The American Geriatrics Society sent out a timely e-mail today on the impact of the holiday season on some older adults.

A case of holiday blues, it seems, is more prevalent among older people.

Here are some tips, adapted from the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging:

If you feel blue, try to:
Get out and about: Ask family [...]

How often have you told yourself you should write down a loved one’s stories?

Well, now you’ve got an official reason to do it: next Friday is the second annual National Day of Listening.

The day was established last year by StoryCorps, an independent non-profit organization with a simple mission: to honor and celebrate lives through LISTENING.

There’s [...]

The Westchester County Office for Women has a Facebook page aimed at caregivers who are members of the sandwich generation.

Click here to go to the page.

For more information, visit the Office for Women’s Web site.

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has two interesting products that would make useful gifts for people on both sides of your sandwich.

For teen drivers, there’s a DVD called “Driver-ZED,’’ which goes over safe driving tips.

For families wondering if an older parent should still be driving, there’s a screening tool called “AAA’s Roadwise Review,’’ a [...]

I blogged about my long-distance marriage a while back, but since then I’ve met other women in the same situation. In every case, it’s the economy that has forced the split. When a job is miles away from home — but it’s a job, as opposed to no job — the choice is pretty clear.

People [...]

Two local sites have teamed up to present HBO’s “The Alzheimer’s Project” in four installments, each featuring a speaker well versed in different aspects of Alzheimer’s disease.

The Edna L. Roker Social Adult Day Center and the Osborn retirement community will kick off the film series Monday at 10 a.m. with a screening of “Momentum in [...]

So who among you is hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year?

I am. And already I am worrying about how I’m going to do it. I remember making a turkey probably ten years ago. I put it in the bathtub to defrost it and I think it never properly warmed up. Then I had it in the [...]

I just read a fascinating story about a videocamera that is having a tremendously beneficial effect on people with memory loss.

The story, on CNN.com, reports on a study being conducted in the U.K., in which patients wear a simple, lightweight videocamera around their necks, which records all their daily activities.

In many of those wearing the [...]

One of the most difficult parts of being a caregiver is dealing with end-of-life issues.

Next Friday, the Collaborative for End of Life Care will present a free conference at the Westchester County Center in White Plains for caregivers, families and professionals.

The Westchester/New York State Southern Region Collaborative for End of Life Care is a consortium [...]

At a recent 50th birthday party, a guy seated next to me attempted to guess the age of another man at our table.

“So are you in the 60-to-70-year-old bracket?’’ he asked,  a bit too forcefully, in my opinion, since it was a man he’d never met before.

The guy was an extraordinarily good sport. “I’m 55,’’ [...]