Tag: senior care

  • The blessings of life with Opa

    The blessings of life with Opa

    Throughout my 20s, I’ve struggled with feeling “behind.” Whether it’s marriage, finances or career success, I’m tempted to look at the blessings others have and to resent the fact that I don’t have the same things. It’s not that there are set paths—people in my generation choose incredibly diverse ways of life. And yet, as…

  • Tying Grandpa’s shoelaces

    Tying Grandpa’s shoelaces

    Grandpa’s shoelaces were round, not flat like my own. They were a challenge to tie up, even for my nimble fingers. He sat in his straight-backed chair at the kitchen table, and, since his fine motor skills had declined, it became my job to tie up those laces before school each morning. Sometimes he would…

  • Conference on aging and spirituality broadens international participation

    Conference on aging and spirituality broadens international participation

    This past June, scholars, practitioners, support workers, health-care experts and interested parties from across the globe gathered together virtually over the course of three weeks to advance the connections between spiritual practice and the effects of aging, at the ninth International Conference on Aging and Spirituality. Many health-care support workers and religious/spiritual practitioners recognize the…