Aging

Becoming a Grandparent: A Developmental Milestone

By The Contemporary Psychoanalysis Group on April 14, 2013 in Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Action

Becoming a Grandparent is a Developmental Milestone. Generativity is at the heart of grandparenthood. By Ruth Imber, Ph.D. Read More

How Money Issues Predict Divorce (& How to Prevent Them)

By Preston Ni, M.S.B.A. on April 14, 2013 in Communication Success

Numerous studies have identified disagreements over finances as one of the top reasons couples seek marital counseling, as well as one of the top reasons for divorce... Read More

When The Brain's Biological Clock Goes Haywire

By Berit Brogaard, D.M.Sci., Ph.D on April 13, 2013 in The Superhuman Mind

Patients suffering from psychological disorders are unable to properly coordinate events in time. They over- or underestimate time intervals ranging from several seconds to minutes. But what exactly gets messed up in the brain's time keeping mechanisms in psychological disorders? Read More

How Monostic Are You?

By Dr. Jeremy Sherman on April 12, 2013 in Ambigamy

How free are you to think rationally? It depends a little on your intelligence and creative bravery, but mostly on the weight you bear to think in ways that'll get you through the day. The more load you bear, the more your beliefs have to serve as load-bearing walls. Holding up your life, they become inflexible in ways you might not notice. Here's a test for noticing. Read More

Getting Older Might Not Be So Bad

By Robin Marantz Henig on April 12, 2013 in Cusp

People think the elderly are sad, unattractive Luddites who feel lonely and financially strapped. But it turns out that people who actually ARE old don't feel nearly as bad as younger people expect. That's the reassuring news for all of us who are aging that came from results of new a poll conducted by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion. Read More

Transplanting Brains

By Professor Gary L. Wenk, Ph. D. on April 12, 2013 in Your Brain on Food

How to avoid having your brain die before you do. Read More

MCI Is Like Being Stuck in the Middle

By Kelly J. Murphy, Ph.D., C.Psych. on April 10, 2013 in Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment

Find out why a disorder experienced by older adults, called mild cognitive impairment (MCI), is considered in-between normal aging and dementia. Read More

8 Things I Miss Most as a Result of Chronic Pain and Illness

By Toni Bernhard, J.D. on April 10, 2013 in Turning Straw Into Gold

It's good to remember that there’s a tendency to rewrite our past and put it on a pedestal: “Those were the good old days.” But, in reality, my life before I got sick was a mixture of pleasant and unpleasant experiences, good times and rough times. Read More

Can a Man Make Love Like a Woman?

By Stephen Snyder, M.D. on April 10, 2013 in SexualityToday

What was this man's problem, exactly? He wanted to have sex with his wife, even though he wasn't feeling that strongly turned on. Evidently there were other reasons he wanted to do it. Read More

A Story About the Very Old and the Very Young

By Fredric Neuman, M.D. on April 5, 2013 in Fighting Fear

An old man worries about how his granddaughter will manage when he is no longer around. Read More

Our Nursing Home Parents: MDs, Meds, Cultural Issues, Part 2

By Rita Watson on April 2, 2013 in With Love and Gratitude

Finding a facility in which one is confident that a family member is being properly cared is sometimes a rare gift. The Right Nursing Home? Part 1 focused on ratings, activities, and atmosphere. But in the nursing home search there is also the question of illness, the role of physicians, medication, cultural sensitivity, and what you do if change is needed. Read More

Moments of Joy with Alzheimer's!

By Eliezer Sobel on April 2, 2013 in The 99th Monkey

I’ll never forget playing “Tangerine Poker,” a card game my niece Julie and I made up as we went along: I would pick a card, and put the tangerine next to the salt shaker. Julie would put a card on top of mine, and peel the tangerine. My mother would study her hand carefully, look down at the table, and eat the tangerine. Read More

Advantages of Dating After 40

By Lisa Firestone, Ph.D. on April 1, 2013 in Compassion Matters

There are certain real advantages of dating after 40, 50, or any age in which you are willing and able to reflect on your years of experience and genuinely learn from your past. Read More

Are Male (and Female) Aging Patterns Universal?

By David J. Powell, Ph.D. on April 1, 2013 in Game Plan

Is the emotional fitness as discussed in the book Game Plan universally applicable? How do we account for cultural, geographical and age cohort differences? Read More

Positive Adolescent Growth Reversals in Young Adulthood

By Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. on April 1, 2013 in Surviving (Your Child's) Adolescence

The end of adolescence is not the end of personal growth. In their teenager's young adulthood parents often get to witness positive growth changes they never expected to see. Read More

Sex and the Single Senior

By Isadora Alman, MFT on March 29, 2013 in Sex & Sociability

How to keep sex in one's life after a certain age Read More

Lonely? Socially Isolated?

By Faith Brynie, Ph.D. on March 29, 2013 in Brain Sense

A new study suggests that social isolation threatens health and long life, even among the elderly who don't perceive themselves as lonely. Read More

Ten Ways to Avoid a Knee Replacement in Your Future

By Dr. Mark Borigini, M.D. on March 28, 2013 in Overcoming Pain

Osteoarthritis gradually worsens with time. When the chronic pain of arthritis affects the knee, it can have a huge impact on general health, as the resultant decrease in exercise can worsen or contribute to obesity, diabetes, an increased cancer risk, and high cholesterol. Should the pain continue and become life-altering, there is the option of an artificial knee. Read More

The Gift of Empathy in Mid-life

By Kathryn Betts Adams, Ph.D., M.S.W. on March 27, 2013 in Mid-Life: What Crisis?

By mid-life, women have had many exhilarating, satisfying, and illuminating personal experiences. We have also had many disappointing, exhausting, unsettling, painful, or frustrating ones. Read More

Middle Age in Uncharted Territory

By Dr. Tamara McClintock Greenberg, Psy.D. on March 26, 2013 in 21st Century Aging

We are facing a time in which the numbers of people we need to worry about are increasing. The average life span has increased exponentially in our lifetime. Read More

Essential Reads: Editor's Picks

Are Older Adults Lonelier?
by Mario D. Garrett, Ph.D.
Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll
by Mario D. Garrett, Ph.D.
Elder Abuse
by Mario D. Garrett, Ph.D.

Aging Blogs

21st Century Aging
Living longer and better.
By Tamara McClintock Greenberg, Psy.D., M.S.
Aging Our Way
Lessons for living, from age 85 and beyond
By Meika Loe
Face It
The challenges of aging in today's culture
By Vivian Diller, Ph.D.
Fulfillment at Any Age
How to remain productive and healthy into your later years
By Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.
iAge
Changing how we see aging
By Mario Garrett, Ph.D.
Life Gets Better
The unexpected pleasures of growing older.
By Wendy Lustbader, M.S.W.
Live Long and Prosper
Strategies for healthy aging
By Jasmin Tahmaseb-McConatha, Ph.D.
Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment
How to maximize brain health and reduce the risk of dementia
By Nicole D. Anderson, Ph.D., Kelly J. Murphy, Ph.D., and Angela K. Troyer, Ph.D.
Love and Dementia
To love what is: The caregiving life.
By Alix Kates Shulman
Mid-Life: What Crisis?
The many perspectives of mid-life
By Kathryn Betts Adams, Ph.D., M.S.W.
The Caregiver's Handbook
Caring for a loved one—and yourself
By Diana B. Denholm, Ph.D, LMHC
The Gift of Aging
The science of getting old.
By Ian Stuart-Hamilton, Ph.D.