challenging Senior Travel Solutions
Adult Stem Cell Therapy Offers New Hope
Your Kids Don’t Want to Inherit Your Clutter (with transcript)
Trend Towards Home Mates and Shared Housing (with transcript)
A Holistic Approach of Caring for People with Dementia (with transcript)
Preparing For Long-Term Care Expenses (with transcript)
Caregiving in the LGBT Community (with transcript)
Answers to Your Personal Health Situation (with transcript)
Importance of Having A Patient Advocate (with transcript)
Successful Aging in a Positive Way (with transcript)
Why Get Advice From An Elder Law Attorney (with transcript)
Dementia with Agitation...Now What? (with transcript)
It's Happening to You...Now What? (with transcript)
How to Die Living and Not Live Dying (with transcript)
Diversity in Senior Living Today
Financial Health of Low to Moderate Income 50+ Adults... (with transcript)
Ultrasound Technology to Help Manage Incontinence (with transcript)
Most Effective Healing Tools After Losing Someone (with transcript)
The Other Side of Dementia (with transcript)
17 Years of Caring for My Wife with Alzheimer’s - Lessons Learned (with transcript)
Why Would One Need a Trust? (with transcript)
Functional Fitness: A New Approach After 50 (with transcript)
Changes in Skilled Nursing to Short-Term Rehabilitation - (with transcript)
In The End – What is the Meaning of Life? (with transcript)
Foods We Must and Must NOT Eat (with transcript)
Preparing for Emergencies in Senior Living (with transcript)
Long-term Care Planning - What NOT to do (with transcript)
Newest Developments in Hearing Aid Technology (with transcript)
Living as an Alzheimer's Caregiver (with transcript)
Don’t Let Your Parents Run Out of Money for Care (with transcript)
Redefining Aging (with transcript)
Ways To Pay For Care While Protecting Assets (with transcript)
Supporting Caregivers and Older Adults (with transcript)
Unique Tools to Re-engage Older Adults (with transcript)
Downsizing, Rightsizing and Sorting Through a Loved One’s Possessions (with transcript)
The Science of Getting Yourself to Exercise (with transcript)
Senior Care Authority - Assisting Thousands of Families (with transcript)
Protect Your Assets When Care is Needed (with transcript)
Combat Aging with Strategies to Live Well (with transcript)
Be Part of the Positive Age Movement (with transcript)
Solutions to Long-Term Care Costs (with transcript)
Gum Disease Leading to Alzheimer's (with transcript)
Navigating the Complicated Health Care System (with transcript)
Assisting Visually Impaired Older Adults (with transcript)
Women Vulnerability With Long-Term Care Issues (with transcript)
No Cost Consultation During the Coronavirus Outbreak (with transcript)
Solving the Isolation Challenge (with transcript)
Overcoming Fear & Anxiety In Difficult Situations (with transcripts)
Importance of Love Letters to the Frail Elderly (with transcript)
A Simple Way to Write and Publish a Memoir (with transcript)
Understanding Gout and How to Prevent It (with transcript)
Connecting Seniors and Families Through Technology (with transcript)
Driving Safely for Older Adults
Diabetes Burnout - What is it? What causes it? Who gets it? (with transcript)
AARP Foundation President Discusses Loneliness Among Older Adults (with transcript)
Caregiving for Aging Loved Ones, with transcript
Understanding Medicare Options, with transcript
How and When to Choose a Power of Attorney, with transcript
Gain Stamininety Habits Now, with transcript
Eliminate Unnecessary Prescription Drug Side Effects, with transcript
Stress on Employees with Caregiving Demands, with transcript
Growing Need of Psychotherapy for Seniors, with transcript
What You Need to Know About Long Term Care Insurance, with transcript
Medicaid Planning with Assets, with transcript
Planning for the Solo Ager
Benefits of a Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES)
Zarela Martinez-Living With Parkinson’s
Educating Public Safety on Dementia
When to Take the Keys Away
Living and Dying on Your Terms
Understanding Medicaid, the Process and Benefits
Moving From Retire to Inspire
Becoming the Advocate Your Loved One Deserves
From Olympic Gold to Long-Term Financial Planning
Paying for Long-Term Care
Alternative Cancer Treatments
Eighty and Beyond - The Uncharted Territory
Learn When You Can Retire
Approaching Senior Years with Humor