All of these can be perceived as ‘deficits’ but they can also be perceived as changes. Using this viewpoint, there is room for the difficulty associated with these changes to be challenging, yet fruitful. Deficits call to be fixed. Changes call to be... Read more

A name can be a powerful thing and I still struggle with knowing the best term for this phenomenon When I had to select a population to work with for my clinical psychotherapy training, I was drawn to elders because in contrast to other popula... Read more

I noticed those who rejected the process of aging were suffering more than those that embraced it. Over a decade ago I left the beach towns of Florida I had always called home. I packed up a station wagon and headed to the millennial’s promised land... Read more

Dementia, Alzheimer’s, senility, forgetfulness. All of these words point to an experience. But do they point to the same one? Are they different? Are they the same? I often hear these words thrown around interchangeably. Here I hope to give som... Read more