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March 5, 2023

Fallproof with Debbie Rose, PhD

As we age, our bodies undergo various changes that can affect our balance and mobility. These changes can result in a higher risk of falls and injuries, which can have serious consequences for older adults. Maintaining balance and mobility is essent…

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March 1, 2023

Talk Just for Us

If you are at the age where you think anyone less than 75 years old still goes to a pediatrician, if you are too old to qualify for insurance at $9.95 a month, or if you have both a "landline" and a cell phone, then Specifically for Seniors is the p…

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Feb. 28, 2023

Why We Forget and How To Remember Better

Memory is an integral part of our lives, enabling us to learn, make decisions, and form relationships.  In their book, "Why We Forget and How to Remember Better," authors Andrew Budson and Elizabeth Kensinger dive into the s…

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Dec. 12, 2022

A Few Minutes with Friends Telling Stories

After a much too long hiatus from the Specifically for Seniors podcast, I am so happy to be able to announce the official start of the Second Season.  The delay was due to the fact that my wife and I decided we had had enough of living in Flori…

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Oct. 12, 2022

Old People - the movie and real life

There is an absolutely awful horror movie on Netflix called Old People.  I seriously recommend that you DO NOT waste your time watching this movie. The basic premise is that old people in Germany have been relegated to a "retirement home" with …

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Sept. 24, 2022

Sometimes Life Just Gets in the Way

As you all know, when we reach a certain age, life has a way of taking preference over what we plan to do. This is the case with me and the reason Specifically for Seniors hasn't been dropping regular podcasts recently.  For those of you who a…

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Aug. 26, 2022

Realization

Sooner or later, in one way or another, we all come to the realization that our parents are growing old and that we are as well. Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, a think-tank in Washington, D.C., was a recent guest on my pod…

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July 16, 2022

Time Flies Like an Arrow

Groucho Marx once quipped "Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana" Living only 8 to 15 days, the Specifically for Seniors podcast has very little usefulness for a fruit fly, but for older adult humans the podcast, over this first seaso…

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July 4, 2022

Ageism - We all face it

"80 is the new 60", "You're only as old as you feel", "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" and on and on. Or as Martin Amis - the British Author - once wrote “And meanwhile time goes about its immemorial work of making everyone look an…

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June 25, 2022

Salt Water Fishing with a Fly Rod

I fished quite a bit when I was younger and even made several attempts to learn to cast effectively with a fly rod, a skill, incidentally, that I never came close to mastering. I had heard of Orvis but had never had the pleasure of meeting the man b…

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