To make an Advanced Health Directive has been on my mind for about a year, but I’ve put it off, for no good reason.
Category Archives: Social issues
To live simply – a journey from a goal to values
To live simply is a value not a goal. This became evident when John and I moved to an apartment half the size of our previous house. I wrote about this here.
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Catholic Church – why I stay involved
The Catholic Church reels, battered and broken. Many Catholics must ask themselves why they stay.
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Ten tips to help make new friends
The need to make new friends hasn’t always been seen as a preventative health measure. However, social isolation and lack of connection with other people can be a serious health problem especially for older men and women. As I wrote in another blog, everyone needs a network of friends and acquaintances to keep them fully …
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Ten ways to create a healthy social life
A healthy social life reflects (and affects) our well-being. Somehow, this seems especially important at Christmas because everyone else seems to be having such a good time. It’s never too late to create a charmed life with friends.
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Some comments about people over 65 make me mad
Over 65 and Australian society calls us old, even though people now in their fifties must work until 67 before they can receive an age pension.
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Face of homelessness – guest post
Homelessness has many faces. Following the publication of my blog, ‘Thin line between poverty and homelessness‘, I was contacted by a woman who asked me to maintain her confidentiality. When you read what follows, you will understand why!
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Thin line between poverty and homelessness
Two events this week prompted me to think about the thin line between poverty and homelessness. This is my very personal response.
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Age discrimination or ageism in practice
Age discrimination (ageism) creeps up on us when we aren’t looking. One day, we belong in the mainstream. The next, we older people find ourselves invisible in a grey (or beige) crowd. People describe us, collectively, as a burden.
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Seniors contribute to the village
‘Our village must mobilise to support the well being of elders,’ read a recent headline in the West Australian Newspaper. The headline twists the African proverb, ‘It takes a village to raise a child’.
