Posts Related to: Elder Care

Nearly 20 years ago, I had a guitar teacher who made most of his income playing concerts in nursing homes. I never knew such a career existed, and it was years before I met anyone else who did this work. Now, a confluence of events has made playing music in senior facilities a sought-after career …

Marion Somers recently spied a $75 guitar at a garage sale and snapped it up. Somers, who is 69, doesn’t play the guitar, but she’d like to learn. “I love guitar music,” she says. “I love calypso music and dance music that has guitar; the sound of guitar resonates in my heart.”
Marion Somers, PhD, is …

Gene D. Cohen was ahead of his time. Well before human aging was studied from a psychological or neurological perspective, Dr. Cohen was doing both. He proved that aging was a time of creativity – and not decline – and spent his life writing and teaching about this phenomenon. Gene D. Cohen, MD, PhD, died this past …