News of the Week - 10/25/24
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'World's oldest paper boy' finally retires at the age of 82 after seven decades in the job as there's 'nothing else to achieve'.
Why this 93-year-old has not missed a single high school football game since 1946.
Son writes hilarious, loving obituary for his dad: ‘He is God’s problem now’.
Alone with dementia: Solo adults often slip through caregiving cracks.
The Oliver Sacks I Knew and Loved Once Saw Himself as a Failure.
Senate report: How private equity ‘gutted’ dozens of U.S. hospitals.
Getting Older? It Might Be Time to Hire a Trainer.
Older and wiser: Rita Moreno’s secrets to a long and mostly happy life.
Survey: One in five U.S. adults reports feeling lonely daily. What local resources are available to help?
'World's oldest paper boy' finally retires at the age of 82 after seven decades in the job
Daily Mail - A man believed to be one of the world's oldest paper boys has who has worked nonstop for 70 years has finally decided to retire.
Joe Wardman, 82, took over the family business, Wardmans Newsagents, with his mother following his father’s death in 1964, running it until his retirement in 2011.
Why this 93-year-old has not missed a single high school football game since 1946
CBS - Steve Young, 93, has not missed a single Antioch Community High School football game since 1946. He also attends virtually every school sporting event, from basketball to golf, and has no plans on stopping anytime soon. Steve Hartman has more in "On the Road."
Son writes hilarious, loving obituary for his dad: ‘He is God’s problem now’
WAPO - ‘There are some people who might think it was irreverent and offensive, but I think it sounds about perfect,’ Charles Boehm said of his father’s obituary.
Alone with dementia: Solo adults often slip through caregiving cracks
WAPO - It’s estimated that at least 4.3 million people 55 or older in the United States with cognitive impairment or dementia live alone.
The Oliver Sacks I Knew and Loved Once Saw Himself as a Failure
NYT - The Oliver Sacks that most of the world knew — the one I fell in love with after we met in 2008, when he was 75 — was the beloved neurologist and the author of many best-selling books, admired worldwide. A forthcoming volume of Oliver’s letters, nearly 350 of them, spanning 55 years, from age 27 to 82, provides a more complicated picture of the man often referred to in his later years as “the poet laureate of medicine.” Even I, his partner for the last six years of his life, was surprised by what I read in many of these letters, which will be published next month for the first time.
Senate report: How private equity ‘gutted’ dozens of U.S. hospitals
WAPO - Thanks to modern tricks of financial engineering, investors can prosper even when the underlying business is failing. That is why senior living always cries poor. And expect more of the same of the orange creature is elected.
Getting Older? It Might Be Time to Hire a Trainer.
NYT - Personal training isn’t just for the young — or the wealthy. Here’s how to make it work for you.
Older and wiser: Rita Moreno’s secrets to a long and mostly happy life
WAPO - The first and only Latina EGOT -- Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony -- winner is almost 93.
Survey: One in five U.S. adults reports feeling lonely daily. What local resources are available to help?
WKBW - One in five U.S. adults reports feeling lonely daily.
That's the findings of a new Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index survey which says it's the highest number of reported loneliness in adults in the past two years.
“As hard as I practice, I have learned that doing nothing is just as important as doing everything.”
– MARIA SHARAPOVA
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